Lake Balinsasayao
Lake Balinsasayao is one of three crater lakes rising above sea level located within the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, an protected area covering the municipalities of Valencia, Sibulan, and San Jose in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. Etymology The name of Lake Balinsasayao is the Spanish transcription of Cebuano ''balinsasayaw'' meaning "swiftlet." The name of its "twin", Lake Danao, is derived from Cebuano ''danaw'' meaning "lake." History Lake Balinsasayao, Lake Danao, and Lake Kabalin-an are part of Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, a protected area totaling created on 21 November 2000 by virtue of ''Proclamation No. 414'' signed by former President Joseph Estrada. It lies within the municipalities of Valencia, Sibulan, and San Jose in the province of Negros Oriental. Geography The lakes are situated northwest of a narrow mountain ridge, in a caldera formed by four mountains: Mount Mahungot to the south, Mount Kalbasan to the north, Moun ...
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Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental ( ceb, Sidlakang Negros; tl, Silangang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeastern half of the large island of Negros, and borders Negros Occidental, which comprises the northwestern half. It also includes Apo Island, a popular dive site for both local and foreign tourists. Negros Oriental faces Cebu to the east across the Tañon Strait and Siquijor to the south-east (which happened to be part of the province before). The primary spoken language is Cebuano and the predominant religious denomination is Roman Catholicism. Dumaguete City is the capital, seat of government and most populous city of the province. With a population of 1,432,990 inhabitants, it is the second most-populous province in Central Visayas after Cebu, the fifth most-populous province in the Visayas and the 19th most-populous province of the Philip ...
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