Provinces

Provinces in the Philippines

The main political as well as administrative divisions of the Philippines are the provinces. Every province is run by a governor that runs numerous local government organizations. Every province is member of the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an entity that aspires to deal with issues impacting provincial as well as metropolitan government administrations.

Presently, Philippines is composed of 80 provinces:

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	Capital	Region	Population	Area (km²)	Pop. density (perkm²)
Abra	Bangued	CAR	209,491	3,975.6	52.7
Agusan del Norte	Cabadbaran	Region XIII	552,849	2,590.0	213.5
Agusan del Sur	Prosperidad	Region XIII	559,294	8,966.0	62.4
Aklan	Kalibo	Region VI	451,314	1,817.9	248.3
Albay	Legazpi City	Region V	1,090,907	2,552.6	427.4
Antique	San Jose	Region VI	471,088	2,522.0	186.8
Apayao	Kabugao	CAR	97,129	3,927.9	24.7
Aurora	Baler	Region III	173,797	3,239.5	53.6
Basilan	Isabela City	ARMM	259,796	1,234.2	210.5
Bataan	Balanga City	Region III	557,659	1,373.0	406.2
Batanes	Basco	Region II	16,467	209.3	78.7
Batangas	Batangas City	Region IV-A	1,905,348	3,165.8	601.9
Benguet	La Trinidad	CAR	582,515	2,655.4	219.4
Biliran	Naval	Region VIII	140,274	555.5	252.5
Bohol	Tagbilaran City	Region VII	1,137,268	4,117.3	276.2
Bukidnon	Malaybalay City	Region X	1,060,265	8,293.8	127.8
Bulacan	Malolos	Region III	2,234,088	2,625.0	851.1
Cagayan	Tuguegarao City	Region II	993,580	9,002.7	110.4
Camarines Norte	Daet	Region V	458,840	2,112.5	217.2
Camarines Sur	Pili	Region V	1,551,549	5,266.8	294.6
Camiguin	Mambajao	Region X	74,232	229.8	323.0
Capiz	Roxas City	Region VI	654,156	2,633.2	248.4
Catanduanes	Virac	Region V	215,356	1,511.5	142.5
Cavite	Trece Martires City	Region IV-A	2,063,161	1,287.6	1,602.3
Cebu	Cebu City	Region VII	3,356,137	5,088.4	659.6
Compostela Valley	Nabunturan	Region XI	580,244	4,667.0	124.3
Cotabato	Kidapawan City	Region XII	958,643	6,569.9	145.9
Davao del Norte	Tagum City	Region XI	743,811	3,463.0	214.8
Davao del Sur	Digos City	Region XI	1,905,917	6,377.6	298.8
Davao Oriental	Mati	Region XI	446,191	5,164.5	86.4
Dinagat Islands	San Jose	Region XI	106,951	802.12	133.3
Eastern Samar	Borongan	Region VIII	375,822	4,339.6	86.6
Guimaras	Jordan	Region VI	141,450	604.7	233.9
Ifugao	Lagawe	CAR	161,623	2,517.8	64.2
Ilocos Norte	Laoag City	Region I	514,241	3,399.3	151.3
Ilocos Sur	Vigan City	Region I	594,206	2,579.6	230.3
Iloilo	Iloilo City	Region VI	1,925,002	4,719.4	407.9
Isabela <ref>On February 20, 1995, legislation was approved for the division of Isabela into Isabela del Norte and Isabela del Sur. It was disapproved in the provincial plebisite. The division never took place.</ref>	Ilagan	Region II	1,287,575	10,664.6	120.7
Kalinga	Tabuk	CAR	174,023	3,119.7	55.8
La Union	San Fernando City	Region I	657,945	1,493.1	440.7
Laguna	Santa Cruz	Region IV-A	1,965,872	1,759.7	1,117.2
Lanao del Norte	Tubod	Region X	758,123	3,092.0	245.2
Lanao del Sur	Marawi City	ARMM	800,162	3,872.9	206.6
Leyte	Tacloban City	Region VIII	1,592,336	5,712.8	278.7
Maguindanao	Shariff Aguak	ARMM	801,102	4,900.1	163.5
Marinduque	Boac	Region IV-B	217,392	959.3	226.6
Masbate	Masbate City	Region V	707,668	4,047.7	174.8
Misamis Occidental	Oroquieta City	Region X	486,723	1,939.3	251.0
Misamis Oriental	Cagayan de Oro City	Region X	1,126,215	3,570.0	315.5
Mountain Province	Bontoc	CAR	140,439	2,097.3	67.0
Negros Occidental <ref>Negros del Norte was created from Negros Occidental on January 3, 1986. Its creation was declared unconstitutional on July 11, 1986, and it was abolished on August 18, 1986.</ref>	Bacolod City	Region VI	2,565,723	7,926.1	323.7
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete City	Region VII	1,126,061	5,402.3	208.4
Northern Samar	Catarman	Region VIII	500,639	3,498.0	143.1
Nueva Ecija	Palayan City	Region III	1,659,883	5,284.3	314.1
Nueva Vizcaya	Bayombong	Region II	366,962	3,903.9	94.0
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	Region IV-B	380,250	5,879.9	64.7
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan City	Region IV-B	681,818	4,364.7	156.2
Palawan	Puerto Princesa City	Region VI	755,412	14,896.3	50.7
Pampanga	San Fernando City	Region III	1,882,730	2,180.7	863.4
Pangasinan	Lingayen	Region I	2,434,086	5,368.2	453.4
Quezon	Lucena City	Region IV-A	1,679,030	8,706.6	192.8
Quirino	Cabarroguis	Region II	148,575	3,057.2	48.6
Rizal	Antipolo City	Region IV-A	1,707,218	1,308.9	1,304.3
Romblon	Romblon	Region IV-B	264,357	1,355.9	195.0
Samar	Catbalogan	Region VIII	641,124	5,591.0	114.7
Sarangani	Alabel	Region XII	410,622	2,980.0	137.8
Shariff Kabunsuan	Datu Odin Sinsuat	ARMM	365,848
Siquijor	Siquijor	Region VII	81,598	343.5	237.5
Sorsogon	Sorsogon City	Region V	650,535	2,141.4	303.8
South Cotabato	Koronadal City	Region XII	1,102,550	4,489.0	245.6
Southern Leyte	Maasin City	Region VIII	360,160	1,734.8	207.6
Sultan Kudarat	Isulan	Region XII	586,505	4,714.8	124.4
Sulu	Jolo	ARMM	619,668	1,600.4	387.2
Surigao del Norte	Surigao City	Region XIII	374,465	1,936.9	193.3
Surigao del Sur	Tandag	Region XIII	501,808	4,552.2	110.2
Tarlac	Tarlac City	Region III	1,068,783	3,053.4	350.0
Tawi-Tawi	Panglima Sugala	ARMM	322,317	1,087.4	296.4
Zambales	Iba	Region III	627,802	3,714.4	169.0
Zamboanga del Norte	Dipolog City	Region IX	823,130	6,618.0	124.4
Zamboanga del Sur	Pagadian City	Region IX	1,437,941	4,964.1	289.7
Zamboanga Sibugay	Ipil	Region IX	497,239	3,087.9	161.0