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Quizzes/Assignment

Name: Rizza Mae Ramos Date: July 29, 2019

Course/ term: BEED/ 4 th Rating:
Year/ Semester: 2019- 2020/ 1 st

References: https://philippinescities.com/philippine-cities/

There are many different region in the Philippines and it compose of twelve (16) regions and 142 cities. Each city has its
own unique development and most of them are still in need of development. If you’re looking for opportunities and city
tour visiting these region or cities are greatly promoted. People who are living in each city are friendly and definitely
provide you with a lot of smiles.
Philippines Regions:

ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao)

CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region)
NCR (National Capital Region)
Region 1 (Ilocos Region)
Region 2 (Cagayan Valley)
Region 3 (Central Luzon)
Region 4A (CALABARZON)
Region 4B (MIMAROPA)
Region 5 (Bicol Region)
Region 6 (Western Visayas)
Region 7 (Central Visayas)
Region 8 (Eastern Visayas)
Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula)
Region 10 (Northern Mindanao)
Region 11 (Davao Region)
Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN)
Region 13 (Caraga Region)

 LUZON
 The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is composed by the provinces such as
 Abra
 Apayao
 Bengeut
 Ifugao
 Kalinga
 Mountain Province
 Baguio City, as the regional center
. The region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera Central mountains of Luzon, the largest
mountain range in the country. It is the country’s only land-locked region. It is also the home for the numerous
tribes collectively called the Igorot.
NCR (National Capital Region)

The National Capital Region, or called as Metro Manila, is the most populous of the twelve defined metropolitan areas in
the Philippines and the 11th most populous in the world. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 11,855,975,
comprising 13% of the national population.
The region is the political, economic, social, cultural, and educational center of the Philippines. As proclaimed by
Presidential Decree No. 940, Metro Manila as a whole is the Philippines’ seat of government while the City of Manila is
the capital.

The cities that comprise the NCR Region are:

 Caloocan City
 Las Piñas City
 Makati City
 Malabon City
 Mandaluyong City
 Manila City
 Marikina City
 Muntinlupa City
 Navotas City
 Parañaque City
 Pasay City
 Pasig City
 Quezon City
 San Juan City
 Taguig City
 Valenzuela City

Region 1 (Ilocos Region)

Region 1, also known as the Ilocos Region, is located in the northwest of Luzon. It borders to the east the regions of the
Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley, and to the south of the Central Luzon. Located on its west is the
South China Sea.

The region is composed of four provinces, namely:

  Ilocos Norte
 Ilocos Sur
 La Union and
 Pangasinan. (Its regional center is San Fernando City, La Union).

Region 2 (Cagayan Valley)

 The Cagayan Valley is the largest region in the Philippines with regards to the land area. It is composed of five
provinces:

 Batanes
 Cagayan,
 Isabela
 Nueva Vizcaya, and
 Quirino.
 Most of the region lies in a large valley in northeastern Luzon, between the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre
mountain ranges. The Cagayan River, the country’s longest, runs through its center and flows out to Luzon Strait
in the north, in the town of Aparri, Cagayan. The Babuyan and Batanes island groups that lie in the Luzon Strait
belong to the region.


Region 3 (Central Luzon)

Central Luzon or known as Region 3, was created to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon (the
largest island), for administrative convinience. The region contains the largest in the country and produces most of the country’s rice supply,
earning itself the nickname “Rice Granary of the Philippines”.

Its provinces are:

 Aurora,
 Bataan,
 Bulacan
 Nueva Ecija
 Pampanga,
 Tarlac
  Zambales.
Region 4A (CALABARZON)

CALABARZON is composed by the provinces of :

 Cavite
 Laguna
 Batangas
 Rizal
 Quezon; the acronym is derived from the first two letters of every province that composes it.
Region 4B (MIMAROPA)

MIMAROPA is an administrative region of the Philippines. It is one of two regions of the Philippines having no land border with another
region, Eastern Visayas being the other, and is designated as Region IV-B. The name is an acronym combining the names of its provinces,
which are:

 Occidental Mindoro
 Oriental Mindoro
 Marinduque
 Romblon and
 Palawan.
The region is also more formally known as Southern Tagalog Islands.
Region 5 – (Bicol)

The region is composed of six provinces, namely:

 Albay
 Camarines Norte
 Camarines Sur
 Sorsogon
 island-provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate.
  VISAYAS

Region 6 (Western Visayas)

consist the islands of Western Visayas. It consists of six provinces:

 Aklan
 Antique
 Negros Occidental
 Capiz
 Guimaras
 Iloilo.
 The center of regional office is in Iloilo City. Among the 16 cities in the region that make it as the region
with the highest number of cities, there are also 2 highly urbanized cities that make this up: Bacolod City
and the Iloilo City.
Region 7 (Central Visayas)


Central Visayas, designated as Region VII, is a region of the Philippines located in the central part of the
Visayas island group. It consists of four provinces
 Bohol
 Cebu
 Negros Oriental
 Siquijor— and the highly urbanized cities of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City. The
region is dominated by the native speakers of Cebuano. Cebu City is its regional center.
Region 8 (Eastern Visayas)

 Eastern Visayas or Region VIII is one of the two regions of the Philippines having no land border with
another region, MIMAROPA being the other. It is composed of two main islands, Leyte and Samar,
connected by the famous San Juanico Bridge. It consists of six provinces namely,:
 Biliran
 Eastern Samar,
 Leyte
 Northern Samar
 Samar
 Southern Leyte.
  MINDANAO

Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula)

 Zamboanga Peninsula is a peninsula and an administrative region in the Philippines. Designated as
Region IX, the region consists of three provinces, namely:
 Zamboanga del Norte,
 Zamboanga del Sur
 Zamboanga Sibugay.
 The region was previously known as Western Mindanao before the enactment of Executive Order No. 36
on September 19, 2001. Pagadian City is the regional center.
Region 10 (Northern Mindanao)

 Northern Mindanao is a region of the Philippines, composed of five provinces and two cities classified as
highly-urbanized, all occupying the north-central part of Mindanao island, and the island-province of
Camiguin. The regional center is Cagayan de Oro City. Lanao del Norte was transferred to Northern
Mindanao from Region XII (then called Central Mindanao) by virtue of Executive Order No. 36

Region 11 (Davao Region)


Davao Region / Southern Mindanao, designated as Region XI,is one of the regions of the Philippines,
located on the southeastern portion of Mindanao. Davao Region consists of four provinces, namely:
Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Sur. The region encloses the Davao
Gulf and its regional center is Davao City. Davao is the Hispanicized pronunciation of daba-daba, the
Bagobo word for “fire” (the Cebuano translation is “kalayo“).
Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN)
 
SOCCSKSARGEN is a region of the Philippines, located in central Mindanao, and is officially designated as Region XII.
The name is an acronym that stands for the region’s four provinces and one of its cities:
 South Cotabato,
 Cotabato,
 Sultan Kudarat
 Sarangani
 General Santos City.

 The region is more formally known by its older name Central Mindanao. The regional center is Koronadal City located in
the province of South Cotabato. Cotabato City, though geographically within the boundaries of the province of
Maguindanao, itself is part of SOCCSKSARGEN, and is independent of that province. Maguindanao province is, in fact,
a part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which has its seat in Cotabato City. SOCCSKSARGEN
and the province of Maguindanao were once part of the original Cotabato province.

Region 13 (Caraga Region)

Caraga is an administrative region of the Philippines, on the northeastern portion of the island of Mindanao, also called Region XIII. The
Caraga Region was created through the Republic Act No. 7901 on February 23, 1995. The region is composes of five provinces:

 Agusan del Norte,

 Agusan del Sur
 Surigao del Norte
 Surigao del Sur
 Dinagat Islands.
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Filipino: Nagsasariling Rehiyon ng Muslim sa
Mindanaw)(abbreviated ARMM) is the region, located in the Mindanao island group of the Philippines, that is composed
of predominantly Muslim provinces, namely:
 Basilan (except Isabela City)
 Lanao del Sur
 Maguindanao,
 Sulu
 Tawi-Tawi.
 It is the only region that has its own government. The regional capital is at Cotabato City, although this city is
outside of its jurisdiction.
The ARMM previously include it the province o Shariff Kabunsuan till 16 Julie 2008, when Shariff Kabunsuan ceased tae
exist as a province after the Filipino Supreme Court declared the "Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act 201", which credit it,
unconstitutional in Sema v. Comelec.[2] On 7 October 2012, President Benigno Aquino III said that the Government aimit to
held peace in the region an it will be kent as "Bangsamoro".[3]