3 unique archipelagos... 17 awesome regions... 81 beautiful provinces...
“Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.”
~ Dr. Jose Rizal
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PHILIPPINES:
* Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,107 islands and the only Southeast Asian country that shares no land borders with its neighbors.
* The Philippines is regarded as the Asia's "Pearl of the Orient".
* The Philippines is regarded as the Asia's "Pearl of the Orient".
* With more than 11 million Filipinos overseas, the Philippines has the largest diaspora network in the world.
* With a population of about 100 million people, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world. Manila’s population currently sits at around 12 million.
* Adult literacy is over 95% in the country, as education is highly valued.
* About 85% of the country’s total population are Roman Catholics.
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| How many Philippine Provinces have you visited? (updated as of May 2016) |
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| my quest to 81 provinces of the Philippines |
| NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION | |
| 01. Caloocan City | 10. Parañaque City |
| 02. Las Piñas City | 11. Pasay City |
| 03. Makati City | 12. Pasig City |
| 04. Malabon City | 13. Pateros City |
| 05. Mandaluyong City | 14. Quezon City |
| 06. Manila city | 15. San Juan City |
| 07. Marikina City | 16. Taguig City |
| 08. Muntinlupa City | 17. Valenzuela City |
| 09. Navotas City | |
| LUZON ARCHIPELAGO (38) | |
| Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | CALABARZON (Region IV-A) |
| 01. Abra | 23. Batangas |
| 02. Apayao | 24. Cavite |
| 03. Benguet | 25. Quezon |
| 04. Ifugao | 26. Rizal |
| 05. Kalinga | 27. Laguna |
| 06. Mountain Province | |
| MIMAROPA (Region IV-B) | |
| Ilocos Region (Region I) | 28. Marinduque |
| 07. Ilocos Norte | 29. Occidental Mindoro |
| 08. Ilocos Sur | 30. Oriental Mindoro |
| 09. La Union | 31. Palawan |
| 10. Pangasinan | 32. Romblon |
| Cagayan Valley (Region II) | Bicol Region (Region V) |
| 11. Batanes | 33. Albay |
| 12. Cagayan | 34. Camarines Norte |
| 13. Isabela | 35. Camarines Sur |
| 14. Nueva Vizcaya | 36. Catanduanes |
| 15. Quirino | 37. Masbate |
| 38. Sorsogon | |
| Central Luzon (Region III) | |
| 16. Aurora | |
| 17. Bataan | |
| 18. Bulacan | |
| 19. Nueva Ecija | |
| 20. Pampanga | |
| 21. Tarlac | |
| 22. Zambales | |
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| best of Luzon's tourist attractions |
| VISAYAS ARCHIPELAGO (16) | |
| Western Visayas (Region VI) | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| 39. Aklan | 49. Biliran |
| 40. Antique | 50. Eastern Samar |
| 41. Capiz | 51. Leyte |
| 42. Guimaras | 52. Northern Samar |
| 43. Iloilo | 53. Samar |
| 44. Negros Occidental | 54. Southern Leyte |
| Central Visayas (Region VII) | |
| 45. Bohol | |
| 46. Cebu | |
| 47. Negros Oriental | |
| 58. Siquijor | |
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| what Visayas has tourist destination |
| MINDANAO ARCHIPELAGO (27) | |
| Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) | SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII) |
| 55. Zamboanga del Norte | 68. Cotabato |
| 56. Zamboanga del Sur | 69. Sarangani |
| 57. Zamboanga Sibugay | 70. South Cotabato |
| 71. Sultan Kudarat | |
| Northern Mindanao (Region X) | |
| 58. Bukidnon | CARAGA (Region XIII) |
| 59. Camiguin | 72. Agusan del Norte |
| 60. Lanao del Norte | 73. Agusan del Sur |
| 61. Misamis Occidental | 74. Dinagat Islands |
| 62. Misamis Oriental | 75. Surigao del Norte |
| 76. Surigao del Sur | |
| Davao Peninsula (Region XI) | |
| 63. Compostela Valley | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
| 64. Davao del Norte | 77. Basilan |
| 65. Davao del Sur | 78. Lanao del Sur |
| 66. Davao Occidental | 79. Maguindanao |
| 67. Davao Oriental | 80. Sulu |
| 81. Tawi-Tawi | |
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| Philippine map with its 81 provinces (Davao Occidental new member) |
This a good resource of information for the said regions. I will recommend this for the zoning identification of several provinces.
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i would like you to visit Eastern Samar. i'm from that region (Borongan City). Particularly Borongan and Guiuan.It has so much potential as holiday regions only the roads going there (from Tacloban, it is accessible by buses) are not very good. but it is improving.
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