Editing Geography of the Philippines (section)

==Administrative geography==
{{see also|List of cities and municipalities in the Philippines|List of cities in the Philippines}}
{{Further|Administrative divisions of the Philippines}}

The Philippines is divided into a hierarchy of local government units (LGUs) with the 81 [[Provinces of the Philippines|provinces]] and 38 [[Cities of the Philippines|independent cities]] as the primary unit. Provinces are further subdivided into [[Cities of the Philippines|component cities]] and [[Philippine municipality|municipalities]], both of which consist of [[barangay]]s, the smallest local government unit.

===Regions===
{{further|Regions of the Philippines}}There are 17 [[Regions of the Philippines|regions]] comprising the Philippines. Each region, with the exception of the [[Metro Manila|National Capital Region]], is further subdivided into component [[Philippine provinces|provinces]]. The [[Metro Manila|National Capital Region]] is divided into four [[Administrative divisions of Metro Manila#Districts|special districts]].

Most government offices establish regional offices in a city to serve the constituent provinces. Such cities are designated as "regional centers". The regions themselves do not possess a separate local government, with the exception of the [[Bangsamoro|Bangsamoro Autonomous Region]].

===Provinces===
{{further|Provinces of the Philippines#List of provinces}}Forming the regions, with the exception of the [[Metro Manila|National Capital]], are the 82 [[Philippine provinces|provinces]]. Each province has a [[capital city|capital city or municipality]].

====Landlocked and island provinces====
Of the 82 provinces of the Philippines, 16 are ''[[landlocked]]'', and 16 are ''island provinces''.

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;font-size:90%;line-height:1.35em;text-align:center;background-color:#FEFEFE;border-color:black;"
|+Landlocked provinces
! scope="col" style="width:10em;background-color:#FDF1D6;" | Province
! scope="col" style="width:5em;background-color:#FDF1D6;" data-sort-type="number" | Region
! scope="col" style="width:5em;background-color:#FDF1D6;" | Island
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Apayao]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Cordillera Administrative Region|CAR]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Abra (province)|Abra]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Cordillera Administrative Region|CAR]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Kalinga (province)|Kalinga]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Cordillera Administrative Region|CAR]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Mountain Province]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Cordillera Administrative Region|CAR]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Ifugao]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Cordillera Administrative Region|CAR]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Benguet]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Cordillera Administrative Region|CAR]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Nueva Vizcaya]]
| data-sort-value="2" | [[Cagayan Valley|II]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Quirino]]
| data-sort-value="2" | [[Cagayan Valley|II]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Nueva Ecija]]
| data-sort-value="3" | [[Central Luzon|III]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Tarlac]]
| data-sort-value="3" | [[Central Luzon|III]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | ''[[Laguna (province)|Laguna]]''&nbsp;{{refn|name=lake|group=note|These provinces have coastlines on [[Laguna de Bay]], a large lake. Since lakes do not allow access to seaborne trade, they are considered to be landlocked.}}
| data-sort-value="4.1" | [[Calabarzon|IV-A]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | ''[[Rizal (province)|Rizal]]''&nbsp;{{refn|name=lake|group=note}}
| data-sort-value="4.1" | [[Calabarzon|IV-A]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Bukidnon]]
| data-sort-value="10" | [[Northern Mindanao|X]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Cotabato]]
| data-sort-value="12" | [[Soccsksargen|XII]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Agusan del Sur]]
| data-sort-value="13" | [[Caraga|XIII]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Maguindanao del Sur]]
| data-sort-value="19" | [[Bangsamoro]]
| Mindanao
|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | '''Notes'''<br />{{reflist|group=note}}
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;width:25em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.35em;text-align:center;background-color:#FDFDFD;border-color:black;"
|+Island provinces
! scope="col" style="width:10em;background-color:#CEF2F2;" | Province
! scope="col" style="width:5em;background-color:#CEF2F2;" data-sort-type="number" | Region
! scope="col" style="width:5em;background-color:#CEF2F2;" | [[Island groups of the Philippines|Island&nbsp;group]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Batanes]]
| data-sort-value="2" | [[Cagayan Valley|II]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Marinduque]]
| data-sort-value="4.2" | [[Mimaropa]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Romblon]]
| data-sort-value="4.2" | [[Mimaropa]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Palawan]]
| data-sort-value="4.2" | [[Mimaropa]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Catanduanes]]
| data-sort-value="5" | [[Bicol Region|V]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Masbate]]
| data-sort-value="5" | [[Bicol Region|V]]
| Luzon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Guimaras]]
| data-sort-value="6" | [[Western Visayas|VI]]
| Visayas
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Cebu]]
| data-sort-value="7" | [[Central Visayas|VII]]
| Visayas
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Bohol]]
| data-sort-value="7" | [[Central Visayas|VII]]
| Visayas
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Siquijor]]
| data-sort-value="7" | [[Central Visayas|VII]]
| Visayas
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Biliran]]
| data-sort-value="8" | [[Eastern Visayas|VIII]]
| Visayas
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Camiguin]]
| data-sort-value="10" | [[Northern Mindanao|X]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Dinagat Islands]]
| data-sort-value="13" | [[Caraga|XIII]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Basilan]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Bangsamoro|BARMM]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Sulu]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Bangsamoro|BARMM]]
| Mindanao
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | [[Tawi-Tawi]]
| data-sort-value="14" | [[Bangsamoro|BARMM]]
| Mindanao
|}
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