Cities and municipalities of the Philippines
This is a lookup list of all cities and municipalities (towns) of the Philippines, including useful links and short descriptions for each city or town. More detailed descriptions and additional links will be found in a separate entry for every city/town as we are able to encode them. The list of cities and towns presented here is alphabetical and by province. The provinces will be listed according to the general arrangement of Philippine regions, from Region 1 to ARMM, and from north to south and from west to east.
Contents
- 1 Ilocos (R-1)
- 2 Cordillera (CAR)
- 3 Cagayan Valley (R-2)
- 4 Central Luzon (R-3)
- 5 Metro Manila (NCR)
- 6 Southern Tagalog (R-4A)
- 7 Southwest Luzon islands (R-4B)
- 8 Bicol (R-5)
- 9 Western Visayas (R-6)
- 10 Central Visayas (R-7)
- 11 Eastern Visayas (R-8)
- 12 Zamboanga peninsula (R-9)
- 13 Northern Mindanao (R-10)
- 14 Southern Mindanao (R-11)
- 15 Central Mindanao (R-12)
- 16 Caraga (R-13)
- 17 Southwest Mindanao
Ilocos (R-1)
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Pangasinan
Cordillera (CAR)
Apayao
Kalinga
Abra
Mountain Province
Ifugao
- Aguinaldo, Ifugao
- Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
- Asipulo, Ifugao
- Banaue, Ifugao
- Hingyon, Ifugao
- Hungduan, Ifugao
- Kiangan, Ifugao
- Lagawe, Ifugao
- Lamut, Ifugao
- Mayoyao, Ifugao
- Tinoc, Ifugao
Benguet including Baguio City
Cagayan Valley (R-2)
Batanes
Cagayan
Isabela
Nueva Vizcaya
Quirino
Central Luzon (R-3)
Zambales
Tarlac
Nueva Ecija
Aurora
Bataan
Pampanga
Bulacan
Metro Manila (NCR)
Southern Tagalog (R-4A)
Cavite
Rizal
Laguna
Batangas
Quezon including Lucena
Southwest Luzon islands (R-4B)
Occidental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro
Marinduque
Romblon
Palawan
Bicol (R-5)
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur including Naga
Albay
Sorsogon
Catanduanes
Masbate
Western Visayas (R-6)
Antique
Aklan
Capiz
Iloilo including Iloilo City
Guimaras
Negros Occidental including Bacolod City
Central Visayas (R-7)
Negros Oriental
Cebu including independent cities
Siquijor
Bohol
Eastern Visayas (R-8)
Northern Samar
Samar
Eastern Samar
Biliran
Leyte including Tacloban
Southern Leyte
Zamboanga peninsula (R-9)
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga City
Northern Mindanao (R-10)
Misamis Occidental
Lanao del Norte including Iligan
Misamis Oriental
Bukidnon
Southern Mindanao (R-11)
Davao del Norte
Compostela Valley
Davao Oriental
Davao City
Davao del Sur
Davao Occidental
Central Mindanao (R-12)
Note: We include Maguindanao in this R-12 listing, with the awareness that the bizarre current government arrangement is for Maguindanao to be included in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) yet Cotabato City is not included. We recognize the political aspiration of the Bangsamoro people but will (for now) disregard the weird ARMM boundaries.
Cotabato
Maguindanao including Cotabato City
Sultan Kudarat
South Cotabato
Sarangani including General Santos
Caraga (R-13)
Surigao del Norte including Dinagat islands
Surigao del Sur
Agusan del Norte including Butuan
Agusan del Sur
Southwest Mindanao
Note: For this regional listing, we use the term Southwest Mindanao rather than the official name Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), with the awareness that the bizarre current government arrangement is for key components for a genuine ARMM are not included, such as some provinces in Northern and Central Mindanao. We recognize the political aspiration of the Bangsamoro people but will (for now) disregard the weird ARMM boundaries.
