Provinces of the Philippines

The Provinces of the Philippines are the main political and administrative divisions of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces at present. The provinces are divided into cities and municipalities. The National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are separate from any provincial government. Each province has a governor.

The provinces are grouped into seventeen regions based on geographical, cultural, and ethnological characteristics. Fourteen of these regions are designated with numbers corresponding to their geographic location in order from north to south. The National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao do not have numerical designations.

Each province is member to the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an organization which aims to address issues affecting provincial and metropolitan government administrations.[1]

List of provinces

Province	Capital	Region	Population (2007)	Population rank	Area (km²)	Area rank	Pop. density (per km²)	Pop. density rank
Abra	Bangued	CAR	230,953	67	4,198.20	33	55.01	76
Agusan del Norte[2]	Cabadbaran[3]	Region XIII	612,405	46	3,546.86	40	172.66	49
Agusan del Sur	Prosperidad	Region XIII	609,447	47	9,989.52	5	61.01	73
Aklan	Kalibo	Region VI	495,122	57	1,821.42	66	271.83	24
Albay	Legazpi	Region V	1,190,823	24	2,565.77	57	464.12	11
Antique	San Jose de Buenavista	Region VI	515,265	54	2,729.17	53	188.8	44
Apayao	Kabugao[4]	CAR	103,633	77	4,351.23	31	23.82	79
Aurora	Baler	Region III	187,802	69	3,147.32	47	59.67	74
Basilan	Isabela	ARMM[5]	496,505	56	2,217.13	59	223.94	37
Bataan	Balanga	Region III	662,153	43	1,372.98	72	482.27	9
Batanes	Basco	Region II	15,974	80	219.01	80	72.94	69
Batangas	Batangas City	Region IV-A	2,245,869	8	3,119.72	48	719.89	7
Benguet[6]	La Trinidad	CAR	674,459	42	2,826.59	50	238.61	35
Biliran	Naval	Region VIII	150,031	74	536.01	77	279.9	23
Bohol	Tagbilaran	Region VII	1,230,110	23	4,820.95	26	255.16	30
Bukidnon	Malaybalay	Region X	1,190,284	25	10,498.59	4	113.38	62
Bulacan	Malolos	Region III	2,826,936	4	2,774.85	51	1018.77	5
Cagayan	Tuguegarao	Region II	1,072,571	28	9,295.75	6	115.38	60
Camarines Norte	Daet	Region V	513,785	55	2,320.07	58	221.45	38
Camarines Sur[7]	Pili	Region V	1,693,821	15	5,465.26	19	309.93	20
Camiguin	Mambajao	Region X	81,293	79	237.95	79	341.64	16
Capiz	Roxas	Region VI	701,664	39	2,594.64	56	270.43	25
Catanduanes	Virac	Region V	232,757	66	1,492.16	71	155.99	51
Cavite	Imus[8]	Region IV-A	2,856,765	3	1,512.41	69	1888.88	2
Cebu[9]	Cebu City[10]	Region VII	3,848,730	1	5,331.07	22	724.66	6
Compostela Valley	Nabunturan	Region XI	637,366	44	4,479.77	28	142.28	54
Cotabato	Kidapawan	Region XII	1,121,974	27	9,008.90	7	124.54	58
Davao del Norte	Tagum	Region XI	847,440	32	3,426.97	44	247.29	32
Davao del Sur[11]	Digos	Region XI	2,185,743	10	6,667.06	12	327.84	18
Davao Oriental[12]	Mati	Region XI	486,104	58	5,670.07	18	85.73	68
Dinagat Islands	San Jose	Region XIII	120,813	76	1,036.34	74	116.58	59
Eastern Samar	Borongan	Region VIII	405,114	62	4,640.73	27	87.3	67
Guimaras	Jordan	Region VI	151,238	73	604.57	76	250.16	31
Ifugao	Lagawe	CAR	180,711	71	2,628.21	54	68.76	72
Ilocos Norte	Laoag	Region I	547,284	49	3,504.30	42	156.17	50
Ilocos Sur	Vigan	Region I	632,255	45	2,595.96	55	243.55	33
Iloilo[13]	Iloilo City[10]	Region VI	2,110,588	11	4,899.35	25	267.19	26
Isabela[14]	Ilagan	Region II	1,401,495	18	13,778.76	2	101.71	64
Kalinga	Tabuk	CAR	182,326	70	3,231.25	46	56.43	75
La Union	San Fernando	Region I	720,972	36	1,503.75	70	479.45	10
Laguna	Santa Cruz	Region IV-A	2,473,530	6	1,823.55	65	1356.44	3
Lanao del Norte[15]	Tubod	Region X	846,329	33	3,824.79	35	221.3	39
Lanao del Sur	Marawi	ARMM	1,138,544	26	12,051.85	3	94.47	65
Leyte[16]	Tacloban[10]	Region VIII	1,722,036	14	6,515.05	13	264.32	27
Maguindanao[17]	Shariff Aguak	ARMM	1,532,868	17	7,623.75	10	201.06	42
Marinduque	Boac	Region IV-B	229,636	68	952.58	75	241.07	34
Masbate	Masbate City	Region V	768,939	34	4,151.78	34	185.21	45
Misamis Occidental	Oroquieta	Region X	531,680	52	2,055.22	63	258.7	29
Misamis Oriental[18]	Cagayan de Oro[10]	Region X	1,302,851	19	3,515.70	41	370.58	14
Mountain Province	Bontoc	CAR	148,661	75	2,157.38	60	68.91	71
Negros Occidental[19]	Bacolod[10]	Region VI	2,869,766	2	7,965.21	9	360.29	15
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete	Region VII	1,231,904	22	5,385.53	21	228.74	36
Northern Samar	Catarman	Region VIII	549,759	48	3,692.93	37	148.87	53
Nueva Ecija	Palayan[20]	Region III	1,853,853	13	5,751.33	17	322.33	19
Nueva Vizcaya	Bayombong	Region II	397,837	63	4,378.80	30	90.86	66
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	Region IV-B	421,592	61	5,865.71	16	71.87	70
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan	Region IV-B	735,769	35	4,238.38	32	173.6	48
Palawan[21]	Puerto Princesa[10]	Region IV-B	892,660	30	17,030.75	1	52.41	77
Pampanga[22]	San Fernando	Region III	2,226,444	9	2,044.99	64	1088.73	4
Pangasinan[23]	Lingayen	Region I	2,645,395	5	5,451.08	20	485.3	8
Quezon[24]	Lucena[10]	Region IV-A	1,882,900	12	8,926.01	8	210.95	41
Quirino	Cabarroguis	Region II	163,610	72	3,486.16	43	46.93	78
Rizal[25]	Antipolo[26]	Region IV-A	2,284,046	7	1,175.76	73	1942.61	1
Romblon	Romblon	Region IV-B	279,774	65	1,533.45	68	182.45	46
Samar	Catbalogan	Region VIII	695,149	40	6,048.03	14	114.94	61
Sarangani	Alabel	Region XII	475,514	59	3,601.25	39	132.04	55
Siquijor	Siquijor	Region VII	87,695	78	337.49	78	259.84	28
Sorsogon	Sorsogon City	Region V	709,673	38	2,119.01	62	334.91	17
South Cotabato[27]	General Santos City	Region XII	1,296,797	1	4,428.81	1	292.81	1
Southern Leyte	Maasin	Region VIII	390,847	64	1,797.22	67	217.47	40
Sultan Kudarat	Isulan	Region XII	675,644	41	5,251.34	23	128.66	57
Sulu	Jolo	ARMM	849,670	31	2,135.25	61	397.93	13
Surigao del Norte	Surigao	Region XIII	409,468	59	1,972.9	64	207.55	37
Surigao del Sur[12]	Tandag	Region XIII	541,347	51	4,925.18	24	109.91	63
Tarlac	Tarlac City	Region III	1,243,449	21	2,736.64	52	454.37	12
Tawi-Tawi	Bongao[28]	ARMM	450,346	60	3,426.55	45	131.43	56
Zambales[29]	Iba	Region III	720,355	37	3,714.40	36	193.94	43
Zamboanga del Norte	Dipolog	Region IX	907,238	29	7,301.00	11	124.26	59
Zamboanga del Sur[30]	Pagadian	Region IX	1,688,685	16	5,914.16	15	285.53	22
Zamboanga Sibugay	Ipil	Region IX	546,186	50	3,607.75	38	151.39	52
Metro Manila[25]	Manila (Regional center)	NCR	11,553,427	--	636	--	18747.04	--

NOTES:

All population and land area figures include cities independent from provinces. In this table, they are counted as part of the province to which they are often grouped for statistical purposes, but in actuality they are first-level entities on their own right.
Metro Manila is included for comparison although it is not a province but an administrative region.
Land area figures taken from 2009 IRA computation factors Archived 2011-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.
Population figures taken from National Statistics Office Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.

References

About the League of Provinces, League of Provinces of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2009-03-05, retrieved 2008-01-12
Figures include the independent city of Butuan.
Cabadbaran has been made the official capital of the province, as per Republic Act No. 8811 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. However, the seat of the provincial government is still in the process of being transferred from Butuan, where the provincial government still holds office.
The province maintains another government center in Luna, where many national and provincial agencies now hold office. Philippine Information Agency - Apayao gov't center established in Luna
The city of Isabela is served by the offices of Region IX.
Figures include the independent city of Baguio.
Figures include the independent city of Naga.
The provincial government of Cavite makes it clear that Imus is the provincial capital, while the seat of the provincial government is Trece Martires City. Official Website of the Province of Cavite - Quick Facts Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Imus is capital of Cavite — Maliksi Archived 2012-09-04 at Archive.today
Figures include the independent cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue.
Because the provincial government holds office within an independent city, in effect the province maintains the seat of its government outside its jurisdiction.
Figures include the independent city of Davao.
Population figures for both Davao Oriental and Surigao del Sur exclude the 4,555 persons residing in areas disputed between these provinces.
Figures include the independent city of Iloilo.
Figures include the independent city of Santiago.
Figures include the independent city of Iligan.
Figures include the independent cities of Ormoc and Tacloban.
Figures include the independent city of Cotabato.
Figures include the independent city of Cagayan de Oro.
Figures include the independent city of Bacolod.
The provincial government still uses and maintains facilities in the former capital, Cabanatuan.
Figures include the independent city of Puerto Princesa.
Figures include the independent city of Angeles.
Figures include the independent city of Dagupan.
Figures include the independent city of Lucena.
Population figures for both Metro Manila and Rizal Province exclude the 24,789 persons residing in areas disputed between the municipality of Cainta, Rizal and the city of Pasig in Metro Manila.
The provincial government has already transferred its operations to Antipolo from Pasig, although no legislation on the national level has been enacted yet recognizing the new capital. Yehey! News - Board wants Antipolo officially named capital of Rizal
Figures include the independent city of General Santos.
The National Statistical Coordination Board Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine recognizes both Bongao and Panglima Sugala as capitals of the province. However, the provincial capitol is located in Bongao, the de facto seat of government.
Figures include the independent city of Olongapo.
Figures include the independent city of Zamboanga.

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[1] About the League of Provinces, League of Provinces of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2009-03-05, retrieved 2008-01-12

[2] Figures include the independent city of Butuan.

[3] Cabadbaran has been made the official capital of the province, as per Republic Act No. 8811 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. However, the seat of the provincial government is still in the process of being transferred from Butuan, where the provincial government still holds office.

[4] The province maintains another government center in Luna, where many national and provincial agencies now hold office. Philippine Information Agency - Apayao gov't center established in Luna

[bas-5] The city of Isabela is served by the offices of Region IX.

[6] Figures include the independent city of Baguio.

[7] Figures include the independent city of Naga.

[8] The provincial government of Cavite makes it clear that Imus is the provincial capital, while the seat of the provincial government is Trece Martires City. Official Website of the Province of Cavite - Quick Facts Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Imus is capital of Cavite — Maliksi Archived 2012-09-04 at Archive.today

[9] Figures include the independent cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue.

[huc-10] Because the provincial government holds office within an independent city, in effect the province maintains the seat of its government outside its jurisdiction.

[11] Figures include the independent city of Davao.

[dorsds-12] Population figures for both Davao Oriental and Surigao del Sur exclude the 4,555 persons residing in areas disputed between these provinces.

[13] Figures include the independent city of Iloilo.

[14] Figures include the independent city of Santiago.

[15] Figures include the independent city of Iligan.

[16] Figures include the independent cities of Ormoc and Tacloban.

[17] Figures include the independent city of Cotabato.

[18] Figures include the independent city of Cagayan de Oro.

[19] Figures include the independent city of Bacolod.

[20] The provincial government still uses and maintains facilities in the former capital, Cabanatuan.

[21] Figures include the independent city of Puerto Princesa.

[22] Figures include the independent city of Angeles.

[23] Figures include the independent city of Dagupan.

[24] Figures include the independent city of Lucena.

[psgrzl-25] Population figures for both Metro Manila and Rizal Province exclude the 24,789 persons residing in areas disputed between the municipality of Cainta, Rizal and the city of Pasig in Metro Manila.

[26] The provincial government has already transferred its operations to Antipolo from Pasig, although no legislation on the national level has been enacted yet recognizing the new capital. Yehey! News - Board wants Antipolo officially named capital of Rizal

[27] Figures include the independent city of General Santos.

[28] The National Statistical Coordination Board Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine recognizes both Bongao and Panglima Sugala as capitals of the province. However, the provincial capitol is located in Bongao, the de facto seat of government.

[29] Figures include the independent city of Olongapo.

[30] Figures include the independent city of Zamboanga.