Regions of the Philippines
In the Philippines, regions (Tagalog: rehiyon) are administrative divisions that serve primarily to organize the provinces (lalawigan) of the country for administrative convenience. Most government offices are established by region instead of individual provincial offices, usually (but not always) in the city that is the regional center.
The regions themselves do not possess a separate local government, with the exception of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which has an elected regional assembly and governor.
List of regions
The Philippines has 17 administrative regions. Fourteen of these regions are designated with numbers corresponding to their geographic location in order from north to south. The National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao do not have numerical designations.[1]
These regions are geographically combined into the three island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Following is a list of the regions in their island groupings.
The regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and SOCCSKSARGEN are written with upper case characters because they are acronyms that stand for their component provinces or cities. CALABARZON stands for CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal and QueZON; MIMAROPA stands for Occidental and Oriental MIndoro, MArinduque, ROmblon and PAlawan; and SOCCSKSARGEN stands for SOuth Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, SARangani and GENeral Santos.
| Island group: Luzon | ||||||
| Map | Region (short name) |
Regional center | Provinces | Area (km2) | Population (2010)[1] |
Density (per km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
National Capital Region (NCR) |
Manila | - | 636 | 11,855,975 | 18641.5 |
|
Cordillera (CAR) |
Baguio | 18,294 | 1,616,867 | 88.4 | |
|
Ilocos (Region I) |
San Fernando, La Union | 12,840 | 4,748,372 | 369.8 | |
|
Cagayan Valley (Region II) |
Tuguegarao | 26,838 | 3,229,163 | 120.3 | |
|
Central Luzon (Region III) |
San Fernando, Pampanga | 21,470 | 10,137,737 | 472.2 | |
|
CALABARZON (Region IV-A) |
Calamba, Laguna | 16,229 | 12,609,803 | 777 | |
|
MIMAROPA (Region IV-B) |
Calapan | 27,456 | 2,744,671 | 100 | |
|
Bicol (Region V) |
Legazpi | 17,632 | 5,420,411 | 307.4 | |
| Island group: Visayas | ||||||
|
Western Visayas (Region VI) |
Iloilo City | 20,223 | 7,102,438 | 351.2 | |
|
Central Visayas (Region VII) |
Cebu City | 14,951 | 6,800,180 | 454.8 | |
|
Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
Tacloban | 21,432 | 4,101,322 | 191.4 | |
| Island group: Mindanao | ||||||
|
Zamboanga (Region IX) |
Pagadian | 14,811 | 3,407,353 | 230.1 | |
|
Northern Mindanao (Region X) |
Cagayan de Oro | 17,125 | 4,297,323 | 250.9 | |
|
Davao (Region XI) |
Davao City | 20,244 | 4,468,563 | 220.7 | |
|
Cotabato (Region XII) |
Koronadal | 18,433 | 4,109,571 | 222.9 | |
|
Caraga (Region XIII) |
Butuan | 18,847 | 2,429,224 | 128.9 | |
|
Bangsamoro (BARMM) |
Cotabato City |
|
12,695 | 3,256,140 | 256.5 |
Regions Of The Philippines Media
Map showing the primary local government units of the Philippines and the regions they are grouped into.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Metro Manila.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Cordillera Administrative Region.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Ilocos Region.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Cagayan Valley.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Central Luzon.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Calabarzon.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Mimaropa.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Bicol Region.
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Western Visayas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NSCB ActiveStats - List of Regions". National Statistical Coordination Board - NSCB. Archived from the original on 27 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 A highly urbanized city, one class of cities in the Philippines, independent from any province.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 An independent component city, one class of cities in the Philippines that do not depend of any provincial government.
- ↑ A component city, part of the province of Basilan, but whose regional services are provided by the offices of Region IX.
Related pages
Other websites
- National Statistical Coordination Board Archived 2008-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- National Statistics Office Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine