Location: Southern section of Negros Island in Central Visayas Region
Land Area: 540,230 hectares
Capital City: Dumaguete City
Cities: Five (Dumaguete, Bais, Canlaon, Tanjay, Bayawan)
Municipalities: Twenty
Congressional District: Three

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Population (2000): 1,130,088 of which 57 percent is 15 to 64 years old
Average Growth Rate: 2.11 percent annually
Literacy Rate (2000): 93.9 percent
Labor Force (2001): 702,000 workers with ages from 15 years old and over
Employment Rate (2001): 90.9 percent
Employment by Industry Type (April 2002): Agriculture (58.11 percent), Services (31.79 percent), Industry (9.89 percent)      

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Sectoral Establishments (DTI Registered from August 2002 to July 2005): 8,331 firms -- Manufacturing (6 percent), Service (32 percent), Retail (59 percent), Wholesale (3 percent)
Major Business Establishments: Sugar Mills (3), Coco Processing Plant, Chemical Plant, and Firms into Food Processing, Retail/Wholesale, IT Enabled Services (2), Educations Services, Tourism Services, and Construction
Farm Products: Sugarcane, Corn, Coconut, Rice, Fruits, Rootcrops, Vegetables, Livestock, Poultry, Milkfish
Exports: Blackstrap Molasses, Copra Expeller Cake, Crude Coco Oil, Ammonium Nitrate, Limestone
Minerals: Copper, Iron, Limestone, Rock Phosphate, Silica, Sulfur, etc.

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Colleges/Universities: 1 state university, 3 private universities, 5 private colleges
College Students: 27,527 (for School Year 2004-2005)
College Graduates: 3,327 (for School Year 2003-2004)
Visitor Arrivals: 172,061 (2005)
No. of Hotel Rooms: 1000+++
Function Rooms: 17 (30 to 300 pax capacity)
Auditoriums/Sport Centers: four (1,000 to 5,000 pax capacity)
Hospitals: 3 tertiary hospitals

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Power: Geothermal 192.5 MW
Communication: Mobile Phone firms - 2; Telecom firms - 6; Internet cafes - 47; Radio stations - 12 (AM and FM); Cable Service firm - 2.
Fixed Wire Fiber Optic Lines: Triple redundant fiber optic lines of up to 800 GB capacity serviced by Globe (Innove), PLDT, and Bayantel
 

Source: Oriental Negros Investment Promotion Center (ONe-IPC)