REGION 6 (WESTERN VISAYAS)

DTI Region 6 or Western Visayas is located at the center of the Philippine archipelago and lies between two large bodies of water, the Sibuyan Sea and the Visayan Sea. It is composed of 6 provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental. It has two highly urbanized cities (Bacolod and Iloilo City). The regional center is Iloilo City. The region also encompasses sixteen (16) cities, one hundred seventeen (117) municipalities and four thousand fifty (4,050) barangays. Predominant dialects in Western Visayas include Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Aklanon, and Capiznon.

The land area of the region is 20,794.18 km² (8,028.68 sq mi), and with a population of 7,954,723 inhabitants, it is the second most populous region in the Visayas after Central Visayas.