Regions and Provinces in The Philippines: ST ND RD TH
Regions and Provinces in The Philippines: ST ND RD TH
The Philippines is composed of 7,107 islands situated in the Southeast Asian part of
the globe. The Philippine islands are clustered into three (3) island groups called
u!on, "isa#as, and $indanao %hich are further subdi&ided into se&enteen (17)
regions. 'ourteen of these regions are designated %ith numbers corresponding to
their geographic location in order from north to south. The (ational )apital *egion,
)ordillera Administrati&e *egion, and Autonomous *egion in $uslim $indanao do
not ha&e numerical designations.
The island group of u!on is composed of +locos *egion, )aga#an "alle#, )entral
u!on, )AA,A*-.(, $+$A*.PA, ,icol *egion, )ordillera Administrati&e *egion
()A*), and the (ational )apital *egion (()*)/ $etropolitan $anila, commonl#
0no%n as $etro $anila.
The "isa#as island group is composed of 1estern "isa#as, )entral "isa#as, and
2astern "isa#as.
South of the Philippines is the $indanao island group composed of -amboanga
Peninsula, (orthern $indanao, 3a&ao *egion, S.))S4SA*52(, )A*A5A, and
the Autonomous *egion of $uslim $indanao (A*$$).
Sho%casing a %ide &ariet# of %orld class products for the countr# are the eight#6one
(71) pro&inces and the (ational )apital *egion, respecti&el#8
*egion 18 +locos
+locos (orte, +locos Sur, a 9nion, and Pangasinan
)A*8 )ordillera Administrati&e *egion
Abra, ,enguet, +fugao, 4alinga, Apa#ao, $ountain Pro&ince
*egion :8 )aga#an "alle#
,atanes, )aga#an, +sabela, (ue&a "isca#a, ;uirino
*egion 38 )entral u!on
Aurora, ,ataan, ,ulacan, (ue&a 2ci<a, Pampanga, Tarlac, -ambales
()*8 (ational )apital *egion
)omposed of the )it# of $anila and the cities of )aloocan, as Pi=as, $a0ati,
$alabon, $andalu#ong, $ari0ina, $untinlupa, (a&otas, Para=a>ue, Pasa#, Pasig,
;ue!on )it#, San ?uan, Taguig, and "alen!uela, as %ell as the $unicipalit# of
Pateros.
1
st
3istrict (The )apital 3istrict) $anila
:
nd
3istrict (2astern $anila 3istrict) $andalu#ong, $ari0ina, Pasig, ;ue!on )it#, and San ?uan
3
rd
3istrict ()A$A(A"A 3istrict) )aloocan, $alabon, (a&otas, and "alen!uela
@
th
3istrict (Southern $anila 3istrict) as Pi=as, $a0ati, $untinlupa, Para=a>ue, Pasa#,
Pateros, and Taguig
*egion @A8 )AA,A*-.(
,atangas, )a&ite, aguna, ;ue!on, and *i!al
*egion @,8 $+$A*.PA
$arindu>ue, .ccidental $indoro, .riental $indoro, Pala%an, *omblon
*egion A8 ,icol
Alba#, )amarines (orte, )amarines Sur, )atanduanes, $asbate, Sorsogon
*egion B8 1estern "isa#as
A0lan, Anti>ue, )api!, +loilo, 5uimaras, (egros .ccidental
*egion 78 )entral "isa#as
,ohol, )ebu, (egros .riental, Si>ui<or
*egion 78 2astern "isa#as
,iliran, 2astern Samar, e#te, (orthern Samar, Samar (1estern e#te), Southern
e#te
*egion C8 -amboanga Peninsula
-amboanga Sibuga#, -amboanga del (orte, -amboanga del Sur
*egion 108 (orthern $indanao
,u0idnon, )amiguin, $isamis .ccidental, $isamis .riental, anao del (orte
*egion 118 3a&ao
3a&ao del (orte, 3a&ao del Sur, 3a&ao .ccidental, 3a&ao .riental, )ompostela
"alle#
*egion 1:8 S.))S4SA*52(
(orth )otabato, Sultan 4udarat, South )otabato, Saranggani
*egion 138 )A*A5A
Agusan del (orte, Agusan del Sur, 3inagat +slands, Surigao del (orte, Surigao del
Sur
A*$$8 Autonomous *egion of $uslim $indanao
,asilan, Sulu, Ta%i6ta%i, anao del Sur, $aguindanao, Shariff 4abunsuan