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Government Administrative Divisions

Beneath the level of its central government, the Philippines has three basic levels of government: regions, local government units (LGUs), and barangay.

Regions: The Philippines is divided into 17 regions. Except for the autonomous Muslim-majority Bangsamoro Region, these regions are merely administrative groupings that exist for the purpose of planning and organizing central government functions. Each region has a presidentially appointed development council as its policy-making body.
Local Government Units (LGUs): Included in this level are 120 primary-level units of government. This includes 81 provinces and 39 independent cities, of which there are three types: 33 highly urbanized cities (HUC), five independent component cities (ICC), and one independent municipality (Pateros, a part of the national capital region of Manilla).
- The 81 provinces are further subdivided into a secondary level of LGUs, called component cities and municipalities. Nationwide, there are 146 component cities and 1,488 municipalities.
- All LGUs (primary or secondary) have local legislatures (sanggunian) and chief executives elected by popular vote. The president exercises direct supervisory authority over provinces and independent cities. Provincial governors have direct supervisory authority over the component cities and municipalities.
Barangay: The mostly local form of government is the barangay, which roughly translates as “village.” Every LGU (primary or secondary) is subdivided into some number of barangay, with tens of thousands throughout the country. Each is governed by an elected council (sangguniang barangay) that is headed by an elected chairperson (barangay kapitan). A barangay may take the form of an urban neighborhood, sizable urban district, hamlet, village, small town, or rural district composed of dispersed settlements.

Region	Regional Flag	Regional Seal	#	Primary-Level LGUs	LGU Flag	LGU Seal
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region			1	Cotabato (ICC)
			2	Lanao del Sur Province
			3	Maguindanao Province
			4	Sulu Province
			5	Tawi-Tawi Province
			6	Basilan Province
Cordillera Administrative Region			7	Abra Province
			8	Apayao Province
			9	Baguio (HUC)
			10	Benguet Province
			11	Ifugao Province
			12	Kalinga Province
			13	Mountain Province
Ilocos Region	n/a	n/a	14	Dagupan (ICC)	n/a
			15	Ilocos Norte Province
			16	Ilocos Sur Province
			17	La Union Province
			18	Pangasinan Province
Cagayan Valley Region			19	Batanes Province
			20	Cagayan Province
			21	Isabela Province
			22	Nueva Vizcaya Province
			23	Quirino Province
			24	Santiago (ICC)	n/a
Central Luzon Region	n/a	n/a	25	Angeles (HUC)
			26	Aurora Province
			27	Bataan Province
			28	Bulacan Province
			29	Nueva Ecija Province
			30	Olongapo (HUC)
			31	Pampanga Province
			32	Tarlac Province
			33	Zambales Province
Calabarzon Region (Southern Tagalog Mainland)	n/a		34	Batangas Province
			35	Cavite Province
			36	Laguna Province
			37	Lucena (HUC)	n/a
			38	Quezon Province
			39	Rizal Province
Southwestern Tagalog Region	n/a	n/a	40	Marinduque Province
			41	Occidental Mindoro Province
			42	Oriental Mindoro Province
			43	Palawan Province
			44	Puerto Princesa (HUC)	n/a
			45	Romblon Province
Zamboanga Peninsula Region	n/a	n/a	46	Zamboanga City (HUC)
			47	Zamboanga del Norte Province
			48	Zamboanga del Sur Province
			49	Zamboanga Sibugay Province
National Capital Region	n/a	n/a	50	Caloocan (HUC)
			51	Las Piñas (HUC)	n/a
			52	Makati (HUC)	n/a
			53	Malabon (HUC)	n/a
			54	Mandaluyong (HUC)
			55	Manila (HUC)
			56	Marikina (HUC)	n/a
			57	Muntinlupa (HUC)	n/a
			58	Navotas (HUC)	n/a
			59	Parañaque (HUC)	n/a
			60	Pasay (HUC)
			61	Pasig (HUC)	n/a
			62	Pateros (NCR Municipality)	n/a
			63	Quezon City (HUC)
			64	San Juan (HUC)	n/a
			65	Taguig (HUC)	n/a
			66	Valenzuela (HUC)
Bicol Region	n/a	n/a	67	Albay Province
			68	Camarines Norte Province
			69	Camarines Sur Province
			70	Catanduanes Province
			71	Masbate Province
			72	Naga (ICC)	n/a
			73	Sorsogon Province
Western Visayas Region	n/a	n/a	74	Aklan Province
			75	Antique Province
			76	Bacolod City
			77	Capiz Province
			78	Guimaras Province
			79	Iloilo Province
			81	Iloilo City (HUC)	n/a
			80	Negros Occidental Province
Central Visayas Region	n/a	n/a	82	Bohol Province
			83	Cebu Province
			84	Cebu City (HUC)	n/a
			85	Lapu-Lapu City (HUC)
			86	Mandaue (HUC)	n/a
			87	Negros Oriental Province
			88	Siquijor Province
Eastern Visayas Region	n/a	n/a	89	Biliran Province
			90	Eastern Samar Province
			91	Leyte Province
			92	Northern Samar Province
			93	Ormoc (ICC)	n/a
			94	Samar Province
			95	Southern Leyte Province
			96	Tacloban (HUC)	n/a
Northern Mindanao Region	n/a	n/a	97	Bukidnon Province
			98	Cagayan de Oro (HUC)	n/a
			99	Camiguin Province
			100	Iligan (HUC)	n/a
			101	Lanao del Norte Province
			102	Misamis Occidental Province
			103	Misamis Oriental Province
Davao Region	n/a	n/a	104	Compostela Valley Province
			105	Davao City (HUC)		n/a
			106	Davao del Norte Province
			107	Davao del Sur Province
			108	Davao Occidental Province
			109	Davao Oriental Province
Soccskasargen Region	n/a	n/a	110	Cotabato Province
			111	General Santos (HUC)	n/a
			112	Sarangani Province
			113	South Cotabato Province
			114	Sultan Kudarat Province
Caraga	n/a	n/a	115	Agusan del Norte Province
			116	Agusan del Sur Province
			117	Butuan (HUC)
			118	Dinagat Islands Province
			119	Surigao del Norte Province
			120	Surigao del Sur Province