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Regions & the Bangsamoro

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Geography and regional affairs across 18 regions, 82 provinces
The Geography and Administrative Divisions of the Philippines

The Seven Numbers to Know First Location, Territory, and Surrounding Seas Two ma…

Complete List of Philippine Administrative Divisions (18 Regions, 82 Provinces, the 17 LGUs of NCR, HUCs/ICCs)

The most important caveat for this document: as of August 2026 the official PSA …

Metro Manila in Depth

Legal formation — what makes "Metro Manila" exist A point that trips people up: …

Central Luzon (Region III)

The Big Picture — Everything Comes Down to "Next Door to the Capital" The key to…

CALABARZON and MIMAROPA

The Big Picture — How the Old "Southern Tagalog Region" Split in Two CALABARZON …

The Bicol Region (Region V) — A Land of Volcanoes, Typhoons, Whale Sharks, and Spicy Food

A region made up of a long, narrow peninsula and islands stretching from the sou…

Northern Luzon and the Cordillera

Three regions — coast, mountains, valley Northern Luzon breaks broadly into thre…

The Visayas

The Visayas is the island group occupying the central Philippine archipelago — o…

Western Visayas and Central Visayas — A Practical Guide to Panay, Cebu and Bohol

Start here: the Visayas is no longer "three regions" but four Most Japanese guid…

Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) and the Yolanda Recovery — Where Things Stand 13 Years Later

The key points of this material (the conclusions, up front) What Eastern Visayas…

Mindanao Region

What Is Mindanao — The "Southern Third" One of the Philippines' three great isla…

Palawan and the Marine Environment

Why It's Called "The Last Frontier" Low population density with vast undeveloped…

Remote Islands and Frontiers — Getting to Know the Philippines' "Edges"

Context — How to Read the "7,641 Islands" Figure The Philippines' official islan…