Guide to Philippine Provinces

          The Philippines has all in all 81 provinces governed by a governor and a special region, NCR, the National Capital Region. Each of the provinces are subdivided into cities and municipalities headed by their respective mayors. The map below shows the subdivision of the Philippines into provinces. Colors indicate regions.

          The list below shows the provinces with their respective capitals cities/municipalities

Province Name            Capital                            Region

                    Luzon

Ilocos Norte	Laoag City	Region I
Ilocos Sur	Vigan City	Region I
La Union	San Fernando City	Region I
Pangasinan	Lingayen	Region I

Apayao	Kabugao	CAR
Abra	Bangued	CAR
Kalinga	Tabuk City	CAR
Mountain Province	Bontoc	CAR
Ifugao	Lagawe	CAR
Benguet	La Trinidad	CAR

Batanes	Basco	Region II
Quirino	Cabarroguis	Region II
Nueva Vizcaya	Bayombong	Region II
Isabela	Ilagan	Region II
Cagayan	Tuguegarao City	Region II

Aurora	Baler	Region III
Zambales	Iba	Region III
Nueva Ecija	Palayan City	Region III
Tarlac	Tarlac City	Region III
Bataan	Balanga City	Region III
Bulacan	Malolos City	Region III
Pampanga	San Fernando City	Region III

Quezon	Lucena City	Region IV-A
Batangas	Batangas City	Region IV-A
Laguna	Santa Cruz	Region IV-A
Cavite	Imus City	Region IV-A
Rizal	Antipolo City	Region IV-A

Palawan	Puerto Princesa City	Region IV-B
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	Region IV-B
Romblon	Romblon	Region IV-B
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan City	Region IV-B
Marinduque	Boac	Region IV-B

Catanduanes	Virac	Region V
Masbate	Masbate City	Region V
Camarines Norte	Daet	Region V
Camarines Sur	Pili	Region V
Sorsogon	Sorsogon City	Region V
Albay	Legazpi City	Region V

 
                     Visayas

Antique	San Jose de Buenavista	Region VI
Guimaras	Jordan	Region VI
Capiz	Roxas City	Region VI
Aklan	Kalibo	Region VI
Negros Occidental	Bacolod City	Region VI
Iloilo	Iloilo City	Region VI

Negros Oriental	Dumaguete City	Region VII
Bohol	Tagbilaran City	Region VII
Siquijor	Siquijor	Region VII
Cebu	Cebu City	Region VII

Eastern Samar	Borongan City	Region VIII
Samar	Catbalogan City	Region VIII
Northern Samar	Catarman	Region VIII
Southern Leyte	Maasin City	Region VIII
Leyte	Tacloban City	Region VIII
Biliran	Naval	Region VIII

                       Mindanao

Zamboanga del Norte	Dipolog City	Region IX
Zamboanga Sibugay	Ipil	Region IX
Zamboanga del Sur	Pagadian City	Region IX

Bukidnon	Malaybalay City	Region X
Lanao del Norte	Tubod	Region X
Misamis Occidental	Oroquieta City	Region X
Camiguin	Mambajao	Region X
Misamis Oriental	Cagayan de Oro City	Region X

Davao Oriental	Mati	Region XI
Compostela Valley	Nabunturan	Region XI
Davao del Norte	Tagum City	Region XI
Davao del Sur	Digos City	Region XI

Davao Occidental            Malita                                Region XI

Cotabato	Kidapawan CIty	Region XII
Sarangani	Alabel	Region XII
Sultan Kudarat	Isulan	Region XII
South Cotabato	Koronadal City	Region XII

Agusan del Sur	Prosperidad	Region XIII
Surigao del Sur	Tandag City	Region XIII
Dinagat Islands	San Jose	Region XIII
Agusan del Norte	Cabadbaran City	Region XIII
Surigao del Norte	Surigao City	Region XIII

Maguindanao	Shariff Aguak	ARMM
Lanao del Sur	Marawi City	ARMM
Tawi-Tawi	Bongao	ARMM
Sulu	Jolo	ARMM
Basilan	Isabela City	ARMM

Thanks to Wikipedia for providing some data used in the table.