Bacolod /ˌbɑːˈkɔːləd/, officially City of Bacolod (Hiligaynon:Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; Cebuano:Dakbayan sa Bacolod; Filipino:Lungsod ng Bacolod) and often referred to as Bacolod City, is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it. Having a total of 511,820 inhabitants as of 2010 census, it is the most populous city in the Negros Island Region and the second most populous city in the Visayas after Cebu City. It is part of the Bacolod Metropolitan Area, which also includes the cities of Silay and Talisay with a total population of 819,915.