Experience a happy blending of cosmopolitan and rustic lifestyle in Negros Occidental, the sugar capital of the country. Celebrate nature's blessings: waterfalls, caves, mountains, rivers, springs and valleys. Whatever you go for, Negros Occidental has it.
BRIEF HISTORY
The natives then, occupied initially most of the southern portion of the province, being Binalbagan and Ilog. Then in 1856, Negros Occidental was raised to the category of a politico-military province. The major boon to the province at this time were two: the cultivation of sugar which brought economic boost as it later led Negros to pioneer other provinces in sugar production with its initial of 4,000 piculs of sugar in 1856 increasing to 2,000,000 piculs in 1897. Fouth, the ousting and surrender of the Japanese Forces in Negros (1945) after both civilian and military leaders in Negros Occidental pursued and organized a free government in the province.
MAJOR INDUSTRIES
Negros Occidental is primarily an agricultural province. The province of Negros Occidental is reported by the Bureau of Mines to be rich in both metallic and non-metallic mineral resources, notably copper, gold, silver and molybdenum. Negros is where high living and high eyebrows were (Source: Philippine Department of Tourism).
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