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The [[Philippines]] is divided into four levels of administrative divisions, with the lower three being defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as [[local government unit]]s (LGUs).<ref name="lgc"/> They are, from the highest to the lowest:
# [[Regions of the Philippines|Region]]s ({{langx|fil|rehiyon}}) are mostly used to organize national services. Of the 18 regions, only one—the [[Bangsamoro|Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]]—has an elected government to which the central government has devolved competencies.
# [[Provinces of the Philippines|Provinces]] ({{langx|fil|lalawigan or probinsya}}), [[Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities|independent cities]] ({{langx|fil|malayang lungsod {{noitalic|or}} siyudad}}), and one independent municipality ([[Pateros]])
# [[Cities of the Philippines|Component cities]] ({{langx|fil|nakapaloob na lungsod {{noitalic|or}} siyudad}}) and [[Municipalities of the Philippines|municipalities]] ({{langx|fil|bayan {{noitalic|or}} munisipalidad}}) within a province
# [[Barangay]]s (formerly known and sometimes still referred to as ''barrios'') within a city or municipality

Other divisions also exist for specific purposes, such as:
* [[Island groups of the Philippines|Geographic island groups]] in popular and widespread use;
* Local administrative districts in use by some local governments;
* Judicial regions for [[Regional Trial Court|regional trial courts]];
* [[Legislative districts of the Philippines|Legislative districts]] for the election of legislators at national, regional, and local levels;
* A [[Special Geographic Area|special geographic area]] used for the organization of Bangsamoro barangays in Cotabato; and
* Special-purpose districts for various government agencies.

== Administrative divisions ==
[[File:Ph regions and provinces.svg|thumb|350px|Map of the Philippines showing the location of all the regions and provinces.]]

=== Regions ===
{{main|Regions of the Philippines}}

==== Administrative regions ====
''Administrative regions'' are groupings of geographically adjacent LGUs that are established, disestablished, and modified by the [[president of the Philippines]] based on the need to more coherently make economic development policies and coordinate the provision of national government services within a larger area beyond the province level. No plebiscites have been conducted so far to democratically confirm the creation, abolition, or alteration of the boundaries of regular administrative regions, as the Constitution does not mandate it.<ref name="artx">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-x/|title=The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines – Article X, Local Government|author=Republic of the Philippines|date=1987|access-date=August 9, 2019|website=The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|archive-date=August 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810211613/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-x/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

An administrative region is not a local government unit (LGU), but rather a group of LGUs to which the [[President of the Philippines|president]]<ref name="eo325">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1996/04/12/executive-order-no-325-s-1996/|title=Executive Order No. 325, Series of 1996|author=Fidel V. Ramos|author-link=Fidel V. Ramos|date=April 12, 1996|access-date=August 9, 2019|website=The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811133525/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1996/04/12/executive-order-no-325-s-1996/|url-status=dead}}</ref> has provided an unelected policy-making and coordinating structure, called the Regional Development Council (RDC).<ref name="neda">{{cite web|url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FAQs_Regional-Development-Council.pdf|title=FAQs – The Regional Development Council|date=November 2018|access-date=August 11, 2019|website=[[National Economic and Development Authority]]|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811133532/http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FAQs_Regional-Development-Council.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Metro Manila]], formally the National Capital Region, is recognized by law as a "special development and administrative region", and was thus given a [[Metropolitan Manila Development Authority|metropolitan authority]];<ref name="ra7924">{{cite web|url=https://marina.gov.ph:1443/policies/RA/ra7924.pdf|title=Republic Act No. 7924 – An Act Creating Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Defining Its Powers And Function, Providing Funds Therefor And Other Purposes|date=March 1, 1995|access-date=August 9, 2019|author=Congress of the Philippines|archive-date=August 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810211616/https://marina.gov.ph:1443/policies/RA/ra7924.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the region's RDC.<ref name="neda"/>

Administrative regions are composed of provinces and/or independent cities, or, in the case of [[Pateros]], an independent municipality. The [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] further divides the LGUs of Metro Manila into four numbered geographic districts for statistical purposes.

==== Autonomous regions ====
{{main|Autonomous regions of the Philippines}}
The 1987 Constitution allows for the creation of ''[[autonomous region]]s'' in the [[Cordillera Central (Luzon)|Cordillera Central]] of [[Luzon]] and in the [[Moro people|Muslim-majority]] areas of [[Mindanao]].<ref name="artx"/> However, only the [[Bangsamoro|Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] and its predecessor, the [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]], have been approved by voters in plebiscites held in [[1989 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao creation plebiscite|1989]], [[2001 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao expansion and inclusion plebiscite|2001]], and [[2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite|2019]]. Voters in the Cordilleras rejected autonomy in [[1990 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite|1990]] and [[1998 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite|1998]]; hence, the [[Cordillera Administrative Region]] remains a regular administrative region with no delegated powers or responsibilities.
 
The sole autonomous region at present, the [[Bangsamoro|Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]], comprises [[local government unit]]s that have [[2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite|consented by plebiscite]] to be placed under the authority of the Bangsamoro regional government.<ref name="ra11054">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2018/07jul/20180727-RA-11054-RRD.pdf|title=Republic Act No. 11054 – An Act providing for the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, repealing for the purpose Republic Act No. 6734, entitled "An Act Providing for an Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao," as amended by Republic Act No. 9054, entitled "An Act to Strengthen and Expand the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao"|date=July 27, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2019|website=The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|author=Congress of the Philippines|author-link=Congress of the Philippines|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729031756/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2018/07jul/20180727-RA-11054-RRD.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> An autonomous region, while possessing a government, is not a local government unit (LGU) ''per se'', as the autonomous regional government's organization and structure are not defined by the Local Government Code of 1991, unlike provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays.<ref name="lgc">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1991/10/10/republic-act-no-7160/|title=Republic Act No. 7160 – An Act providing for a Local Government Code of 1991|date=October 10, 1991|access-date=August 10, 2019|website=The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|author=Congress of the Philippines|author-link=Congress of the Philippines|archive-date=February 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226061131/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1991/10/10/republic-act-no-7160/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rather, an autonomous region is a group of LGUs to which [[Congress of the Philippines|Congress]] has provided via statute a very specific form of regional governance structure, along with certain powers and responsibilities.

<div style="overflow-y:auto;">{{Philippine LGU hierarchy}}</div>

=== Local government units ===
{{further|Local government in the Philippines|List of primary local government units of the Philippines}}
In the Local Government Code of 1991, a ''local government unit'' (LGU) can take the form of a province, a city, a municipality, or a barangay.<ref name="lgc"/> All LGUs have local legislatures (''Sanggunian'') and local chief executives (governor, mayor, or barangay captain) that are elected by popular vote.

Per the Local Government Code of 1991, section 25, the [[President of the Philippines]] exercises direct supervisory authority over provinces and independent cities (i.e., highly urbanized and independent component cities); thus, LGUs that belong to these categories form the [[List of primary local government units of the Philippines|primary level of LGUs in the Philippines]]. [[Pateros]], by virtue of not belonging to any province, effectively also constitutes a primary level LGU.

==== Provinces ====
{{main|Provinces of the Philippines}}
A ''province'' is composed of component cities and municipalities, over which it exercises supervisory authority. Each province is headed by a governor. Its legislative body is the [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan]].<ref name="lgc"/>

==== Cities and municipalities ====
{{main|Cities of the Philippines|Municipalities of the Philippines}}
Three different legal classes of cities exist in the Philippines. [[Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities|Independent cities]], of which there are currently 38 – classified either as ''highly urbanized'' (33) or ''independent component'' (5) cities – are cities which are not under the jurisdiction of any province. Thus, these cities are autonomously governed, do not share their tax revenues with any province, and in most cases, their residents are not eligible to elect or be elected to provincial offices. Cities that are under the political jurisdiction of a province form the third legal class of cities, called ''component'' cities. The voters in these cities are allowed to vote and run for positions in the provincial government.<ref name="lgc"/>

''Municipalities'' are always under the jurisdiction of a province, except for [[Pateros]], which is self-governing.<ref name="lgc"/>

A city or municipality is divided into [[barangay]]s, over which it exercises supervisory authority. A city or municipality is headed by a mayor. The [[Sangguniang Panlungsod]] is the legislative body for cities and [[Sangguniang Bayan]] for municipalities.<ref name="lgc"/>

==== Barangays ====
{{main|Barangay}}
The ''barangay'' is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines.<ref name="lgc"/> Although "barangay" is sometimes [[English in the Philippines|translated into English]] as "village", a barangay can be: 
* an urban neighborhood, such as a city block or a gated community (e.g., [[Forbes Park, Makati]]); 
* a sizable urban district (e.g., [[Payatas]], [[Quezon City]]); 
* a single hamlet or village (e.g., [[Kalayaan, Palawan|Pag-asa, Kalayaan, Palawan]]); 
* a small town (e.g., [[Bislig|Mangagoy, Bislig, Surigao del Sur]]); or
* a rural district composed of disperse settlements (e.g., [[Kiangan|Nagacadan, Kiangan, Ifugao]]).

Each barangay is headed by a [[Punong Barangay|Barangay Captain]]. Its local legislative body is the [[Sangguniang Barangay]].<ref name="lgc"/>

== Other divisions ==
=== Island groups ===
{{main|Island groups of the Philippines}}
[[File:Federal states of the Philippines.png|thumb|alt=Map of the Philippines, showing the traditional island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.|Map showing the traditional island groups of [[Luzon]], the [[Visayas]], and [[Mindanao]], with the largest city in each respective area.]]

The Philippines is broadly divided into three traditional [[Island groups of the Philippines|island groups]]: [[Luzon]], the [[Visayas]], and [[Mindanao]]. The [[Philippine flag]]'s three stars are often taken to represent each of these geographical groupings. These island groups, however, have no specific administrative bodies, either elected or appointed, although many agencies and institutions, both government and private, use island groupings for certain purposes. For example, the [[Palarong Pambansa]] rotates yearly hosting duties among the island groups, while the [[League of Municipalities of the Philippines]] organizes its members and meetings by Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao "clusters."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lmp.org.ph/default/index.php?searchword=cluster&ordering=&searchphrase=all&Itemid=16&option=com_search|title=LMP Website search, keyword: cluster|website=[[League of Municipalities of the Philippines]]|access-date=August 11, 2019|date=August 10, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Local administrative districts ===
Some LGUs use geographic divisions that are solely used for administrative purposes.

==== Geographic districts and zones ====
Certain cities officially organize their constituent [[barangay]]s into geographic districts:
* [[Baguio]]: 20 (Districts 1–20)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dilgcar.com/index.php/baguio-city |website=Department of the Interior and Local Government – Cordillera Administrative Region – Local Governance Regional Resource Center |access-date=February 17, 2020 |title=Baguio City Profile |date=2010 }}</ref>
* [[Calbayog]]: 3 ([[Calbayog#Calbayog District|Calbayog]], [[Calbayog#Oquendo District|Oquendo]], [[Calbayog#Tinambac District|Tinambac]])
* [[Davao City]]: [[Districts of Davao City|11]] (Agdao, Baguio, Buhangin, Bunawan, [[Calinan]], Marilog, Paquibato, [[Poblacion District, Davao City|Poblacion]], [[Talomo District, Davao City|Talomo]], Toril, Tugbok)
* [[Iloilo City]]: [[Districts of Iloilo City|7]] ([[Arevalo, Iloilo City|Arevalo]], [[Iloilo City Proper|City Proper]], [[Jaro, Iloilo City|Jaro]], [[La Paz, Iloilo City|La Paz]], [[Lapuz, Iloilo City|Lapuz]], [[Mandurriao]], [[Molo, Iloilo City|Molo]])
* [[Malaybalay]]: 5 ([[Barangays of Malaybalay|Basakan]], [[Barangays of Malaybalay|North Highway]], [[Poblacion, Malaybalay|Poblacion]], [[Barangays of Malaybalay|South Highway]], [[Barangays of Malaybalay|Upper Pulangi]])
* [[Manila]]: 16 ([[Binondo]], [[Ermita]], [[Intramuros]], [[Malate, Manila|Malate]], [[Paco, Manila|Paco]], [[Pandacan]], [[Port Area, Manila|Port Area]], [[Quiapo, Manila|Quiapo]], [[Sampaloc, Manila|Sampaloc]], [[San Andres, Manila|San Andres]], [[San Miguel, Manila|San Miguel]], [[San Nicolas, Manila|San Nicolas]], [[Santa Ana, Manila|Santa Ana]], [[Santa Cruz, Manila|Santa Cruz]], [[Santa Mesa]], [[Tondo, Manila|Tondo]])
* [[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]]: 3 (Babak, Kaputian, Peñaplata)
* [[Sorsogon City]]: 2 ([[List of barangays in Sorsogon City#Barangays in Bacon District|Bacon]], [[List of barangays in Sorsogon City#Barangays in Sorsogon District|Sorsogon]])
* [[Zamboanga City]]: [[List of barangays in Zamboanga City|13]] (Ayala, Baliwasan, Curuan, Islands, Labuan, Manicahan, Mercedes, Putik, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Tetuan, Vitali, Zamboanga Central)

Three cities also officially organize their barangays into numbered zones: [[Caloocan]] [[Caloocan#Barangays|(Zones 1–16)]], [[Manila]] (Zones 1–100), and [[Pasay]] [[Barangays of Pasay|(Zones 1–20)]]. The 100 zones in Manila serve as an administrative layer immediately below the geographic district level.

Many barangay names contain the words "district" (170 barangays)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/search&page=1&strsearch=district|title=Philippine Standard Geographic Code – Search results for keyword : "district"|access-date=August 11, 2019|website=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]]}}</ref> or "zone" (264 barangays),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/search&page=1&strsearch=zone|title=Philippine Standard Geographic Code – Search results for keyword : "zone"|access-date=August 11, 2019|website=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]]}}</ref> but they are fully functioning barangays and are not just mere administrative categories.

==== Sitios and puroks ====
Many barangays are divided into ''[[sitio]]s'' and ''[[purok]]s''. Sitios are usually [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]]s within rural barangays where human settlement is [[wikt:polycentric|polycentric]], i.e., multiple communities spread across a wide area, separated by farmland, mountains, or water. Puroks are often neighborhoods or zones in densely populated areas of barangays of more urban character. Purok and sitio boundaries are rarely defined precisely and may use natural landmarks such as roads, rivers or other natural features to unofficially delineate divisions. A single sitio or purok, or groups of these, form the basis of creating a new barangay.

Sitios and puroks are not local government units and therefore do not officially have an organized government subordinate to the barangay. However, there are sometimes unofficial arrangements that result in direct representation of purok or sitio interests in the barangay government. For example, a [[Sangguniang Barangay|barangay council]] member may be officially designated as a purok leader, while sitio leaders may be appointed and drawn from the hamlet's residents.

=== Judicial regions ===
{{main|Regional Trial Court}}
[[File:Philippine judicial regions.PNG|thumb|alt=Map of the Philippines showing its 13 judicial regions.|Map of the 13 judicial regions of the Philippines.]]

The Philippines is divided into thirteen ''judicial regions'', to organize the judiciary. The judicial regions still reflect the original regional configuration introduced by President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] during [[History of the Philippines (1965-1986)|his rule]], except for the transfer of Aurora to the third judicial region from the fourth. These judicial regions are used for the appointment of judges of the different [[Regional Trial Court]]s.

=== Legislative districts ===
{{main|Legislative districts of the Philippines}}
To elect legislators at national, regional, and local levels, the Philippines is divided into ''legislative districts''.

==== National ====
{{main|Congress of the Philippines|House of Representatives of the Philippines}}
[[File:Ph congress 18.svg|thumb|right|Eighteenth Congress representation map of the Philippines]]
The electoral constituencies for the election of territory-based members of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] are more precisely ''representative'' or ''congressional districts''. Each province is guaranteed at least one seat, and more populous provinces are also provided more. Many cities that have a population of at least 250,000 inhabitants are also granted one or more seats.

If a province or a city is composed of only one legislative district, it is said to be the ''lone district'' (e.g., the "[[Legislative district of Guimaras|Lone District of Guimaras]]"). Multiple districts within more populous cities and provinces are given numerical designations (e.g., the [[Legislative districts of Cagayan#2nd District|"2nd District of Cagayan]]").

==== Regional ====
The electoral constituencies for the election of members of the [[Bangsamoro Parliament]] will be called ''parliamentary districts'', the [[Bangsamoro Transition Authority]] will decide the parliamentary districts for the first parliamentary elections, with the succeeding elections' districts being decided by the parliament.<ref>{{cite news |title=Malacañang names Bangsamoro Transition Authority members |url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/02/27/Bangsamoro-Transition-Authority-members.html |access-date=February 27, 2019 |work=CNN Philippines |date=February 27, 2019 |archive-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305044424/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/02/27/Bangsamoro-Transition-Authority-members.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The New Rules of the Game: Electoral System in the Bangsamoro|url=https://accessbangsamoro.ph/2020/08/25/the-new-rules-of-the-game-electoral-system-in-the-bangsamoro/ |work=Bangsamoro Access|access-date=February 20, 2021|date=August 25, 2020}}</ref>

The [[Bangsamoro Autonomous Region]]'s predecessor, the [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] (1990–2019), had a [[ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly|Regional Legislative Assembly]] (RLA) which elected three members from each of its eight ''assembly districts''. These assembly districts were coterminous with the existing congressional districts of the time, except that the assembly districts excluded territories that are not under the jurisdiction of the ARMM (i.e., [[Isabela, Basilan|Isabela City]] excluded from the assembly district of [[Basilan]]; [[Cotabato City]] excluded from the first assembly district of [[Maguindanao]]). Before voting for inclusion into the ARMM in 2001, [[Marawi City]] was also excluded from the first assembly district of [[Lanao del Sur]].

==== Local ====
The electoral constituencies for the election of territory-based members of the [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan]] of all 81 provinces, the [[Sangguniang Panlungsod]] of [[Sangguniang Panlungsod#Composition|26 cities]] and the [[Sangguniang Bayan]] of [[Pateros]], are more precisely ''sanggunian districts''.

* '''[[Sangguniang Panlalawigan#Allocation and apportionment of regularly elected members|Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts]]''': COMELEC divides provinces that comprise a lone congressional district into two SP districts. In provinces that are already divided into more than one congressional district, SP districts mostly follow the same boundaries, with the main exceptions being the exclusion of [[highly urbanized city|independent cities]]. SP districts in [[Bulacan]] and [[Laguna province|Laguna]] also include the cities of [[San Jose del Monte]] (Bulacan), and [[Biñan]], [[Calamba, Laguna|Calamba]] and [[Santa Rosa, Laguna|Santa Rosa]] (Laguna) in their former congressional districts. Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts are sometimes called ''provincial board districts''.
* '''[[Sangguniang Panlungsod#Composition|Sangguniang Panlungsod districts]]''': The election of regular SP members in 26 cities is through territory-based districts that encompass only portions of each city. The SP district boundaries in 10 cities are coterminous with congressional district boundaries; the SP districts in [[Taguig]] also mostly follow the congressional district boundaries, except that [[Pateros]] is factored out. Two cities ([[Manila]] and [[Quezon City]]) are divided into six SP districts; four ([[Caloocan]], [[Davao City]], [[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]] and [[Sorsogon City]]) into three SP districts; and the remaining 20 into two SP districts. Sangguniang Panlungsod districts are sometimes called ''councilor districts''.
* '''[[Sangguniang Bayan#Composition|Sangguniang Bayan districts]]''': Only the [[Metro Manila]] [[Philippine municipality|municipality]] of [[Pateros]] is divided into two SB districts for electing regular members to the [[Sangguniang Bayan]]. The Sangguniang Bayan districts of Pateros are sometimes called ''councilor districts''.

=== Special-purpose districts ===
The various executive departments has also divided the country into their respective districts. The [[Department of Public Works and Highways]], [[Department of Education (Philippines)|Department of Education]], and the [[Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)|Bureau of Internal Revenue]], for example, divide the country into "engineering," "school," and "revenue" districts, respectively.

== Summary ==
The following table summarizes the number and structure of regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays in the Philippines as of April 25, 2025.<ref name="psa">{{cite web|title=Number of provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays, by region, as of 30 March 2020|url=https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/downloads/SUMWEBPROV-MARCH2020-CODED-HUC-FINAL.pdf|publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]]|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;white-space:nowrap;"
|-
! {{abbr|#|Subdivision level according to the Local Government Code of 1991}}
! Type
! Chief executive
! Legislative body
! Number
|-
| rowspan="2" |–
| style="font-weight:bold;" | [[Autonomous regions of the Philippines|Autonomous regions]]
| [[Chief Minister of Bangsamoro|Chief minister]]{{efn|group=summary|There is also a ceremonial head of Bangsamoro, called the [[Wa'lī of Bangsamoro|Wa'lī]].}}
| [[Bangsamoro Parliament]]
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Bangsamoro|1]]
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | [[Regions of the Philippines#Administrative region|Administrative regions]]
| colspan="2" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
|-
| 1
| style="font-weight:bold;" | [[Provinces of the Philippines|Provinces]]
| Governor
| [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan]]<br><small>Provincial Board</small>
| style="text-align:right;" | 81
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[Cities of the Philippines|Cities]] and [[Municipalities of the Philippines|municipalities]]
| rowspan="2" | Mayor
| [[Sangguniang Panlungsod]]<br><small>City Council</small>
| style="text-align:right;" | 146
|-
| [[Sangguniang Bayan]]<br><small>Municipal Council</small>
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,488
|-
| 3
| style="font-weight:bold;" | [[Barangay]]s
| [[Barangay captain]]
| [[Sangguniang Barangay]]<br><small>Barangay Council</small>
| style="text-align:right;" | 42,046
|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:left; font-size:85%;"
| colspan="5" | '''Notes'''<br />{{notelist|group=summary}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Local government in the Philippines]]
* [[Federalism in the Philippines]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.dilg.gov.ph/PDF_File/reports_resources/dilg-reports-resources-2016120_fce005a61a.pdf The Local Government Code of the Philippines]
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