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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists In the Philippines, regions (Template:Langx; ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs). Most national government offices provide services through their regional branches instead of having direct provincial or city offices. Regional offices are usually but not necessarily located in the city designated as the regional center.

As of 2024, the Philippines is divided into 18 regions. Seventeen of these are mere administrative groupings, each provided by the president of the Philippines with a regional development council (RDC) – in the case of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila), an additional metropolitan development authority serves as the coordinating and policy-making body. Only one, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, has an elected government and parliament to which the Congress of the Philippines has delegated certain powers and responsibilities.

History

Regions first came to existence on September 24, 1972, when the provinces of the Philippines were organized into eleven regions under Presidential Decree No. 1 as part of the Integrated Reorganization Plan of President Ferdinand Marcos.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Since that time, other regions have been created and some provinces have been transferred from one region to another.

Administrative Regions of the Philippines (Historical Layout)
Region No. Region Name Provinces
I Ilocos Region Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Abra
II Cagayan Valley Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes
III Central Luzon Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Pangasinan
IV Southern Tagalog Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Marinduque, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Palawan, Romblon
V Bicol Region Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon
VI Western Visayas Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental
VII Central Visayas Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor
VIII Eastern Visayas Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Southern Leyte
IX Western Mindanao Basilan, Sulu, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur
X Northern Mindanao Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte
XI Southern Mindanao Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, North Cotabato, Maguindanao

Timeline

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  • July 7, 1975 – Region XII was created, and some regions of Mindanao are reorganized.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 25, 1975 – Regions IX and XII were declared as Autonomous Regions in Western and Central Mindanao, respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 21, 1975 – Region IX was divided into Sub-Region IX-A and Sub-Region IX-B. Some regions in Mindanao are reorganized.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 7, 1975 – Metro Manila was created.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 23, 1976 – Metro Manila was separated from Southern Tagalog to become Region IV; Southern Tagalog becomes Region IV-A.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 2, 1978 – Metro Manila was declared the National Capital Region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 11, 1978 – The regional center of Region IX was transferred from Jolo, Sulu to Zamboanga City.<ref name="PD1555">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 30, 1990 – Residents reject in a plebiscite the ratification to create the Cordillera Autonomous Region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 12, 1990 – Reorganization and/or renaming of the Mindanao regions: Region IX (Western Mindanao), Region X (Northern Mindanao), Region XI (Southern Mindanao), Region XII (Central Mindanao), and ARMM. Regional center of Region IX is transferred to Pagadian, with Zamboanga City remaining as the region's commercial and industrial center.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 23, 1995 – Region XIII (Caraga) was created and minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions; Sultan Kudarat is transferred to Region XII.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • March 7, 1998 – Residents reject in a plebiscite for the second time the ratification to create the Cordillera Autonomous Region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 18, 1998 – Sultan Kudarat was reverted to Region XII.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • March 31, 2001 – The ARMM was expanded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 19, 2001 – Most Mindanao regions were reorganized and some are renamed, such as Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), Region XI (Davao Region), and Region XII (Soccsksargen).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • May 17, 2002 – Region IV-A (Calabarzon) and Region IV-B (Mimaropa) were created from the former Region IV (Southern Tagalog) region; Aurora is transferred to Region III.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 28, 2003 – Calamba, Laguna was designated as the regional center of Region IV-A.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 17, 2016 – The Southwestern Tagalog Region (Mimaropa Region) was established comprising the former Region IV-B (in effect merely a renaming and discontinuation of the "Region IV-B" designation since no boundary changes were involved).<ref name="RA10869">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 7, 2017 – The NIR was abolished. Negros Occidental (including Bacolod) and Negros Oriental are reverted to Regions VI and VII, respectively.<ref name="EO38">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 11, 2024 – The NIR was re-established, with Siquijor transferred from Region VII.<ref name="RA12000">Template:Cite PH act</ref><ref name="rappler-nir">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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List of regions

Template:As of, the Philippines is divided into 18 regions.<ref name="psa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The traditional island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao are composed of eight (Regions I, II, III, IV-A, and V, and CAR, NCR, and Mimaropa), four (VI, VII, VIII, and NIR), and six (IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, and BARMM) regions, respectively. The names of Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Soccsksargen are acronyms signifying their component provinces and cities; and are usually capitalized in official government documents.

Types of regions

Administrative region

An administrative region is a grouping of geographically adjacent LGUs that may be established, disestablished, and modified by the president of the Philippines based on the need to formulate coherent economic development policies, more efficiently provide national government services, and coordinate activities beneficial to the development of larger area beyond the province level. No plebiscites have been conducted so far to democratically confirm the creation, abolition or alteration of the boundaries of regular administrative regions, as the Constitution does not mandate it.<ref name="artx">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

An administrative region is not a local government unit (LGU), but rather a group of LGUs to which the president<ref name=eo325>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> has provided an unelected policy-making and coordinating structure, called the Regional Development Council (RDC).<ref name=neda>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Metro Manila is recognized in law as a "special development and administrative region", and was thus given the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA);<ref name=ra7924>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the National Capital Region's RDC.<ref name="neda"/>

Autonomous region

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The 1987 Constitution allows for the creation of autonomous regions in the Cordillera Central of Luzon and the Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao.<ref name="artx"/> However, only the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and its predecessor, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, have been approved by voters in plebiscites held in 1989, 2001, and 2019. Voters in the Cordilleras rejected autonomy in 1990 and 1998; hence the Cordillera Administrative Region remains as a regular administrative region with no delegated powers or responsibilities.

The Supreme Court has ruled that an autonomous region established by statute must be composed of more than one province, thereby invalidating the proposed establishment of the Autonomous Region of Ifugao following the results of the original 1990 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite, which saw only Ifugao's voters casting a majority 'yes' vote towards autonomy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Table of regions

  • Component local government units: the data column is limited to primary LGUs, which pertains to component provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities, as well as the independent municipality of Pateros. All city names, except those under the National Capital Region, are italicized.
  • Location: the location map column can be sorted from north-to-south, west-to-east.

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Location Region
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Density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the National Capital Region National Capital Region
Template:Small 		13 Luzon Manila Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Cordillera Region Cordillera Administrative Region
Template:Small 		14 Luzon Baguio Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Ilocos Region Ilocos Region
Template:Small 		01 Luzon San Fernando Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley
Template:Small 		02 Luzon Tuguegarao Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Central Luzon Central Luzon
Template:Small 		03 Luzon San Fernando Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Calabarzon Calabarzon
Template:Small 		04 Luzon Calamba Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Mimaropa Southwestern Tagalog Region
Template:SmallTemplate:Efn 		17 Luzon Calapan Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Bicol Region Bicol Region
Template:Small 		05 Luzon Legazpi Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Western Visayas Western Visayas
Template:Small 		06 Visayas Iloilo City Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Negros Island Region Negros Island Region
Template:Small 		18 Visayas Bacolod and Dumaguete
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Map of the Philippines highlighting Central Visayas Central Visayas
Template:Small 		07 Visayas Cebu City Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas
Template:Small 		08 Visayas Tacloban Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Zamboanga Peninsula Zamboanga Peninsula
Template:Small 		09 Mindanao Pagadian Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Northern Mindanao Northern Mindanao
Template:Small 		10 Mindanao Cagayan de Oro Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Davao Region Davao Region
Template:Small 		11 Mindanao Davao City Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Soccsksargen Soccsksargen
Template:Small 		12 Mindanao Koronadal Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting Caraga Caraga
Template:Small 		16 Mindanao Butuan Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bangsamoro
Template:SmallTemplate:Efn 		19 Mindanao Cotabato City Template:Collapsible list Template:Convert Template:Number and percent Template:Pop density
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Judicial regions

Template:For As far as the judiciary is concerned, specifically the first and second level courts, the country is divided into judicial regions as provided by Batas Pambansa Bilang 129. The coverage of these judicial regions generally coincides with that of the administrative regions in 1980, with some exceptions.

Legislative districts

Representation for the Interim Batasang Pambansa was mostly through parliamentary districts based on how regions were organized in 1978. Metro Manila was "Region IV", while Southern Tagalog was "Region IV-A". This was the only time the national legislature was represented via regions; in a 1984 plebiscite, voters approved a constitutional amendment that reverted to representation per province and city.

Proposed regions

Defunct regions

The following are regions that no longer exist, listed along with their current status:

See also

References

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