Provinces of the Philippines

The **Provinces of the Philippines** are the main political and administrative divisions of the Philippines. There are 82 provinces at present.  The provinces are divided into cities and municipalities. The National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are separate from any provincial government. Each province has a governor.

The provinces are grouped into seventeen regions based on geographical, cultural, and ethnological characteristics. Fourteen of these regions are designated with numbers corresponding to their geographic location in order from north to south. The National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao do not have numerical designations.

Each province is member to the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an organization which aims to address issues affecting provincial and metropolitan government administrations.

## List of provinces

|width="150"|Province|width="150"|Capital|width="150"|Largest settlement|width="75"|Region||Population <small>(2020)</small>||Population rank||Area <small>(km²) </small>||Area rank||Pop. density <small>(per km²)</small>||Pop. density rank|
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|Abra|Bangued|CAR|250,985|69|4,198.20|33||76||||||||||||
|Agusan del Norte|Cabadbaran|Butuan City|Region XIII|760,413|45|3,546.86|40||49|||||||||||
|Agusan del Sur|Prosperidad|Bayugan City|Region XIII|739,367|46|9,989.52|5||73|||||||||||
|Aklan|Kalibo|Region VI|615,475|54|1,821.42|66||24||||||||||||
|Albay|Legazpi|Region V|1,374,768|24|2,565.77|57||11||||||||||||
|Antique|San Jose de Buenavista|Region VI|612,974|55|2,729.17|53||44||||||||||||
|Apayao|Kabugao|Conner|CAR|124,366|79|4,351.23|31||79|||||||||||
|Aurora|Baler|Maria Aurora|Region III|235,750|71|3,147.32|47||74|||||||||||
|Basilan|Lamitan|Isabela|BARMM|556,586|59|2,217.13|59||37|||||||||||
|Bataan|Balanga|Mariveles|Region III|853,373|38|1,372.98|72||9|||||||||||
|Batanes|Basco|Region II|18,831|82|219.01|80||69||||||||||||
|Batangas|Batangas City|Lipa City|Region IV-A|2,908,494|8|3,119.72|48||7|||||||||||
|Benguet|La Trinidad|Baguio|CAR|827,041|40|2,826.59|50||35|||||||||||
|Biliran|Naval|Region VIII|179,312|76|536.01|77||23||||||||||||
|Bohol|Tagbilaran|Region VII|1,394,329|23|4,820.95|26||30||||||||||||
|Bukidnon|Malaybalay|Valencia City|Region X|1,541,308|20|10,498.59|4||62|||||||||||
|Bulacan|Malolos|San Jose Del Monte|Region III|3,708,890|3|2,774.85|51||5|||||||||||
|Cagayan|Tuguegarao|Region II|1,268,603|26|9,295.75|6||60||||||||||||
|Camarines Norte|Daet|Region V|629,699|52|2,320.07|58||38||||||||||||
|Camarines Sur|Pili|Naga|Region V|2,068,244|14|5,465.26|19||20|||||||||||
|Camiguin|Mambajao|Region X|92,808|81|237.95|79||16||||||||||||
|Capiz|Roxas|Region VI|804,952|42|2,594.64|56||25||||||||||||
|Catanduanes|Virac|Region V|271,879|68|1,492.16|71||51||||||||||||
|Cavite|Imus|Dasmariñas|Region IV-A|4,344,829|2|1,512.41|69||2|||||||||||
|Cebu|Cebu City|Region VII|5,151,274|1|5,331.07|22||6||||||||||||
|Cotabato|Kidapawan|Region XII|1,275,185|25|9,008.90|7||58||||||||||||
|Davao de Oro|Nabunturan|Monkayo|Region XI|767,547|44|4,479.77|28||54|||||||||||
|Davao del Norte|Tagum|Region XI|1,125,057|29|3,426.97|44||32||||||||||||
|Davao del Sur|Digos|Davao City|Region XI|2,457,430|11|6,667.06|12||18|||||||||||
|Davao Occidental|Malita|Region XI|317,159|66|?|?|?|?||||||||||||
|Davao Oriental|Mati|Region XI|576,343|57|5,670.07|18||68||||||||||||
|Dinagat Islands|San Jose|Basilisa|Region XIII|128,117|78|1,036.34|74||59|||||||||||
|Eastern Samar|Borongan|Region VIII|477,168|63|4,640.73|27||67||||||||||||
|Guimaras|Jordan|Buenavista|Region VI|187,842|75|604.57|76||31|||||||||||
|Ifugao|Lagawe|Alfonso Lista|CAR|207,498|73|2,628.21|54||72|||||||||||
|Ilocos Norte|Laoag|Region I|609,588|56|3,504.30|42||50||||||||||||
|Ilocos Sur|Vigan|Candon|Region I|706,009|48|2,595.96|55||33|||||||||||
|Iloilo|Iloilo City|Region VI|2,509,525|10|4,899.35|25||26||||||||||||
|Isabela|Ilagan|Region II|1,697,050|17|13,778.76|2||64||||||||||||
|Kalinga|Tabuk|CAR|229,570|72|3,231.25|46||75||||||||||||
|La Union|Santol|Ilocos Region|822,352|41|1,503.75|70||10||||||||||||
|Laguna|Santa Cruz|Calamba|Region IV-A|3,382,193|4|1,823.55|65||3|||||||||||
|Lanao del Norte|Tubod|Iligan|Region X|1,086,017|30|3,824.79|35||39|||||||||||
|Lanao del Sur|Marawi|BARMM|1,195,518|28|12,051.85|3||65||||||||||||
|Leyte|Tacloban|Region VIII|2,028,728|15|6,515.05|13||27||||||||||||
|Maguindanao del Norte|Datu Odin Sinsuat|Cotabato City|BARMM|943,500|33|?|?|?|?|||||||||||
|Maguindanao del Sur|Buluan|BARMM|723,758|47|?|?|?|?||||||||||||
|Marinduque|Boac|Region IV-B|239,207|70|952.58|75||34||||||||||||
|Masbate|Masbate City|Region V|908,920|35|4,151.78|34||45||||||||||||
|Misamis Occidental|Oroquieta|Ozamiz|Region X|617,333|53|2,055.22|63||29|||||||||||
|Misamis Oriental|Cagayan de Oro|Region X|1,685,302|18|3,515.70|41||14||||||||||||
|Mountain Province|Bontoc|Bauko|CAR|158,200|77|2,157.38|60||71|||||||||||
|Negros Occidental|Bacolod|Region VI|3,223,955|6|7,965.21|9||15||||||||||||
|Negros Oriental|Dumaguete|Region VII|1,432,990|22|5,385.53|21||36||||||||||||
|Northern Samar|Catarman|Region VIII|639,186|51|3,692.93|37||53||||||||||||
|Nueva Ecija|Palayan|Cabanatuan|Region III|2,310,134|12|5,751.33|17||19|||||||||||
|Nueva Vizcaya|Bayombong|Region II|497,432|62|4,378.80|30||66||||||||||||
|Occidental Mindoro|Mamburao|San Jose|Region IV-B|525,354|61|5,865.71|16||70|||||||||||
|Oriental Mindoro|Calapan|Region IV-B|908,339|36|4,238.38|32||48||||||||||||
|Palawan|Puerto Princesa|Region IV-B|1,246,673|27|17,030.75|1||77||||||||||||
|Pampanga|San Fernando|Angeles City|Region III|2,900,637|9|2,044.99|64||4|||||||||||
|Pangasinan|Lingayen|San Carlos|Region I|3,163,190|7|5,451.08|20||8|||||||||||
|Quezon|Lucena|Region IV-A|2,229,383|13|8,926.01|8||41||||||||||||
|Quirino|Cabarroguis|Diffun|Region II|203,828|74|3,486.16|43||78|||||||||||
|Rizal|Antipolo|Region IV-A|3,330,143|5|1,175.76|73||1||||||||||||
|Romblon|Romblon|Odiongan|Region IV-B|308,985|67|1,533.45|68||46|||||||||||
|Samar|Catbalogan|Calbayog|Region VIII|793,183|43|6,048.03|14||61|||||||||||
|Sarangani|Alabel|Glan|Region XII|558,946|58|3,601.25|39||55|||||||||||
|Siquijor|Siquijor|Region VII|103,395|80|337.49|78||28||||||||||||
|Sorsogon|Sorsogon City|Region V|828,655|39|2,119.01|62||17||||||||||||
|South Cotabato|Koronadal|General Santos|Region XII|1,672,791|19|4,428.81|29||21|||||||||||
|Southern Leyte|Maasin|Region VIII|429,573|65|1,797.22|67||40||||||||||||
|Sultan Kudarat|Isulan|Tacurong City|Region XII|854,052|37|5,251.34|23||57|||||||||||
|Sulu|Jolo|BARMM|1,000,108|32|2,135.25|61||13||||||||||||
|Surigao del Norte|Surigao City|Region XIII|534,636|60|1,972.9|64||37||||||||||||
|Surigao del Sur|Tandag|Bislig|Region XIII|642,255|50|4,925.18|24||63|||||||||||
|Tarlac|Tarlac City|Region III|1,503,456|21|2,736.64|52||12||||||||||||
|Tawi-Tawi|Bongao|BARMM|440,276|64|3,426.55|45||56||||||||||||
|Zambales|Iba|Olongapo|Region III|909,932|34|3,714.40|36||43|||||||||||
|Zamboanga del Norte|Dipolog|Region IX|1,047,455|31|7,301.00|11||59||||||||||||
|Zamboanga del Sur|Pagadian|Zamboanga City|Region IX|2,027,902|16|5,914.16|15||22|||||||||||
|Zamboanga Sibugay|Ipil|Region IX|669,840|49|3,607.75|38||52||||||||||||

<small>**NOTES:**</small>
- <small> All population and land area figures include cities independent from provinces. In this table, they are counted as part of the province to which they are often grouped for statistical purposes, but in actuality they are first-level entities on their own right.</small>
- <small> Metro Manila is included for comparison although it is _not_ a province but an administrative region.</small>
- <small> Land area figures taken from 2009 IRA computation factors .</small>
- <small> Population figures taken from