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Regions in the Philippines Luzon island Part 1
The Philippines is subdivided into seventeen (17) regions – eight (8) in Luzon, three (3) in the Visayas, and six (6) in Mindanao. These regions are not local government units but their existence is primarily for administrative purposes. Thus in each region, a city is designated as the center where each of the national government agencies have a regional office.
Brief history and timeline:
Regions came into existence on September 24, 1972, when President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed into law Presidential Decree (P. D.) No. 1 which divided the entire country into 11 regions, each with a designated regional center.
The eleven regions established under P. D. No. 1
Region 1 (Ilocos Region)
Region 2 (Cagayan Valley Region)
Region 3 (Central Luzon Region)
Region 4 (Southern Tagalog Region)
Region 5 (Bicol Region)
Region 6 (Western Visayas Region)
Region 7 (Central Visayas Region)
Region 8 (Eastern Visayas Region)
Region 9 (Western Mindanao Region)
Region 10 (Northern Mindanao Region)
Region 11 (Southern Mindanao Region)
On July 7, 1975, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 742, creating Region 12 (Central Mindanao).
On January 23, 1976, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 879, which separated Metropolitan Manila from Region 4 as a distinct region.
On June 2, 1978, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1396, declaring and establishing the Metropolitan Manila Region as the National Capital Region of the Republic of the Philippines.
On July 15, 1987, President Corazon C. Aquino signed Executive Order No. 220, creating the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
On August 1, 1989, President Corazon C. Aquino signed into law Republic Act No. 6734, creating the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite on November 26, 1989.
On February 23, 1995, President Fidel V. Ramos signed into law Republic Act No. 7901, creating Region 13 (Caraga Region).
On September 19, 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 36, reorganizing the administrative regions in Mindanao, which included the following changes:
Western Mindanao (Region 9) was reorganized to be known as Zamboanga Peninsula.
Southern Mindanao (Region 11) was reorganized to be known as Davao Region.
Central Mindanao (Region 12) was reorganized to be known as SOCCSKSARGEN.
On May 17, 2002, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 103, dividing Region IV into Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA).
On May 29, 2015, President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Executive Order No. 183, creating the Negros Island Region (NIR) comprising the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.
On August 7, 2017, President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Executive Order No. 38, revoking Executive Order No. 183 and effectively abolishing the Negros Island Region.
On July 27, 2018, President Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11054, establishing the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, effectively replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The law was ratified in a plebiscite on January 25, 2019.
Regions in the Philippines Luzon island Part 1
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