Philippine Regions and Provinces
All you need to know!
How can you find your way around the Philippine Regions?
How do I know where I’m going?
Well in order to find out where you are going, the Philippine Islands have been divided into Philippine Regions.
Basically all 7,100 islands are broken down into three (3) island goups:
1) Luzon
2) Visayas
3) Mindanao
Then each island group is divided into regions and there are more than seventeen (17) different Philippine regions.
Luzon has eight (8) regions.
Visayas has three (3) regions.
Mindanao has six (6) regions.
Philippine Regions
Luzon
1. Ilocos Region
2. Cagayan Valley
3. Central Luzon
4A. Calabarzon
4B. Mimaropa
5. Bicol Region
16. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
17. National Capital Region (NCR)
Visayas6. Western Visayas 7. Central Visayas
8. Eastern Visayas
Mindanao
9. Zamboanga Peninsula
10. Northern Mindanao
11. Davao Region
12. Soccsksargen
13. Caraga
17. Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
Each region is further split into Provinces of which there are currently seventy nine (79) provinces and the National Capital Region (NCR)
Philippine Provinces
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 1. Ilocos
Provinces1. Illocos Norte2. Illocos Sur3. La Union4. Pangasinan
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 2. Cagayan Valley
Provinces1. Batanes2. Cagayan 3. Isabela4. Nueva Viscaya5. Quirino
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 3. Central Luzon
Provinces1. Aurora2. Bataan3. Bulacan4. Nueva Ecija5. Pampanga6. Tarlac7. Zambales
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 4a. Calabarzon
Provinces1. Batangas2. Cavite 3. Laguna4. Quezon5. Rizal
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 4b. Mimaropa
Provinces1. Marinduque2. Occidental Mindoro3. Oriental Mindoro4. Palawan5. Romblon
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 5. Bicol
Provinces1. Albay2. Camarines Norte3. Camarines Sur4. Catanduanes5. Masbate6. Sorsogon
Island Group: Visayas
Region: 6. Western Visayas
Provinces1. Aklan2. Antique3. Capiz4. Iloilo5. Guimaras6. Negros Occidental
Island Group: Visayas
Region: 7. Central Visayas
Provinces1. Bohol2. Cebu3. Negro Oriental4. Siquijor
Island Group: Visayas
Region: 8. Eastern Visayas
Provinces1. Biliran2. Eastern Samar3. Leyte4. Northern Samar5. Samar (Western)6. Southern Leyte
Island Group: 9. Mindanao
Region: Zamboanga Peninsula
Provinces1. Zamboanga Sibugay2. Zamboanga del Norte3. Zamboanga del Sur
Island Group: Mindanao
Region: 10. Northern Mindanao
Provinces1. Bukidnon2. Camiguin3. Misamis Occidental4. Msamis Oriental5. Lanao del Norte
Island Group: Mindanao
Region: 11. Davao
Provinces1. Davao del Norte2. Davao del Sur3. Davao Oriental4. Comostela Valley
Island Group: Mindanao
Region: 12. Soccsksargen
Provinces1. North Cotabato2. Sultan Kudarat3. South Cotabato4. Saranggani
Island Group: Mindanao
Region: 13. Caraga
Provinces1. Agustan del Norte2. Augustan del Sur3. Suriago del Norte4. Suriago del Sur
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 14. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Provinces1. Abra2. Benguet3. Ifugao4. Kalinga5. Apayao6. Mountain Province
Island Group: Mindanao
Region: 15. Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Provinces1. Basilan2. Sulu3. Tawi-Tawi4. Lanao del Sur5. Magrindanao
Island Group: Luzon
Region: 16. National Capital Region (NCR)
Provinces1. Manila (composed of the cities within Manila)
To make it easier to understand this is how the Philippine regions work:
• Island Groups
• Philippine Regions
• Philippine Provinces
• Philippine Cities
• Philippine Municipalities
• Philippine Barangays
The regional maps on this page and the specific regional pages are subject to the following clause:
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