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  2. Fierce storm blows out of northern Philippines after leaving ...

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    A fierce storm was blowing out of the northern Philippines Tuesday after leaving at least 14 people dead in landslides, floods and swollen rivers, disaster-response officials said. Storm warnings ...

  3. Administrative divisions of Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...

  4. Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, in the early 16th century [13] due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", [14] and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Rajah Matanda, the old king of Maynila, who was born ...

  5. Provinces of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    List of Philippine provinces by population; List of Philippine provincial etymologies; List of Philippine provinces by Human Development Index; List of Philippine provinces by poverty rate; List of demonyms for Philippine provinces; ISO 3166-2:PH; Sub-provinces of the Philippines, a defunct group of administrative divisions in the Philippines

  6. Regions of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    An administrative region is a grouping of geographically adjacent LGUs that may be established, disestablished, and modified by the president of the Philippines based on the need to formulate coherent economic development policies, more efficiently provide national government services, and coordinate activities beneficial to the development of ...

  7. List of cities and municipalities in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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 ).

  8. List of newspapers in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    This list of newspapers currently being published in the Philippines includes broadsheets and tabloids published daily and distributed nationwide. Regional newspapers or those published in the regions are also included.

  9. List of primary local government units of the Philippines

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    Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines. As of June 11, 2024, there are 82 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ).