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The region comprises six provinces: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province. The regional center is the highly urbanized city of Baguio, which is the largest city in the region. The region was officially created on July 15, 1987, [4] covering most of the Cordillera Mountain Range of Luzon that is home to numerous ethnic groups.
English: Map of the Philippines showing the location of all the regions and provinces. Notes: The map does not depict cities that are independent of any province. It also does not depict the status of Sabah, the Spratly Islands, and Scarborough Shoal as disputed Philippine territories.
Regional center of Region IX is transferred to Pagadian, with Zamboanga City remaining as the region's commercial and industrial center. [13] February 23, 1995 – Region XIII is created and minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions; Sultan Kudarat is transferred to Region XII. [14]
Map showing the traditional island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao, with the largest city in each respective area. The Philippines is broadly divided into three traditional island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippine flag's three stars are often taken to represent each of these geographical groupings. These island ...
Map of the Philippines showing the proposed provinces. Occidental Leyte and Oriental Leyte (1923) – Leyte was divided into two new provinces by Act No. 3117 on March 27, 1923. [149] The division never took place, however, as no proclamation was issued by the Governor-General.
An old U.S. Army map showing Mountain province covering the present areas of Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Apayao. During the Spanish colonial era, the Spaniards referred to the inhabitants of the Cordilleras as the Ygorrotes or the Igorots while the Americans starting 1908 have governed the area as part of a single locality called as the Mountain Province.
An autonomous region of the Philippines (Filipino: rehiyong awtonomo ng Pilipinas) is a first-level administrative division that has the authority to control a region's culture and economy. The Constitution of the Philippines allows for two autonomous regions: in the Cordilleras and in Muslim Mindanao .
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines. The Philippines is administratively divided into 82 provinces ( Filipino : lalawigan ). These, together with the National Capital Region , are further subdivided into cities (Filipino: lungsod ) and municipalities (Filipino: bayan ).