Baguio
Benguet
| Ifugao
| Kalinga
| Mountain Province
|
- Ilocos Region
- (Region I) - Luzon - 12,840 - 4,748,372 - 369.8
| San Fernando, La Union
| Ilocos Norte
| Ilocos Sur
| La Union
| Pangasinan
|
- Cagayan Valley
- (Region II) - Luzon - 26,838 - 3,229,163 - 120.3
| Tuguegarao
| Batanes
| Cagayan
| Isabela
| Nueva Vizcaya
| Quirino
| Santiago
- Central Luzon
- (Region III) - Luzon - 21,470 - 10,137,737 - 472.2
| San Fernando, Pampanga
| Angeles
| Aurora
| Bataan
| Bulacan
| Nueva Ecija
| Olongapo
Pampanga
| Tarlac
| Zambales
|
- CALABARZON
- (Region IV-A) - Luzon - 16,229 - 12,609,803 - 777
| Calamba, Laguna
| Batangas
| Cavite
| Laguna
| Lucena
| Quezon
| Rizal
|
- MIMAROPA
- (Region IV-B) - Luzon - 27,456 - 2,744,671 - 100
- Calapan
| Marinduque
| Occidental Mindoro
| Oriental Mindoro
| Palawan
| Puerto Princesa
| Romblon
|
- Bicol Region
- (Region V) - Luzon - 17,632 - 5,420,411 - 307.4
- Legazpi
| Albay
| Camarines Norte
| Camarines Sur
| Catanduanes
| Masbate
| Naga
Sorsogon
|
- Western Visayas
- (Region VI) - Visayas - 20,223 - 7,102,438 - 351.2
- Iloilo City
| Aklan
| Antique
| Bacolod
Capiz
| Guimaras
| Iloilo
| Iloilo City
Negros Occidental
|
- Central Visayas
- (Region VII) - Visayas - 14,951 - 6,800,180 - 454.8
| Cebu City
| Bohol
| Cebu
| Cebu City
Lapu-Lapu
Mandaue
Negros Oriental
| Siquijor
|
- Eastern Visayas
- (Region VIII) - Visayas - 21,432 - 4,101,322 - 191.4
| Tacloban
| Biliran
| Eastern Samar
| Leyte
| Northern Samar
| Ormoc
Samar
| Southern Leyte
| Tacloban
- Zamboanga Peninsula
- (Region IX) - Mindanao - 14,811 - 3,407,353 - 230.1
| Pagadian
| Isabela City [6]
| Zamboanga City
Zamboanga del Norte
| Zamboanga del Sur
| Zamboanga Sibugay
|
- Northern Mindanao
- (Region X) - Mindanao
| Cagayan de Oro
| Bukidnon
| Cagayan de Oro
Camiguin
| Iligan
Lanao del Norte
| Misamis Occidental
| Misamis Oriental - 17,125 - 4,297,323 - 250.9
|
- Davao Region
- (Region XI) - Mindanao
| Davao City
| Compostela Valley
| Davao City
Davao del Norte
| Davao del Sur
| Davao Oriental
| Davao Occidental - 20,244 - 4,468,563 - 220.7
|
- SOCCSKSARGEN
- (Region XII) - Mindanao
| Koronadal
| Cotabato
| Cotabato City
General Santos
Sarangani
| South Cotabato
| Sultan Kudarat - 18,433 - 4,109,571 - 222.9
|
- Caraga
- (Region XIII) - Mindanao
| Butuan
| Agusan del Norte
| Agusan del Sur
| Butuan
Dinagat Islands
| Surigao del Norte
| Surigao del Sur - 18,847 - 2,429,224 - 128.9
|
- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
- (ARMM) - Mindanao
| Cotabato City
| Basilan (excluding Isabela City)
| Lanao del Sur
| Maguindanao
| Sulu
| Tawi-Tawi - 12,695 - 3,256,140 - 256.5
| Old Defunct regions: 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 MIMAROPA or Region IV-B)
| Western Mindanao (now Zamboanga Peninsula, still designated as Region IX)
| Central Mindanao (now SOCCSKSARGEN, still designated as Region XII)
| Southern Mindanao (now Davao Region, still designated as Region XI)
| List of Regions, National Statistical Coordination Board.
Some regions use acroyms in their names, examples include
- CALABARZON - , which is derived from - CA - vite,
- LA - guna,
- BA - tangas,
- R - izal, and Que - ZON -
;
- MIMAROPA - , which is derived from - MI - ndoro (for Mindoro Occidental and Mindoro Oriental), - MA - rinduque,
- RO - mblon, and - PA - lawan; and
- SOCCSKSARGEN - , which is derived from - SO - uth - C - otabato,
- C - otabato,
- S - ultan - K - udarat,
- SAR - angani, and - GEN - eral Santos.
"Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses". 2010 Census and Housing Population . National Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
highly urbanized city, independent from any province.
independent component city, not under the jurisdiction of any provincial government.
- A component city, part of the province of Basilan, but whose regional services are provided by the offices of Region IX.
References - Regions of the Philippines in Wikipedia
| National Statistical Coordination Board
| National Statistics Office
| Super regions of the Philippines
| ISO 3166-2:PH
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