The total area of Negros Island is 13,310 km². Iceland is known as the fourth largest island in the Philippines. In the central part of the Philippines, Negros Island is home to a number of islands, including Visayas. The main inhabitants of the Negros Island area are mainly called Negrenses. The total population of Negros Island as of 2015 is 4,414,131.
From May 29, 2015 to August 9, 2017, Negros Island was operated as an administrative area and was officially renamed the Island Region, which included the high urbanization of the city of Bacolod and the Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental provinces, Follows the mountain range in the middle of Negros Island. Located in the central-northern part of Negros Island, it is the third most active volcano in the Philippines.