Philippine Regions and Provinces

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. Mimaropa5. Bicol Region16. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
17. National Capital Region (NCR)

Visayas

6. 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