Federal State of the Visayas

Federal State of the Visayas
Estado Federal de Visayas (Spanish)
1898–1899
Flag of Visayas
Flag
Seal of Visayas
Seal
Federal State of the Visayas within the First Philippine Republic.
Federal State of the Visayas within the First Philippine Republic.
Territories controlled by the Federal State of the Visayas.
Territories controlled by the Federal State of the Visayas.
StatusAutonomous regional government[1]
CapitalIloilo City
Common languagesSpanish and Visayan
GovernmentRevolutionary federal state intended as a federated state within a federal republic
President 
• 1898–1899
Roque López
• 1899
Jovito Yusay
Historical eraPhilippine Revolution
• Panay revolt
March 1898
• Date of Establishment
December 2, 1898
• Decree abolishing the federal state by Emilio Aguinaldo
April 27, 1899
• Absorption to the First Philippine Republic
September 23 or October 5, 1899
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Provisional Government of the District of Visayas
Cantonal Government of Bohol
Cantonal Government of Negros
First Philippine Republic
Cantonal Republic of Negros

The Federal State of the Visayas (Spanish: Estado Federal de Visayas, Hiligaynon: Pederal nga Estado sang Visayas, Filipino: Pederal na Estado ng Visayas) was a revolutionary state in the Philippine archipelago during the revolutionary period.[2] It was a proposed administrative unit of a Philippines under a federal form of government.

  1. ^ Velmonte, Jose Manuel (24 July 2009). "Ethnicity and the Revolution in Panay". Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies. 14 (1).
  2. ^ "Greater Philippines:Captaincy General of the Philippines". Presidential Museum and Library. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2017.