6th District of Iloilo?

          Will there be a Sixth District of Iloilo in the near future?

          For the longest time, it has been decades since the province of Iloilo added a new legislative district. Times have changed now and populations ever increasing. Based on the population projections for Philippine municipalities, Iloilo is indeed ripe for the addition on another district, the 6th district of Iloilo.

          Based on the projection for the year 2022, the presidential election year, the map below shows how Iloilo province will be rearranged to accommodate a new district while satisfying the required 250,000 district population.

          If this will be realized this move, adding another district to Iloilo, will create more representation for the province of Iloilo in the congress.

What do you think?

Source: DOH Population Projections 2018-2022; www.doh.gov.ph/node/15619

Sixth (6th) District of Iloilo soon?

* Non-official publication

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the Philippines by Province

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in each province of the Philippines as of March 31, 2020, 4PM (GMT +8)

Source: DOH COVID-19 Tracker

COVID-19 Testing Centers in the Philippines

Working capacity of the following COVID-19 laboratories as of March 27, 2020 in number of tests per day.

1. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM): 600
2. Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center: 80 - 160
3. San Lazaro Hospital: 80 - 160
4. Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center: 80 - 160
5. Southern Philippines Medical Center: 80 - 160


Source: Department of Health
PS: the base map shows the population density of the Philippines

1921 Map of the Philippines

This a map of the Philippines in 1921 during the American Occupation. I adapted this map from the old Collier's 1921 Map of the Philippine Islands.

The major differences of this map from the modern (c 2017) Philippine map are as follows:

LUZON

• The aggregate of Mountain Province:
• the modern-day Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao and Benguet
• Bontoc with Lepanto is now named Mountain Province
• Amburayan is now part of Ilocos Sur
• Isabela (with Quirino in it)
• Metro Manila is associated with Rizal Province
• Tayabas (now Aurora, Quezon and Marinduque)
• Mindoro (now Occidental and Oriental Mindoro)
• Ambos Camarines or the "Two Camarines" (now Camarines Norte and Sur)
• Albay (with Catanduanes)

VISAYAS

• Capiz (with Aklan)
• Iloilo (with Guimaras)
• Negros Oriental (with Siquijor)
• Leyte as a whole (now Leyte and Southern Leyte)
• Samar as a whole (now Northern Samar, Samar, and Eastern Samar)

MINDANAO

• Misamis (now Camiguin, Misamis Occidental and Oriental)
• Agusan (now Agusan del Norte, A. del Sur, and Bukidnon)
• Surigao (now Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, and S. del Sur)
• Moro Province - the rest of Mindanao (the two Lanaos, Zamboanga Peninsula Region, Davao Region, Cotabato Region [SOCCSKSARGEN and Maguindanao], and the Sulu Archipelago

*This the first in a series of "refurbished" old Philippine maps that I'm going to publish. I'm still finalizing the other maps. Thank You!

Panay Island Satellite Map 2015 (composite)

A composite of the latest satellite maps for Panay Island gathered from the Philippines' own Diwata 1 Microsatellite.

Philippine Annual Corn Production by Province, 2015

Philippine Annual Rice Production by Province, 2015

Iloilo Municipalities Qualified in the Top 400 Most Competitive Municipalities of the Philippines

          Out of the 1,494 municipilaties of the Philippines, the 400 most competitive municipalities was determined. The following are municipalities of the Province of Iloilo that got qualified in the ranking.

These are:
     1. Dumangas
     2. Oton
     3. Lambunao
     4. Calinog
     5. Pototan
     6. Janiuay
     7. Miagao

Antique Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

                    The map below shows the state of local development of the province of Antique at the municipal level in the year 2012.

Antique Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

Source Website: http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/

Iloilo Cities and Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

                    The map below shows the local development index of the cities and municipalities of the province of Iloilo.

Iloilo Cities and Municipalities State of Local Development 2012

Source Website: http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/

Top 10 Most Flood Prone Provinces of the Philippines

                    Map showing the top 10 most flood prone provinces of the Philippines. This map is really helpful especially to those who want to pick a good location for whatever purpose they have in mind. This map shows the most flood prone provinces but it doesn't really mean that all territories within that province is highly susceptible to flooding. It just happened that that province has more areas with a high chance of flooding as compared to other provinces in the country.

Source Website: http://www.denr.gov.ph/

Philippine Local Government Map

                    This map shows the Philippines up to the municipal or city level. Municipalities are one of the lowest levels of political organization in the Philippines second only to Barangays. A city is simply a municipality that has upgraded its status and achieved cityhood because it was able to satisfy the two criteria set by the constitution in turning municipalities to cities. The first criteria is that a municipality must have an annual generating income of at least 100,000,000.00 pesos for the last two consecutive years (year 2000 prices). The second criteria is that that same municipality must have at least 100 square kilometers of land area OR a population of at least 150,000 persons. A city or municipality is headed by an elected mayor and a vice mayor.

                    The divisions in the map represent municipal/city divisions. Neighboring or clusters of  municipalities/cities having the same color indicate that they belong to the same province. A city/municipality having a darker shade of the same color in each cluster indicate that it is the capital city/municipality of that province.

Top 10 Most Landslide Prone Provinces of the Philippines

                    Map showing the top 10 Philippine provinces with the highest susceptibility to landslides.

Source Website: http://www.denr.gov.ph/

Philippine Annual Rice Production by Province, 2012

                    Map showing the annual rice production by province in 2012.

Source Website: http://www.bas.gov.ph/

Philippine Annual Corn Production by Province, 2012

                    Map showing the annual corn production of each province in the year 2012.

Source Website: http://www.bas.gov.ph/

Regions of the Philippines

          The Republic of the Philippines is country in Southeast Asia composed of 17 regions. Each region is composed of provinces, each with its own local government headed by a governor.The map below shows the different regions of the Philippines distributed among the three island groups namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Altogether, there are 16 regular regions (including NCR and CAR) and one autonomous region (ARMM).

          Luzon, the largest island group both in terms of land area and population, is composed of Regions 1 to 5, CAR, and NCR. Visayas is composed of Regions 6 to 8 and is the smallest island group in terms of land area and population. Mindanao is composed of Regions 9 to 13 plus ARMM.