Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines. As of June 11, 2024, there are 82 provinces, 33 highly urbanized cities, 5 independent component cities, and one independent municipality .[1] All 120 primary-level LGUs (local government units) are under general administrative supervision of the President of the Philippines.
| Primary-level | Type | Region | Population ! scope="col" | Population | Population | Area [2] [3] [4] [5] | Density | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Abra | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | CAR | 250,985 | 241,160 | 4,165.25 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XIII | 387,503 | 354,503 | 2,730.24 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Agusan del Sur | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XIII | 739,367 | 700,653 | 9,989.52 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Aklan | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VI | 615,475 | 574,823 | 1,821.42 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Albay | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | V | 1,374,768 | 1,314,826 | 2,575.77 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Angeles City[6] | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | III | 462,928 | 411,634 | 60.27 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Antique | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VI | 612,974 | 582,012 | 2,729.17 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Apayao | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | CAR | 124,366 | 119,184 | 4,413.35 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Aurora | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 235,750 | 214,336 | 3,147.32 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Bacolod | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NIR | 600,783 | 561,875 | 162.67 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Baguio | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | CAR | 366,358 | 345,366 | 57.51 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 556,586 | 459,367 | 1,327.23 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Bataan | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 853,373 | 760,650 | 1,372.98 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Batanes | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | II | 18,831 | 17,246 | 219.01 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Batangas | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IV-A | 2,908,494 | 2,694,335 | 3,119.75 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | CAR | 460,683 | 446,224 | 2,769.08 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Biliran | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VIII | 179,312 | 171,612 | 536.01 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Bohol | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VII | 1,394,329 | 1,313,560 | 4,820.95 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Bukidnon | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | X | 1,541,308 | 1,415,226 | 10,498.59 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Bulacan | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 3,708,890 | 3,292,071 | 2,796.10 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Butuan | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | XIII | 372,910 | 337,063 | 816.62 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Cagayan | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | II | 1,268,603 | 1,199,320 | 9,295.75 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Cagayan de Oro | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | X | 728,402 | 675,950 | 412.80 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Caloocan | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 1,661,584 | 1,583,978 | 53.33 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Camarines Norte | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | V | 629,699 | 583,313 | 2,320.07 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | V | 1,859,074 | 1,756,541 | 5,412.55 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Camiguin | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | X | 92,808 | 88,478 | 237.95 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Capiz | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VI | 804,952 | 761,384 | 2,594.64 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Catanduanes | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | V | 271,879 | 260,964 | 1,492.16 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Cavite | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IV-A | 4,344,829 | 3,678,301 | 1,574.17 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VII | 3,325,385 | 2,938,982 | 4,943.72 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Cebu City | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | VII | 964,169 | 922,611 | 315.00 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Cotabato | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XII | 1,490,618 | 1,379,747 | 9,008.90 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Cotabato City | style=text-align:left | ICC | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 325,079 | 299,438 | 176.00 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Dagupan | style=text-align:left | ICC | style=text-align:left | I | 174,302 | 171,271 | 37.23 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Davao City | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | XI | 1,776,949 | 1,632,991 | 2,443.61 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Davao de Oro | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XI | 767,547 | 736,107 | 4,479.77 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Davao del Norte | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XI | 1,125,057 | 1,016,332 | 3,426.97 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XI | 680,481 | 632,588 | 2,163.98 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Davao Occidental | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XI | 317,159 | 316,342 | 2,163.45 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Davao Oriental[7] | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XI | 576,343 | 558,958 | 5,679.64 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Dinagat Islands | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XIII | 128,117 | 127,152 | 1,036.34 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Eastern Samar | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VIII | 477,168 | 467,160 | 4,660.47 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | General Santos | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | XII | 697,315 | 594,446 | 492.86 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Guimaras | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VI | 187,842 | 174,613 | 604.57 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Ifugao | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | CAR | 207,498 | 202,802 | 2,628.21 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Iligan | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | X | 363,115 | 342,618 | 813.37 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Ilocos Norte | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | I | 609,588 | 593,081 | 3,467.89 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Ilocos Sur | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | I | 706,009 | 689,668 | 2,596.00 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VI | 2,051,899 | 1,936,423 | 5,000.83 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Iloilo City | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | VI | 457,626 | 447,992 | 78.34 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | II | 1,548,470 | 1,458,736 | 12,159.43 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Kalinga | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | CAR | 229,570 | 212,680 | 3,231.25 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | La Union | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | I | 822,352 | 786,653 | 1,497.70 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Laguna | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IV-A | 3,382,193 | 3,035,081 | 1,917.85 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | X | 722,902 | 676,395 | 3,346.57 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Lanao del Sur | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 1,195,518 | 1,045,429 | 3,872.89 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Lapu-Lapu | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | VII | 497,604 | 408,112 | 58.10 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Las Piñas | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 606,293 | 588,894 | 32.69 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VIII | 1,545,849 | 1,509,648 | 5,699.73 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Lucena | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | IV-A | 278,924 | 266,248 | 80.21 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 926,037 | - | 3,988.82 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Maguindanao del Sur | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 741,221 | - | 4,973.48 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Makati[8] | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 629,616 | 582,602 | 21.57 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Malabon | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 380,522 | 365,525 | 15.71 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Mandaluyong | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 425,758 | 386,276 | 9.29 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Mandaue | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | VII | 364,116 | 362,654 | 25.18 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Manila | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 1,846,513 | 1,780,148 | 42.88 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Marikina | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 456,059 | 450,741 | 21.52 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Marinduque | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | Mimaropa | 239,207 | 234,521 | 952.58 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Masbate | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | V | 908,920 | 892,393 | 4,151.78 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Misamis Occidental | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | X | 617,333 | 602,126 | 2,055.22 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | X | 956,900 | 888,509 | 3,131.52 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Mountain Province | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | CAR | 158,200 | 154,590 | 2,157.38 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Muntinlupa | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 543,445 | 504,509 | 39.75 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Naga | style=text-align:left | ICC | style=text-align:left | V | 209,170 | 196,003 | 84.48 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Navotas | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 247,543 | 249,463 | 8.94 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | NIR | 2,623,172 | 2,497,261 | 7,802.54 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Negros Oriental | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | NIR | 1,432,990 | 1,354,995 | 5,385.53 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Northern Samar | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VIII | 639,186 | 632,379 | 3,692.93 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Nueva Ecija | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 2,310,134 | 2,151,461 | 5,751.33 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Nueva Vizcaya | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | II | 497,432 | 452,287 | 3,975.67 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Occidental Mindoro | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | Mimaropa | 525,354 | 487,414 | 5,865.71 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Olongapo | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | III | 260,317 | 233,040 | 185.00 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Oriental Mindoro | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | Mimaropa | 908,339 | 844,059 | 4,238.38 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Ormoc | style=text-align:left | ICC | style=text-align:left | VIII | 230,998 | 215,031 | 613.60 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | Mimaropa | 939,594 | 849,469 | 14,649.73 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Pampanga[9] | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 2,437,709 | 2,198,110 | 2,002.20 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | I | 2,988,888 | 2,785,455 | 5,413.78 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Parañaque | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 689,992 | 665,822 | 46.57 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Pasay | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 440,656 | 416,522 | 13.97 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Pasig[10] | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 803,159 | 755,300 | 48.46 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Pateros | style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | NCR | 65,227 | 63,840 | 2.25 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Puerto Princesa | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | Mimaropa | 307,079 | 255,116 | 2,381.02 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IV-A | 1,950,459 | 1,856,582 | 8,989.39 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Quezon City | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 2,960,048 | 2,936,116 | 171.71 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Quirino | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | II | 203,828 | 188,991 | 2,323.47 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Rizal[11] | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IV-A | 3,330,143 | 2,884,227 | 1,191.94 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Romblon | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | Mimaropa | 308,985 | 292,781 | 1,533.45 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Samar | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VIII | 793,183 | 780,481 | 6,048.03 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | San Juan | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 126,347 | 122,180 | 5.95 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Santiago | style=text-align:left | ICC | style=text-align:left | II | 148,580 | 134,830 | 255.50 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Sarangani | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XII | 558,946 | 544,261 | 3,601.25 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Siquijor | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VII | 103,395 | 95,984 | 337.49 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Sorsogon | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | V | 828,655 | 792,949 | 2,119.01 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XII | 975,476 | 915,289 | 3,935.95 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Southern Leyte | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | VIII | 429,573 | 421,750 | 1,798.61 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Sultan Kudarat | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XII | 854,052 | 812,095 | 5,298.34 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Sulu | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 1,000,108 | 824,731 | 1,600.40 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Surigao del Norte | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XIII | 534,636 | 485,088 | 1,972.93 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Surigao del Sur[12] | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | XIII | 642,255 | 592,250 | 4,932.70 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Tacloban | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | VIII | 251,881 | 242,089 | 201.72 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Taguig[13] | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 886,722 | 804,915 | 45.21 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Tarlac | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 1,503,456 | 1,366,027 | 3,053.60 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Tawi-Tawi | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | BARMM | 440,276 | 390,715 | 1,087.40 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Valenzuela | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | NCR | 714,978 | 620,422 | 47.02 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | III | 649,615 | 590,848 | 3,645.83 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Zamboanga City | style=text-align:left | HUC | style=text-align:left | IX | 977,234 | 861,799 | 1,414.70 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Zamboanga del Norte | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IX | 1,047,455 | 1,011,393 | 7,301.00 | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IX | 1,050,668 | 1,010,674 | 4,499.46 | |||
| scope=row style=text-align:left | Zamboanga Sibugay | style=text-align:left | province | style=text-align:left | IX | 669,840 | 633,129 | 3,607.75 |