Negros Island Region

Some facts about Negros Island Region

The Negros Island Region, (Hiligaynon: Rehiyon sang Pulo sang Negros; Cebuano: Rehiyon sa Pulo sa Negros; Filipino: Rehiyon ng Pulo ng Negros), also abbreviated and officially designated as NIR (unofficially Region XVIII), was an administrative region in the Philippines which comprised the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental both of which are part of the island of Negros. It existed from May 29, 2015 to August 9, 2017 and was then the 18th region of the Philippines.

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