1. FERRER, EDRICK KEVIN A. BSED SS 2

2. AREA AND LOCATION
Typically western
Visayas is found on
the west part of the
major island of the
Philippines which is
Visayas it is
surrounded by water
that’s why one major
livelihood found in
this certain island is
fishing.

3. GEOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
AKLAN
- The youngest of the 4 provinces of panay
island. It is bounded on the northwestern
portion of the province has mountains and
dense vegetation.

4. ANTIQUE
- Shaped like a seahorse, antique is the
oversized serrated hemline of the western
boarders of the 3 cornered scarf like land mass
that is panay.
CAPIZ
- The basic plantations found in this part of the
region are coconut, vegetables and sugarcane
GUIMARAS
- Lies southeast of panay island and northwest
of negros island in western visayas.

5. ILO ILO CITY
- Mountain ranges with peaks as high as 7,000 feet
provided natural boundaries that separates ilo ilo
from antique on the west and the capiz on the
north.
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
- Bacolod, the capital city, lies in the northwestern
part of negros occidental, in a sprawling 16,000
hectars.

6. POLITICAL PROFILE
Region 6 has 5 provinces namely:
• AKLAN- 558,146 in population
• ANTIQUE- 605,110 in population
• CAPIZ-800,920 in population
• ILOILO-2,371,648 in population
• NEGROS OCCIDENTAL- 3,203,523 in
population

7. PROVINCES IN REGION 6
A. Antique
B. Aklan
C. Capiz
D. ILO ILO
E. GUIMARAS

8. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Boracay island

9. ati –atihan in aklan

10. BINIYARAN FESTIVAL IN
ANTIQUE

11. HALARAN FESTIVAL IN
CAPIZ

12. MACOPO FALLS IN
GUIMARAS
Macopo Falls in Guimaras
makes a great spot for
swimming and picnic. You can
also take a hike on the hilly
trail. At the end of snaky trail of
the falls, you’ll find the pool of
water surrounded by rocky
terrain which is cool all year
round that is a good place in
swimming you can also enjoy
the beautiful scenery view in
the top of the hill.

13. HOLIFENA ANCESTRAL
HOUSE IN NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL
Holifena ancestral house - There are
paintings and sketches of Juan Luna,
Jose Rizal and Fernando Amorsolo.
Aside from art during the Spanish
invasion, there are also paintings and
sculptures by Silay artists. Truly, this is
a place where you will appreciate
Philippine art.

15. Historical Places in Region 6
• Kalibo, aklan
FREEDOM SHRINE
Site of a shrine dedicated
to the brave Aklanons
who were martyred by
the Spaniards

16. •Hamtic, Antique
GUBAT
Landing site the first
Malayan Settlers in 1200
And it is marked by the
Malandog Marker

17. Roxas city, capiz
Central business district of capiz
foreseeing the santa monica
church
Birthplace of the
President Manuel
Roxas

18. Fort san Pedro, Ilo Ilo
Fuerza de San Pedro is a military
defence structure, built by Spanish
and indigenous Cebuano labourers
under the command of Spanish
conquistador, miguel lopez de
legazpi and the spanish
government in cebu . It is located
in the area now called Plaza
Indepedencia, in the Pier Area of
cebu city, philippines

19. ETHNIC GROUPS IN REGION 6
1. ILONGGO
The language is referred to as Ilonggo in Iloilo
and in Negros Occidental. Many argue,
however, that this is an incorrect usage of the
word "Ilonggo." In precise usage, "Ilonggo"
should only be used in relation to the
ethnolinguistic group that are native
inhabitants of Iloilo and the culture associated
with native Hiligaynon speakers, they argue.
The disagreement over the usage of "Ilonggo"
to refer to the language extends to Philippine
language specialists and native laymen

20. • SOME ETHNICITY IS ALSO FOUND IN THE
WESTERN VISAYAS REGION AND THIS ARE....

21. 2. CEBUANO
Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as
Binisaya (or Visayan in English), is an
austronesian laguage spoken in the philippines
by about 20 million people, mostly in the
central visayas, most of whom belong to the
bisaya ethnic group. It is the most widely
spoken of the languages within the so-named
Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to
other Filipino languages.
It has the largest native language-speaking
population of the Philippines despite not being
taught formally in schools and universities. It is
the lingua franca of the Central Visayas and
parts of Mindanao. The name Cebuano is
derived from the island of Cebu where the
prestige language is spoken.

22. 3. WARAY
The Waray are an ethno-liguistic
group of people geographically
inhabiting in the islands of
Samar, Leyte and Biliran commonly referred to as the
Eastern Visayas region of the
Philippines. The Waray, speak their
native language called WarayWaray.

23. FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM REGION 6
FERNANDO LOPEZ
Vice-Presidency
First Term
In 1949, he became vice-president under
President Elpidio Quirino and concurrently
worked as secretary of agriculture, serving
until 1953. He was then elected once again as
senator, and re-elected in 1959.
Second and Third Term
In 1965, he ran with Ferdinand Marcos and
won as vice-president. He was re-elected in
1969. By the time martial law was declared in
1972, the López family fell out of Marcos' favor
and was targeted by the dictatorship because
of their denunciations of Marcos' corruption.
They were also targeted due to their family's
political influence, being members of the
entrenched oligarchy. The position of vicepresident was dissolved, and the López family
was stripped of most of its political and
economic assets.

24. PRODUCTS FROM REGION 6
1. SUGAR

25. 2. Abaca

26. 3. Shell craft

27. 4. Pina clothes