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Southern Tagalog (Region IV, now divided into Calabarzon, Central Luzon , Metro Manila (several cities that were part of Rizal), and Mimaropa; the name remains as a cultural-geographic region only) Western Mindanao (renamed as Zamboanga Peninsula, still designated as Region IX)
Autonomous region: Parliament: total of 80 members: 40 seats in a party-list system of allocation; 32 seats, 1 elected from each district; 8 reserved seats: 2 from non-Moro indigenous peoples; 2 from settler communities; 1 for women; 1 for youth; 1 for traditional leaders; 1 for the Ulama; Speaker Province: Sangguniang Panlalawigan [a] varies ...
This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines. These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines , which are also used as identifiers in common parlance.
The following is a list of adjectival and demonymic forms of countries and nations in English and their demonymic equivalents. A country adjective describes something as being from that country, for example, " Italian cuisine " is "cuisine of Italy".
Women in the Philippines (Filipino: Kababaihan sa Pilipinas) may also be known as Filipina or Filipino women. Their role includes the context of Filipino culture , standards, and mindsets. The Philippines is described [ by whom? ] to be a nation of strong women, who directly and indirectly run the family unit, businesses, and government agencies.
This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2024. [1] The HDI is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
The ending -men has feminine equivalent -women (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman). The French terminations -ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine ; adding 'e' ( -oise / aise ) makes them singular feminine; 'es' ( -oises / aises ) makes them plural feminine.
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 .