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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 ).
Caloocan: Caloocan City Hall Poblacion 1952 Aging building was succeeded by the current city hall in Grace Park East that opened in 2017 and was replaced on its former site by 999 Shopping Mall Caloocan. [10] Caloocan City Hall North Camarin — Old building at Caloocan's North portion replaced by a new building that began construction in 2023 ...
In 1989, Republic Act 6714 called for a plebiscite reducing the seventy barangays constituting the first congressional district of Caloocan to only thirty barangays. [5] Manila has also attempted to bring down the number of barangays from 897 to 150 in 1996 through Ordinance 7907 [6] but failed to hold a plebiscite.
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 ...
Barangay 76 is located in South Caloocan, particularly at its Grace Park West area. It is part of Zone 7. It is bounded by Samson Road and Barangays 77 and 78 in University Hills to the north, Rizal Avenue and Barangays 86 and 88 in Grace Park East to the east, and Barangay 75 in Grace Park West to the west, and Barangay 72 in Grace Park West to the south.
The Liga ng mga Barangay began with the election in July 1992, of its first National President, Alex David from Caloocan. The Liga ng mga Barangay is the largest of local government associations whose members come from the grassroots level. It represents a membership of almost 42,000 barangays.
Signage in Los Baños showing its nickname. This partial list of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and municipalities in the Philippines are known by (or have been known historically by), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
In the Local Government Code of 1991, a local government unit (LGU) can take the form of a province, a city, a municipality, or a barangay. [1] All LGUs have local legislatures ( Sanggunian ) and local chief executives (governor, mayor, or barangay captain) that are elected by popular vote.