List of primary local government units of the Philippines

Below is a combined list of primary subdivisions of local government in the Philippines. As of September 2015, there were 81 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ).[1] All 120 primary LGUs are under direct administrative supervision of the President of the Philippines.

Administrative division Population Area Population density
Primary local
government unit		 Type Region Population
(2010)[2] 		Rank
(overall) 		Rank
(provinces) 		Rank
(others)		 Land area
(km²)[3][4][5][6] 		Rank
(overall) 		Rank
(provinces) 		Rank
(others)		 Density
(per km²) 		Rank
(overall) 		Rank
(provinces) 		Rank
(others)
Abra province CAR 234,733 98 68 — 4,165.25 29 29 — 56.4 118 79 —
Agusan del Norte province Region XIII 332,487 85 64 — 2,730.24 48 48 — 121.8 101 63 —
Agusan del Sur province Region XIII 656,418 49 42 — 9,989.52 4 4 — 65.7 115 76 —
Aklan province Region VI 535,725 65 52 — 1,821.42 66 64 — 294.1 61 23 —
Albay province Region V 1,233,432 24 20 — 2,575.77 53 53 — 478.9 46 11 —
Angeles[7] HUC Region III 326,336 88 — 24 60.27 100 — 19 5414.6 22 — 22
Antique province Region VI 546,031 62 50 — 2,729.17 49 49 — 200.1 81 43 —
Apayao province CAR 112,636 116 78 — 4,413.35 27 27 — 25.5 120 81 —
Aurora province Region III 201,233 104 71 — 3,147.32 42 42 — 63.9 116 77 —
Bacolod HUC Region XVIII 511,820 69 — 15 162.67 96 — 15 3146.4 24 — 24
Baguio HUC CAR 318,676 90 — 26 57.51 102 — 21 5541.2 20 — 20
Basilan province ARMM/ (IX-Isabela) 391,179 81 62 — 1,327.23 75 72 — 294.7 60 22 —
Bataan province Region III 687,482 45 39 — 1,372.98 74 71 — 500.7 43 8 —
Batanes province Region II 16,604 120 81 — 219.01 91 81 — 75.8 112 73 —
Batangas province Region IV-A 2,377,395 9 8 — 3,119.75 44 44 — 762 38 6 —
Benguet province CAR 403,944 78 60 — 2,769.08 47 47 — 145.9 93 55 —
Biliran province Region VIII 161,760 111 75 — 536.01 84 78 — 301.8 59 21 —
Bohol province Region VII 1,255,128 23 19 — 4,820.95 23 23 — 260.3 68 30 —
Bukidnon province Region X 1,299,192 20 16 — 10,498.59 3 3 — 123.7 100 61 —
Bulacan province Region III 2,924,433 2 2 — 2,796.10 46 46 — 1045.9 36 4 —
Butuan HUC Region XIII 309,709 91 — 27 816.62 80 — 4 379.3 50 — 37
Cagayan province Region II 1,124,773 26 22 — 9,295.75 5 5 — 121 103 65 —
Cagayan de Oro HUC Region X 602,088 52 — 9 412.80 86 — 8 1458.5 31 — 29
Caloocan HUC NCR 1,489,040 16 — 3 55.80 103 — 23 26685.3 6 — 6
Camarines Norte province Region V 542,915 63 51 — 2,320.07 57 55 — 234 75 37 —
Camarines Sur province Region V 1,647,440 15 13 — 5,412.55 16 16 — 304.4 58 20 —
Camiguin province Region X 83,807 118 80 — 237.95 90 80 — 352.2 52 15 —
Capiz province Region VI 719,685 43 37 — 2,594.64 52 52 — 277.4 62 24 —
Catanduanes province Region V 246,300 97 67 — 1,492.16 72 70 — 165.1 87 49 —
Cavite province Region IV-A 3,090,691 1 1 — 1,574.17 69 67 — 1963.4 29 2 —
Cebu province Region VII 2,619,362 5 4 — 4,943.72 20 20 — 529.8 41 7 —
Cebu City HUC Region VII 866,171 32 — 5 315.00 88 — 9 2749.7 26 — 26
Compostela Valley province Region XI 687,195 46 40 — 4,479.77 26 26 — 153.4 91 53 —
Cotabato province Region XII 1,226,508 25 21 — 9,008.90 6 6 — 136.1 96 58 —
Cotabato City ICC Region XII 271,786 94 — 28 176.00 94 — 13 1544.2 30 — 28
Dagupan ICC Region I 163,676 109 — 36 37.23 109 — 28 4396.3 23 — 23
Davao City HUC Region XI 1,449,296 17 — 4 2,443.61 54 — 1 593.1 39 — 33
Davao del Norte province Region XI 945,764 29 25 — 3,426.97 39 39 — 276 64 26 —
Davao del Sur province Region XI 574,910 57 46 — 2,163.98 58 56 — 265.7 67 29 —
Davao Occidental province Region XI 293,780 91 64 — 2,163.45 59 57 — 135.8 97 59 —
Davao Oriental[8] province Region XI 517,618 68 54 — 5,679.64 14 14 — 91.1 109 70 —
Dinagat Islands province Region XIII 126,803 114 77 — 1,036.34 78 75 — 122.4 100 62 —
Eastern Samar province Region VIII 428,877 74 58 — 4,660.47 24 24 — 92 108 69
General Santos HUC Region XII 538,086 64 — 13 492.86 85 — 7 1091.8 35 — 32
Guimaras province Region VI 162,943 110 74 — 604.57 83 77 — 269.5 66 28 —
Ifugao province CAR 191,078 106 72 — 2,628.21 50 50 — 72.7 113 74 —
Iligan HUC Region X 322,821 88 — 25 813.37 81 — 5 396.9 49 — 36
Ilocos Norte province Region I 568,017 58 47 — 3,467.89 38 38 — 163.8 88 50 —
Ilocos Sur province Region I 658,587 48 41 — 2,596.00 51 51 — 253.7 70 32 —
Iloilo province Region VI 1,805,576 12 11 — 5,000.83 19 19 — 361.1 51 14 —
Iloilo City HUC Region VI 424,619 75 — 17 78.34 99 — 18 5420.2 21 — 21
Isabela province Region II 1,356,841 19 15 — 12,159.43 2 2 — 111.6 105 67 —
Kalinga province CAR 201,613 103 70 — 3,231.25 41 41 — 62.4 117 78 —
La Union province Region I 741,906 40 34 — 1,497.70 71 69 — 495.4 44 9 —
Laguna province Region IV-A 2,669,847 4 3 — 1,917.85 65 63 — 1392.1 32 3 —
Lanao del Norte province Region X 607,917 51 43 — 3,346.57 40 40 — 181.7 86 48 —
Lanao del Sur province ARMM 933,260 31 27 — 3,872.89 33 33 — 241 72 34 —
Lapu-Lapu HUC Region VII 350,467 84 — 21 58.10 101 — 20 6032.1 19 — 19
Las Piñas HUC NCR 552,573 61 — 12 32.69 110 — 29 16903.4 11 — 11
Leyte province Region VIII 1,376,784 18 14 — 5,699.73 13 13 — 241.6 71 33 —
Lucena HUC Region IV-A 246,392 96 — 30 80.21 98 — 17 3071.8 25 — 25
Maguindanao province ARMM 944,718 30 26 — 4,871.60 22 22 — 193.9 82 44 —
Makati[9] HUC NCR 529,039 67 — 14 21.57 113 — 32 24526.6 7 — 7
Malabon HUC NCR 353,337 83 — 20 15.71 115 — 34 22491.2 8 — 8
Mandaluyong HUC NCR 328,699 87 — 23 9.29 117 — 36 35382 2 — 2
Mandaue HUC Region VII 331,320 86 — 22 25.18 111 — 30 13158.1 15 — 15
City of Manila HUC NCR 1,652,171 14 — 2 24.98 112 — 31 66139.8 1 — 1
Marikina HUC NCR 424,150 76 — 18 21.52 114 — 33 19709.6 10 — 10
Marinduque province Region IV-B 227,828 99 69 — 952.58 79 76 — 239.2 73 35 —
Masbate province Region V 834,650 33 28 — 4,151.78 30 30 — 201 80 42 —
Misamis Occidental province Region X 567,642 59 48 — 2,055.22 62 60 — 276.2 63 25 —
Misamis Oriental province Region X 813,856 35 30 — 3,131.52 43 43 — 259.9 69 31 —
Mountain Province province CAR 154,187 112 76 — 2,157.38 60 58 — 71.5 114 75 —
Muntinlupa HUC NCR 459,941 71 — 16 39.75 108 — 27 11570.8 18 — 18
Naga ICC Region V 174,931 108 — 35 84.48 97 — 16 2070.7 28 — 27
Navotas HUC NCR 249,131 95 — 29 8.94 118 — 37 27867 5 — 5
Negros Occidental province Region XVIII 2,396,039 8 7 — 7,802.54 8 8 — 307.1 57 19 —
Negros Oriental province Region XVIII 1,286,666 21 17 — 5,385.53 17 17 — 238.9 74 36 —
Northern Samar province Region VIII 589,013 53 44 — 3,692.93 34 34 — 159.5 90 52 —
Nueva Ecija province Region III 1,955,373 11 10 — 5,751.33 12 12 — 340 54 17 —
Nueva Vizcaya province Region II 421,355 77 59 — 3,975.67 31 31 — 106 106 68 —
Occidental Mindoro province Region IV-B 452,971 72 56 — 5,865.71 11 11 — 77.2 110 71 —
Olongapo HUC Region III 221,178 101 — 32 185.00 93 — 12 1195.6 33 — 30
Oriental Mindoro province Region IV-B 785,602 37 31 — 4,238.38 28 28 — 185.4 84 46 —
Ormoc ICC Region VIII 191,200 105 — 34 613.60 82 — 6 311.6 56 — 38
Palawan province Region IV-B 771,667 38 32 — 14,649.73 1 1 — 52.7 119 80 —
Pampanga[10] province Region III 2,014,019 10 9 — 2,002.20 63 61 — 1005.9 37 5 —
Pangasinan province Region I 2,616,186 6 5 — 5,413.78 15 15 — 483.2 45 10 —
Parañaque HUC NCR 588,126 54 — 10 46.57 106 — 25 12628.9 16 — 16
Pasay HUC NCR 392,869 80 — 19 13.97 116 — 35 28122.3 4 — 4
Pasig[11] HUC NCR 669,773 47 — 7 48.46 104 — 23 13821.2 14 — 14
Pateros NCR municipality NCR 64,147 119 — 39 2.25 120 — 39 28509.8 3 — 3
Puerto Princesa HUC Region IV-B 222,673 100 — 31 2,381.02 55 — 2 93.5 107 — 39
Quezon province Region IV-A 1,740,638 13 12 — 8,989.39 7 7 — 193.6 83 45 —
Quezon City HUC NCR 2,761,720 3 — 1 171.71 95 — 14 16083.6 12 — 12
Quirino province Region II 176,786 107 73 — 2,323.47 56 54 — 76.1 111 72 —
Rizal[12] province Region IV-A 2,484,840 7 6 — 1,191.94 76 73 — 2084.7 27 1 —
Romblon province Region IV-B 283,930 93 66 — 1,533.45 70 68 — 185.2 85 47 —
Samar province Region VIII 733,377 42 36 — 6,048.03 10 10 — 121.3 102 64 —
San Juan HUC NCR 121,430 115 — 38 5.95 119 — 38 20442.8 9 — 9
Santiago ICC Region II 132,804 113 — 37 255.50 89 — 10 519.8 42 — 35
Sarangani province Region XII 498,904 70 55 — 3,601.25 37 37 — 138.5 95 57 —
Siquijor province Region VII 91,066 117 79 — 337.49 82 79 — 269.8 65 27 —
Sorsogon province Region V 740,743 41 35 — 2,119.01 61 59 — 349.6 53 16 —
South Cotabato province Region XII 827,200 34 29 — 3,935.95 32 32 — 210.2 79 41 —
Southern Leyte province Region VIII 399,137 79 61 — 1,798.61 67 65 — 221.9 77 39 —
Sultan Kudarat province Region XII 747,087 39 33 — 5,298.34 18 18 — 141 94 56 —
Sulu province ARMM 718,290 44 38 — 1,600.40 68 66 — 448.8 47 12 —
Surigao del Norte province Region XIII 442,588 73 57 — 1,972.93 64 62 — 224.3 76 38 —
Surigao del Sur[13] province Region XIII 561,219 60 49 — 4,932.70 21 21 — 113.8 104 66 —
Tacloban HUC Region VIII 221,174 102 — 33 201.72 92 — 11 1096.4 34 — 31
Taguig[14] HUC NCR 644,473 50 — 8 45.21 107 — 26 14255.1 13 — 13
Tarlac province Region III 1,273,240 22 18 — 3,053.60 45 45 — 417 48 13 —
Tawi-Tawi province ARMM 366,550 82 63 — 1,087.40 77 74 — 337.1 55 18 —
Valenzuela HUC NCR 575,356 56 — 11 47.02 105 — 24 12236.4 17 — 17
Zambales province Region III 534,443 66 53 — 3,645.83 35 35 — 146.6 92 54 —
Zamboanga City HUC Region IX 807,129 36 — 6 1,414.70 73 — 3 570.5 40 — 34
Zamboanga del Norte province Region IX 957,997 28 24 — 7,301.00 9 9 — 131.2 98 60 —
Zamboanga del Sur province Region IX 959,685 27 23 — 4,499.46 25 25 — 213.3 78 40 —
Zamboanga Sibugay province Region IX 584,685 55 45 — 3,607.75 36 36 — 162.1 89 51 —

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References

  1. ↑ "Provincial Summary, number of provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays, by region, as of June 2015" (PDF). PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities" (PDF). 2010 Census and Housing Population. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 20 March 2013. Independent cities have been excluded from provincial land area and population figures.
  4. ↑ "List of Cities". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  5. ↑ For provinces in the ARMM: "Bangsamoro Development Plan Integrative Report, Chapter 10" (PDF). Bangsamoro Development Agency. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-05. Note that the land area of Cotabato City has been subtracted from Maguindanao.
  6. ↑ For Pateros: "Land Use Classification". Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  7. ↑ Population count includes persons residing in area disputed by Barangay Dolores, Mabalacat, Pampanga
  8. ↑ Population count excludes persons residing in three barangays (Pagtila-an, Rajah Cabungso-an, Union) disputed between Boston, Davao Oriental and Lingig, Surigao del Sur
  9. ↑ Data for Makati includes areas in dispute with Taguig
  10. ↑ Population count excludes persons residing in area disputed by Barangay Balibago, Angeles City
  11. ↑ Population count excludes persons residing in area disputed by Barangay San Isidro, Cainta, Rizal
  12. ↑ Population count includes persons residing in area disputed by Barangays Manggahan and Dela Paz, Pasig
  13. ↑ Population count includes persons residing in three barangays (Pagtila-an, Rajah Cabungso-an, Union) disputed between Lingig, Surigao del Sur and Boston, Davao Oriental
  14. ↑ Data for Taguig excludes areas in dispute with Makati
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