Central Visayas

Area: 14,871.5 sq. km
Provinces and their capitals:
Cebu: Cebu City
Bohol: Tagbilaran City
Negros Oriental: Dumaguete City
Siquijor: Siquijor

Cities: Bais, Canlaon, Cebu City, Dumaguete City, Danao, Lapulapu, Mandaue, Tagbilaran City, Toledo

Region VII is Central Visayas. Central Visayas has a rugged interior because of its high mountains. It is bounded by Romblon in the north, by the Sulu Sea in the south, by the Visayas Sea in the east, and by Palawan in the west.

Cebu is narrow strip of land. The main island is ringed by about 166 smaller islands like Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes. It has a backbone of rugged mountains and narrow plains.

Bohol's terrain is rolling and hilly. The island's interior is generally flat but dotted with hills popularly known as the Chocolate Hills. Its coastline is characterized by woodlands, grassland, and swamplands. The province has four major rivers.

Negros Oriental consists of rolling hills, plateaus, and mountains ranges. Kanlaon Volcano, the highest peak in the island of Negros, dominates the northern end of the province, Another peak is Cuernos delos Negros.

Siquijor is the smallest of the four provinces in Central Visayas. Its towns are on narrow food plains and deltas around the coast. Most of the interior portions are hilly and mountainous. Its central peak is Mt. Bandilaan.

Transportation

Climate

The seasons affecting the regions are not very much pronounced. The provinces experience no maximum wet and dry seasons. Cebu receives little rainfall due to high mountains that block the rain.

Beautiful Spots

The Chocolate Hills are the most famous tourist attraction of this region. Consisting of thousands of cone-shaped mounds, the hills look like chocolate drops when the grasses turn brown.

The hills of Corella are the above of the tarsier, the smallest monkey in the world found only in Bohol.

Cebu City is called the "quen of the South". Cebu has white beaches and offers facilities for water sports.

Siquijor is endowed with white sand, beaches, coral reefs teeming with marine life, other scenic spots