Administrative Divisions of The Philippines

Administrative Divisions Of The Philippines

The Philippines is divided into, from the highest division to the lowest:

  1. Autonomous regions
    • Regular administrative regions are not elected and are considered arms of the national governments, not governments in their own right.
  2. Provinces and independent cities
  3. Municipalities and component cities
  4. Barangays

Each division at each level from the provinces down to the barangays is a local government unit (LGU). For administrative purposes, the provinces and cities are grouped into regions. The President has the prerogative to create, abolish and determine the composition of regions, which is done so most often in consultation with the local government units affected; with the exception of autonomous regions, where the residents of the local government units have to ratify in a plebiscite their inclusion in such a setup.

Other political divisions exist for the other branches of government:

  1. Legislative districts for the House of Representatives
  2. Judicial regions for the Regional Trial Courts.

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