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Philippines

In the Philippines, regions (Filipino: rehiyon, ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative

divisions that serve primarily to organize the 80 provinces (lalawigan) for
administrative convenience. Most government offices establish regional offices instead
of individual provincial offices, usually (but not necessarily always) in the city
designated as 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. The Cordillera Administrative Region was originally intended
to be autonomous (Cordillera Autonomous Region), but the failure of two plebiscites
for its establishment reduced it to a regular administrative region.

This article is part of the series:

Politics and government of

the Philippines

1 History
2 List of regions
2.1 Luzon
2.2 Visayas
2.3 Mindanao
3 Defunct regions
4 Notes
5 See also
6 References

Government
Constitution
Legislature
Congress (15th Congress)
Senate
Senate President
Current senators
House of Representatives
Speaker
Legislative districts
Executive

Regions first came to existence in on September 24, 1972 when the provinces of the
Philippines were organized into 11 regions by Presidential Decree No. 1 as part of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan of President Ferdinand Marcos.

President (list)
Benigno Aquino III

Since that time, other regions have been created and some provinces have been
transferred from one region to another.

Cabinet
Executive Departments

July 7, 1975: Region XII created and minor reorganization of some Mindanao
regions.
August 21, 1975: Region IX divided into Sub-Region IX-A' and Sub-Region
IX-B. Minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions.
November 7, 1975: National Capital Region created.
August 1, 1989: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao created.
October 23, 1989: Cordillera Administrative Region created.
October 12, 1990: Executive Order issued to reorganize the Mindanao regions
but the reorganization never happened (possibly due to lack of government
funds).
February 23, 1995: Region XIII (Caraga) created and minor reorganization of
some Mindanao regions.
1997: Minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions.
September 19, 2001: Most Mindanao regions reorganized and some renamed.

Vice President (list)

Jejomar Binay

Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Renato Corona
Court of Appeals
Court of Tax Appeals
Sandiganbayan
Ombudsman
Elections
Commission on Elections
Chairman: Jose Melo
Elections:

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May 17, 2002: Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA)
created from the former Region IV (Southern Tagalog) region.
May 23, 2005: Palawan transferred from MIMAROPA to Western Visayas;
MIMAROPA renamed to MIMARO.
August 19, 2005: The E.O. 429 of May 23, 2005 transferring Palawan from
MIMAROPA to Western Visayas was later held in abeyance by Administrative
Order #129.

Today the Philippines consists of 17 regions which are geographically combined into
the three island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Following is a list of the
regions in their island groupings. To get overviews of the regions, see the respective
articles on the island groups. The regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and
SOCCSKSARGEN are capitalized because they are acronyms that stand for their
component provinces or cities.[1]

Luzon

Map

(short name)

Regional
center

National Capital
Region

Manila and
Quezon City

Region

(NCR; Metro Manila)

Component local
government units
Caloocan
City[2]
Las Pias
City[2]
Makati
City[2]
Malabon
City[2]
Mandaluyong
City[2]
Manila[2]
Marikina
City[2]
Muntinlupa
City[2]
Navotas
City[2]
Paraaque
City[2]
Pasay City[2]
Pasig City[2]
Pateros[3]
Quezon
City[2]
San Juan
City[2]
Taguig
City[2]

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Political parties
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
NPC
Liberal
Nacionalista
Reporma-LM
PDP-Laban
PMP
LDP
Bayan
Others
Subdivisions
Local government
Capital
Regions
Provinces
Cities
Municipalities
Barangays
Related topics
Foreign relations
Human rights

Other countries Atlas

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Valenzuela
City[2]
Cordillera
Administrative
Region

Baguio City
Abra
Apayao
Baguio
City[2]
Benguet
Ifugao
Kalinga
Mountain
Province

(CAR)

Ilocos Region
(Region I)

Cagayan Valley
(Region II)

Central Luzon
(Region III)

San
Fernando
City, La
Union

Tuguegarao
City

San
Fernando
City,
Pampanga

Dagupan
City[4]
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Pangasinan
Batanes
Cagayan
Isabela
Nueva
Vizcaya
Quirino
Aurora
Bataan
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
Tarlac
Zambales

CALABARZON
(Region IV-A)

MIMAROPA
(Region IV-B)

Calamba
City

Calapan
City

Batangas
Cavite
Quezon
Rizal
Laguna

Marinduque
Occidental
Mindoro
Oriental
Mindoro
Palawan

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Romblon
Bicol Region

Legazpi City
Albay
Camarines
Norte
Camarines
Sur
Catanduanes
Masbate

(Region V)

Sorsogon

Visayas

Map

(short name)

Regional
center

Western Visayas

Iloilo City

Region

Aklan
Antique
Bacolod
City[2]
Capiz
Guimaras
Iloilo
Iloilo City[2]
Negros
Occidental

(Region VI)

Central Visayas

Cebu City
Bohol
Cebu
Cebu
City[2]
Lapu-Lapu
City[2]
Mandaue
City[2]
Negros
Oriental
Siquijor

(Region VII)

Eastern Visayas
(Region VIII)

Component local
government units

Tacloban City
Biliran
Eastern
Samar
Leyte
Northern
Samar
Ormoc
City[4]

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Samar
Southern
Leyte
Tacloban
City[2]

Mindanao

Map

(short name)

Regional
center

Zamboanga
Peninsula

Pagadian
City

Region

(Region IX)

Northern
Mindanao
(Region X)

Davao Region
(Region XI)

Cagayan
de Oro
City

Davao
City

SOCCSKSARGEN Koronadal
(Region XII)
City

Caraga Region

Butuan
City

Component local
government units
Isabela City[5]
Zamboanga City[2]
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga Sibugay

Bukidnon
Cagayan de Oro
City[2]
Camiguin
Iligan City[2]
Lanao del Norte
Misamis Occidental
Misamis Oriental
Compostela Valley
Davao City[2]
Davao del Norte
Davao del Sur
Davao Oriental

Cotabato<socsargen>
Cotabato City[4]
General Santos
City[2]
Sarangani
South Cotabato
Sultan Kudarat
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Butuan City[2]
Dinagat Islands
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur

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Autonomous
Region of Muslim
Mindanao
(ARMM)

Cotabato
City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines

Basilan (excluding
Isabela City)
Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao
Sulu
Tawi-Tawi

The following are regions that do not exist, explanations about their current status follow each region's name.
Southern Tagalog (divided into CALABARZON or Region IV-a and MIMARO or Region IV-B (Palawan is no longer
included. It is now part of Visayas))
Western Mindanao (now Zamboanga Peninsula, still designated as Region IX)
Central Mindanao (now SOCCSKSARGEN, still designated as Region XII)
Southern Mindanao (now Davao, still designated as Region XI)

1. ^ Some regions use acroyms in their names, examples include CALABARZON, which is derived from CAvite, LAguna,
BAtangas, Rizal, and QueZON; MIMAROPA, which is derived from MIndoro (for Mindoro Occidental and Mindoro Oriental),
MArinduque, ROmblon, and PAlawan; and SOCCSKSARGEN, which is derived from SOuth Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat, SARangani, and GENeral Santos City.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac A highly urbanized city, independent from any province.
3. ^ An independent municipality, not governed by any province.
4. ^ a b c An independent component city, not under the jurisdiction of any provincial government.
5. ^ A component city, part of the province of Basilan, but whose regional services are provided by the offices of Region IX.

Super regions of the Philippines

ISO 3166-2:PH

National Statistical Coordination Board (http://www.nscb.gov.ph)

Philippines-Archipelago (Political Map) (http://philippines-archipelago.com/map.htm)
National Statistics Office (http://www.census.gov.ph/)
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