Bacolod Metropolitan Area
The Bacolod Metropolitan Area , also called Metro Bacolod , is one of the 12 metropolitan areas of the Philippines , and is located on the island of Negros .
In terms of population, it is the eighth largest of the Philippine metropolitan regions . In 2015 it had a population of around 790,000 (definition by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)).
This area is named after Bacolod City , the capital of the Negros Occidental Province . The metropolitan area consists of the cities of Bacolod, Silay City and Talisay City . Metro Bacolod is integrated into national traffic through the Bacolod-Silay International Airport , which is located in Silay City. In 2005, the relatively high gross domestic product (GDP) of the Bacolod Metropolitan Area and Metro Iloilo-Guimaras combined was 88,056,250 Philippine pesos ; this corresponds to approximately 7.3 percent of the GDP of the Philippines. The National Framework for Physical Planning: 2001–2030 ranks these two regions among the six leading industrial, financial, and technological centers that are intended to serve the Philippines as the primary ports for international trade. Together they were fourth in terms of GDP in 2005.
With its population growth of around 1.6% per year over the last 25 years, Metro Bacolod is at the bottom of the twelve Philippine metropolises.
| metropolis | VZ 1990 | VZ 2000 | VZ 2010 | VZ 2015 | surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Bacolod | 528.471 | 622.480 | 730.390 | 791.019 | 578.65 km² |
The following table contains the cities of the Bacolod Metro, with their population figures from the 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2015 censuses, as well as their area.
| city | VZ 1990 | VZ 2000 | VZ 2010 | VZ 2015 | surface | province |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacolod City | 364.180 | 435,612 | 511.820 | 561,875 | 162.67 km² | Negros Occidental |
| Silay City | 101,031 | 107,722 | 120,999 | 126,930 | 214.80 km² | Negros Occidental |
| Talisay City | 63,260 | 79,146 | 97,571 | 102.214 | 201.18 km² | Negros Occidental |
Individual evidence
- ^ Provincial Population Data: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2015
- ↑ Philippine Statistics Authority: 2010 Census of Population
- ↑ Philippine Statistics Authority: 2015 Census of Population
- ↑ Building Globally Competitive Metro Areas in the Philippines (PDF; 199 kB) Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved on July 7, 2010.