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July 15, 1987 – The Cordillera Administrative Region is created. [10] August 1, 1989 – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is created. [11] Region XII reverted to an administrative region. January 30, 1990 – Residents reject in a plebiscite the ratification to create the Cordillera Autonomous Region. [12]
Metro Manila, formally the National Capital Region, is recognized by law as a "special development and administrative region", and was thus given a metropolitan authority; [5] the Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the region's RDC. [4] Administrative regions are composed of provinces and/or independent cities, or, in the case of ...
When the United States acquired the Philippines from Spain in 1898, the islands were divided into four gobiernos (governments), which were further subdivided into provinces and districts. The American administration initially inherited the Spanish divisions and placed them under military government.
Region Highest Point Highest elevation 1 XI-Davao Region: Mount Apo: 2,954 m 9,692 ft XII-SOCCSKSARGEN: 2 X-Northern Mindanao: Mount Dulang-dulang: 2,941 m 9,649 ft 3 II-Cagayan Valley: Mount Pulag: 2,922 m 9,587 ft Cordillera Administrative Region: 4 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Mount Ragang: 2,815 m 9,236 ft 5 IV-B ...
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines. The Philippines is administratively divided into 82 provinces (Filipino: lalawigan). These, together with the National Capital Region, are further subdivided into cities (Filipino: lungsod) and municipalities (Filipino: bayan).
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.
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 .
The Philippines' regions and provinces. The Philippines is divided into 18 regions, 82 provinces, 146 cities, 1,488 municipalities, and 42,036 barangays. [369] Regions other than Bangsamoro are divided for administrative convenience. [370]