Negros

Negros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas, at 10°N 123°E. It is the third-largest island in the country, with a land area of 13,328 km². People on the island are called Negrenses.

Negros Island was originally called Buglas - an old native word thought to mean "cut off." It is believed that Negros was once part of a greater mass of land, but was cut off either by what geologists call continental drift or by rising waters during the Ice age. Among its earliest inhabitants were dark-skinned natives belonging to the Negrito ethnic group, who had a unique culture.