Back Propinsi ring Filipina BAN Provinzn vo de Philippinen BAR Probinsya kan Filipinas BCL Províncies de les Filipines Catalan Lalawigan (Pilipinas) CEB Provinzen der Philippinen German Provinces of the Philippines English Provincoj de la Filipinoj Esperanto Anexo:Provincias de Filipinas Spanish استانهای فیلیپین Persian
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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.[1]
- ↑ About the League of Provinces, League of Provinces of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2009-03-05, retrieved 2008-01-12