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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)
ISO 3166-2:PH is the entry for the Philippines in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, [8] and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), it is the world's fifth largest island country. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 9 ] The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area.
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]
Cordillera Administrative Region: 4 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Mount Ragang: 2,815 m 9,236 ft 5 IV-B-Mimaropa: Mount Halcon: 2,586 m 8,484 ft 6 NIR-Negros Island Region: Mount Kanlaon: 2,465 m 8,087 ft 7 V-Bicol Region: Mayon Volcano: 2,463 m 8,081 ft 8 I-Ilocandia: Mount Sicapoo: 2,360 m 7,740 ft 9 IV-A-Calabarzon: Mount ...
Poverty incidence of Iloilo 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 21.76 2009 26.62 2012 26.21 2015 22.03 2018 16.49 2021 12.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Iloilo City, the economic center of the province and the whole island of Panay. Iloilo is one of the most competitive provinces in the Philippines, recognized for its strong economy, resilience, and effective governance. This collaboration has ...
Next Eleven (N11): Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea, and Vietnam – identified as having a high potential of becoming, along with the BRICS countries, among the world's largest economies in the 21st century. NACE: North Atlantic and Central Europe; NALA: North America and Latin ...