Philippine National Regions and Provinces
Republic of the Philippines
an archipelago consisting of more than 7, 100 islands with 80 provinces on three main geographical division (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao)
south
direction of the Celebes Sea
east
direction of the Philippine Sea
west
direction of the West Philippine Sea
almost 100 million
estimated number of Philippine population
80
how many provinces does the Philippines consist?
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
name of ARMM
Cordillera (Cordillera Administrative Region)
name of CAR
Metro Manila (National Capital Region)
name of NCR
Ilocos
name of Region 1
Northern Mindanao
name of region 10
Davao
name of region 11
SOCCSKSARGEN
name of region 12
Caraga
name of region 13
Cagayan Valley
name of region 2
Central Luzon
name of region 3
CALABARZON
name of region 4-A
MIMAROPA
name of region 4-B
Bicol
name of region 5
Western Visayas
name of region 6
Central Visayas
name of region 7
Eastern Visayas
name of region 8
Zamboanga Peninsula
name of region 9
19
number of offical dialects in many regions of the country
171
number of other dialects spoken in this multi-Asian ethic society
17
number of regions in the Philippines
12th
number of the Philippine in the ranking of most populous country with approximately half residing at the main island of Luzon
Tagalog
official language of Philippines back in 1935
Pilipino
official language of Philippines back in 1955
Filipino
official language of Philippines back in 1998
Filipino
official language of the Philippines or the standard version of Tagalog
basilan, lanao del sur, maguindanao, sulu, tawi-tawi
provinces of ARMM (autonomous region of muslim mindanao)
Abra, Kalinga, Apayao, Benguet, Mt. Province, Ifugao
provinces of CAR (cordillera)
Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela, Pateros
provinces of NCR (metro manila)
Ilocos norte, ilocos sur, la union, pangasinan
provinces of region 1 (ilocos)
Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental
provinces of region 10 (northern mindanao)
compostela valley, davao del norte, davao del sur, davao oriental
provinces of region 11 (davao)
cotabato, south cotabato, sultan kudarat, sarangani, general santos
provinces of region 12 (soccsksargen)
Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur
provinces of region 13 (caraga)
Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino
provinces of region 2 (cagayan valley)
Aurora, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan
provinces of region 3 (central luzon)
Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal
provinces of region 4-A (CALABARZON)
Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Palawan, Romblon
provinces of region 4-B (MIMAROPA)
Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon
provinces of region 5 (bicol)
Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental
provinces of region 6 (western visayas)
Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor
provinces of region 7 (central visayas)
Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran
provinces of region 8 (eastern visayas)
Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay
provinces of region 9 (zamboanga peninsula)
English
the other official language spoken by many Filipinos that also serve as the medium of instruction in many schools of learning
archipelago
the term for Philippines because it contains large group of islands
Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
three main geographical division of the Philippines
7,641
updated number of islands in the Philippines