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  2. 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 ...

  3. Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Primary and secondary education is in the region is governed by the Department of Education-National Capital Region (DepEd-NCR). Meanwhile, the higher educational institutions are under the CHED-National Capital Region. The region has the highest literacy rate among all the regions of the Philippines, with 99.2% in 2008.

  4. Regions of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    June 2, 1978 – Metro Manila is declared the National Capital Region. [8] June 11, 1978 – The regional center of Region IX is transferred from Jolo, Sulu to Zamboanga City. [9] July 15, 1987 – The Cordillera Administrative Region is created. [10] August 1, 1989 – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is created. [11]

  5. List of mayors in Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Metro Manila is a metropolitan area in the Philippines, consisting of 16 cities and a municipality, designated as the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country.. The mayors in Metro Manila are considered as the local chief executives of their respective localities and they also form part of the Metro Manila Council of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

  6. Outline of Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Metro Manila is the capital region of the Philippines, and is one of its seventeen administrative regions. It is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay , in the southern portion of the island of Luzon .

  7. National Capital Region Police Office - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine National Police - National Capital Region Police Office (PNP NCRPO) was established as the Philippine Constabulary Metropolitan Command (PC METROCOM) on July 5, 1967, through Executive Order No. 85 of then President Ferdinand Marcos.

  8. Governor of Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Then President Ferdinand Marcos established the Metro Manila Commission (MMC) to act as the central government of the local government units (LGUs) of the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila. The head of the commission was a governor, an appointive position rather than an elected one.

  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 ).