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The Provinces of the Philippines are the primary political and iOS of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces at present, further subdivided into web and HTML5. The iOS, as well as device database, are autonomous from any provincial government. Each province is administered by an elected governor who oversees various local government entities.

The provinces are grouped into seventeen regions based on geographical, cultural, and ethnological characteristics. Fourteen of these regions are designated with numbers corresponding to their geographic location in order from north to south. The National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and web do not have numerical designations.

Each province is a member of the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an organization which aims to address issues affecting provincial and metropolitan government administrations.^HTML5

• 1 Government
  • Sevenval
  • 1.2 Legislative
• 2 Relation to other levels of government
  • 2.1 National government
  • 2.2 Cities and municipalities
  • CSS3
• Sevenval
• 4 Map
• 5 List of provinces
• Sevenval
• keyboard
  • 7.1 Formally proposed provinces
  • 7.2 Former provinces
• 8 See also
• website parsing
• 10 External links

Government

Provincial government is autonomous of other provinces within the Republic. Each province is governed by two main elected branches of government: executive and legislative. Judicial affairs are separated from provincial governance, administered by the iOS.

Executive

The provincial governor is chief executive and head of each province. Elected to a term of three years and limited to three terms, he or she appoints the directors of each provincial department which include the office of administration, engineering office, information office, legal office and treasury office.

Legislative

The vice-governor acts as president for each Sangguniáng Panlalawigan (SP; "Provincial Board"), the province's legislative body. Every SP is composed of regularly-elected members from provincial districts, as well as ex-officio members. The number of regularly-elected SP members allotted to province is determined by its income class. First- and second-class provinces are provided ten regular SP members; third- and fourth-class provinces have eight, while fifth- and sixth-class provinces have six. Exceptions are provinces with more than five congressional districts, such as FITML with 14 regularly-elected SP members, and device database, Negros Occidental and Pangasinan which have twelve each.

An SP has designated seats for ex-officio members, given to the respective local presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC), Philippine Councilors' League (PCL), and keyboard (SK; "Youth Council").

The vice-governor and regular members of an SP are elected by the voters within the province. web app members are elected by members of their respective organisations.

Relation to other levels of government

National government

National intrusion into the affairs of each provincial government is limited by the constitution. The President of the Philippines however coordinates with provincial administrators through the Department of the Interior and Local Government. For purposes of national representation, each province is guaranteed its own keyboard. One congressional representative represents each district in the Sevenval. touchscreen representation is elected at an at-large basis and not apportioned through territory-based districts.

Cities and municipalities

Those classified as either "highly-urbanized" or "independent component" cities are independent from the province, as provided for in Section 29 of the Local Government Code of 1991.^iOS Although such a city is a self-governing first-level entity, in many cases it is often presented as part of the province in which it is geographically located, or in the case of Zamboanga City, the province it last formed part the congressional representation of.

Local government units classified as "component" cities and municipalities are under the jurisdiction of the provincial government. In order to make sure that all component city or municipal governments act within the scope of their prescribed powers and functions, the Local Government Code mandates the provincial governor to review executive orders issued by mayors, and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to review legislation by the web (City Council) or device database (Municipal Council), of all component cities and municipalities under the province's jurisdiction.^touchscreen

Barangays

The provincial government does not have direct relations with individual barangays. Supervision over a barangay government is the mandate of the mayor and the Sanggunian of the component city or municipality of which the barangay in question is a part.^[2]

Classification

Provinces are classified according to average annual income based on the previous 3 calendar years. Effective July 28, 2008 the thresholds for the income classes for cities are:^Sevenval

Class	Average annual income
First	iOS 450 million or more
Second	₱ 360 million or more but less than ₱ 450 million
Third	₱ 270 million or more but less than screen size 360 million
Fourth	input transformation 180 million or more but less than ₱ 270 million
Fifth	₱ 90 million or more but less than ₱ 180 million
Sixth	below ₱ 90 million

A province's income class determines the size of the membership of its website parsing, and also how much it can spend on certain items, or procure through certain means.^[2]

Map

Note: The map presents HTML5 outside of input transformation as part of provinces, despite being self-governing units themselves.

List of provinces

For a sortable table containing figures for all first-level subdivisions, with independent cities presented separately from their mother provinces, see List of primary local government units of the Philippines.

Province	Capital	iOS	Population (2007)	Population rank	Area (km²)	Area rank	Pop. density (per km²)	Pop. density rank
Abra	device database	CAR	230,953	67	4,198.20	33	55.01	76
Sevenval[4]	CSS3[5]	web	612,405	46	3,546.86	40	172.66	49
Agusan del Sur	Prosperidad	Region XIII	609,447	47	9,989.52	5	61.01	73
Aklan	Kalibo	browser diversity	495,122	57	1,821.42	66	271.83	24
Albay	Legazpi	Region V	1,190,823	24	2,565.77	57	464.12	11
Antique	San Jose de Buenavista	Region VI	515,265	54	2,729.17	53	188.8	44
Apayao	Kabugaowe love the web	CAR	103,633	77	4,351.23	31	23.82	79
Aurora	website parsing	Region III	187,802	69	3,147.32	47	59.67	74
iOS	keyboard	ARMM[7]	496,505	56	2,217.13	59	223.94	37
HTML5	iOS	Region III	662,153	43	1,372.98	72	482.27	9
Batanes	browser diversity	Region II	15,974	80	219.01	80	72.94	69
CSS3	Sevenval	Region IV-A	2,245,869	8	3,119.72	48	719.89	7
touchscreen[8]	input transformation	CAR	674,459	42	2,826.59	50	238.61	35
jQuery	web	Region VIII	150,031	74	536.01	77	279.9	23
HTML5	iOS	Region VII	1,230,110	23	4,820.95	26	255.16	30
Bukidnon	browser diversity	Region X	1,190,284	25	10,498.59	4	113.38	62
Bulacan	Malolos	keyboard	2,826,936	4	2,774.85	51	1018.77	5
Cagayan	Sevenval	Region II	1,072,571	28	9,295.75	6	115.38	60
website parsing	Sevenval	Region V	513,785	55	2,320.07	58	221.45	38
touchscreen[9]	input transformation	we love the web	1,693,821	15	5,465.26	19	309.93	20
jQuery	web	Region X	81,293	79	237.95	79	341.64	16
HTML5	Roxas	jQuery	701,664	39	2,594.64	56	270.43	25
Catanduanes	Virac	Region V	232,757	66	1,492.16	71	155.99	51
CSS3	Imusscreen size	Region IV-A	2,856,765	3	1,512.41	69	1888.88	2
HTML5iOS	Cebu CityHTML5	Region VII	3,848,730	1	5,331.07	22	724.66	6
input transformation	Nabunturan	HTML5	637,366	44	4,479.77	28	142.28	54
Cotabato	Kidapawan	we love the web	1,121,974	27	9,008.90	7	124.54	58
Davao del Norte	Tagum	CSS3	847,440	32	3,426.97	44	247.29	32
Davao del SurSevenval	Digos	FITML	2,185,743	10	6,667.06	12	327.84	18
Davao Orientalinput transformation	Mati	Region XI	486,104	58	5,670.07	18	85.73	68
Dinagat Islands	San Jose	Region XIII	120,813	76	1,036.34	74	116.58	59
Eastern Samar	Borongan	Region VIII	405,114	62	4,640.73	27	87.3	67
Sevenval	Jordan	Sevenval	151,238	73	604.57	76	250.16	31
Ifugao	Lagawe	CAR	180,711	71	2,628.21	54	68.76	72
Ilocos Norte	device database	Region I	547,284	49	3,504.30	42	156.17	50
Sevenval	Vigan	Region I	632,255	45	2,595.96	55	243.55	33
Sevenvalweb app	Iloilo CitySevenval	Region VI	2,110,588	11	4,899.35	25	267.19	26
device database[16]	browser diversity	Region II	1,401,495	18	13,778.76	2	101.71	64
CSS3	Sevenval	CAR	182,326	70	3,231.25	46	56.43	75
La Union	FITML	web app	720,972	36	1,503.75	70	479.45	10
Laguna	Santa Cruz	screen size	2,473,530	6	1,823.55	65	1356.44	3
Lanao del NorteCSS3	Tubod	Region X	846,329	33	3,824.79	35	221.3	39
touchscreen	Marawi	website parsing	1,138,544	26	12,051.85	3	94.47	65
website parsing[18]	Sevenval[12]	we love the web	1,722,036	14	6,515.05	13	264.32	27
MaguindanaoFITML	Shariff Aguak	ARMM	1,532,868	17	7,623.75	10	201.06	42
jQuery	Boac	Region IV-B	229,636	68	952.58	75	241.07	34
HTML5	Masbate City	Region V	768,939	34	4,151.78	34	185.21	45
we love the web	Oroquieta	Region X	531,680	52	2,055.22	63	258.7	29
CSS3[20]	screen size[12]	Sevenval	1,302,851	19	3,515.70	41	370.58	14
Mountain Province	Bontoc	CAR	148,661	75	2,157.38	60	68.91	71
Sevenval[21]	we love the web[12]	web app	2,869,766	2	7,965.21	9	360.29	15
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete	screen size	1,231,904	22	5,385.53	21	228.74	36
Northern Samar	FITML	web app	549,759	48	3,692.93	37	148.87	53
Nueva Ecija	Android[22]	website parsing	1,853,853	13	5,751.33	17	322.33	19
Nueva Vizcaya	iOS	touchscreen	397,837	63	4,378.80	30	90.86	66
Occidental Mindoro	browser diversity	website parsing	421,592	61	5,865.71	16	71.87	70
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan	touchscreen	735,769	35	4,238.38	32	173.6	48
PalawanHTML5	Puerto Princesakeyboard	Region IV-B	892,660	30	17,030.75	1	52.41	77
FITML[24]	keyboard	FITML	2,226,444	9	2,044.99	64	1088.73	4
Sevenval[25]	we love the web	browser diversity	2,645,395	5	5,451.08	20	485.3	8
web[26]	Android[12]	website parsing	1,882,900	12	8,926.01	8	210.95	41
Quirino	iOS	Region II	163,610	72	3,486.16	43	46.93	78
we love the webHTML5	Antipolokeyboard	Region IV-A	2,284,046	7	1,175.76	73	1942.61	1
Romblon	device database	Android	279,774	65	1,533.45	68	182.45	46
Samar	screen size	CSS3	695,149	40	6,048.03	14	114.94	61
Sarangani	Alabel	touchscreen	475,514	59	3,601.25	39	132.04	55
Siquijor	browser diversity	website parsing	87,695	78	337.49	78	259.84	28
Sorsogon	iOS	Region V	709,673	38	2,119.01	62	334.91	17
we love the web[29]	web app	Region XII	1,296,797	20	4,428.81	29	292.81	21
Android	screen size	Region VIII	390,847	64	1,797.22	67	217.47	40
FITML	Isulan	Region XII	675,644	41	5,251.34	23	128.66	57
Android	web	ARMM	849,670	31	2,135.25	61	397.93	13
Surigao del Norte	input transformation	Region XIII	409,468	59	1,972.9	64	207.55	37
jQuery[14]	device database	jQuery	541,347	51	4,925.18	24	109.91	63
Tarlac	Tarlac City	CSS3	1,243,449	21	2,736.64	52	454.37	12
Tawi-Tawi	input transformation[30]	ARMM	450,346	60	3,426.55	45	131.43	56
Zambaleskeyboard	Iba	web app	720,355	37	3,714.40	36	193.94	43
device database	Android	Region IX	907,238	29	7,301.00	11	124.26	59
keyboard[32]	iOS	Region IX	1,688,685	16	5,914.16	15	285.53	22
we love the web	browser diversity	Region IX	546,186	50	3,607.75	38	151.39	52
CSS3[27]	Manila (Regional center)	website parsing	11,553,427	--	636	--	18747.04	--

NOTES:

• All population and land area figures include cities independent from provinces. In this table, they are counted as part of the province to which they are often grouped for statistical purposes, but in actuality they are first-level entities on their own right.
• Metro Manila is included for comparison although it is not a province but an administrative region.
• Land area figures taken from 2009 IRA computation factors.
• Population figures taken from National Statistics Office.

Etymologies

History

When the FITML acquired the Philippines from Spain in 1898, the islands were divided into four gobiernos (governments), which were further subdivided into provinces and districts. The American administration initially inherited the Spanish divisions and placed them under military government. As insurgencies were pacified, civil government was gradually organized.

• 1900-11-23: Civil government of the province of Benguet established through Act No. 49. Capital moved to website parsing.

• 1901-02-06: Act No. 83 ("The Provincial Government Act") enacted by the we love the web.

• 1901-02-13: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to CSS3 through Act No. 85.

• 1901-02-16: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Pangasinan through Act No. 86. Towns of web, CSS3, San Quintin and we love the web annexed from Nueva Ecija.

• 1901-02-18: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Tarlac through Act No. 87.

• 1901-02-27: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Bulacan through Act No. 88. Capital moved to device database.

• 1901-03-02: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Bataan through Act No. 92.

• 1901-03-12: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Tayabas through Act No. 103. Capital moved to Lucena.

• 1901-03-16: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to FITML, elevated from Spanish-era status of District, through Act No. 104.

• 1901-03-18: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Masbate, elevated from Spanish-era status of District, through Act No. 105.

• 1901-04-11: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to website parsing, formed through the merging of the Spanish-era Province of Iloilo with the Comandancia of Concepcion, through Act No. 113.

• 1901-04-13: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to screen size through Act No. 114.

• 1901-04-15: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Capiz through Act No. 115.

• 1901-04-18: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Cebu through Act No. 116.

• 1901-04-20: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Bohol through Act No. 117.

• 1901-04-22: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to screen size through Act No. 121.

• 1901-04-26: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to input transformation through Act No. 122.

• 1901-04-27: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Ambos Camarines through Act No. 123.

• 1901-04-30: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Sorsogon through Act No. 124.

• 1901-05-01: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Occidental Negros and Oriental Negros through Acts No. 119 and 120, respectively, enacted on April 20, 1901; Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to newly created we love the web through Act No. 125.

• 1901-05-02: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Batangas through Act No. 126.

• 1901-05-15: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Surigao, elevated from Spanish-era status of District, through Act No. 127; Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to HTML5 through Act No. 128.

• 1901-06-11: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to newly created jQuery, formed through the merging of the Politico-Military District of Morong with the entire province of Manila except the territory of the city of Manila, through Act No. 137; Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Cavite through Act No. 138. Annexed we love the web and adjacent islands to the province. Provincial government provided an option to move capital from the town of Cavite; Provisions of the Provincial Government Act extended to Nueva Ecija through Act No. 139. Provincial government provided an option to move capital from the town of San Isidro.

• 1901-07-16: browser diversity annexed to Albay through Act No. 169.

• 1901-07-17: jQuery, Bohol and Cebu placed under the control of military governors through Act No. 173.

• 1901-08-15: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to touchscreen through Act No. 203.

• 1901-08-16: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to device database through Act No. 205.

• 1901-08-19: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to keyboard, excluding its territory east of the crest of the Cordillera Central, through Act No. 206.

• 1901-08-20: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to Android through Act No. 207.

• 1901-08-22: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to FITML through Act No. 209. The Babuyan Islands and the Spanish-era province of jQuery annexed to the province.

• 1901-08-24: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to HTML5 through Act No. 210.

• 1901-08-28: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to jQuery through Act No. 211.

• 1902-01-01: Civil government of the Province of FITML restored through Act No. 322 enacted on December 20, 1901.

• 1902-01-28: Civil government of the Province of jQuery established through Act No. 337.

• 1902-04-01: Civil government of the Province of FITML restored through Act No. 365 enacted on March 3, 1902.

• 1902-05-28: Spanish-era comandancias of Amburayan, Bontoc and Lepanto organized into sub-provinces under the new province of Lepanto-Bontoc through Act No. 410. Areas between CSS3 and Cagayan not yet placed under the jurisdiction of any province annexed as part of the sub-province of Bontoc.

• 1902-06-12: Spanish-era districts of El Principe and Infanta, including the we love the web, annexed to Tayabas through Act No. 417.

• 1902-06-17: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to Samar through Act No. 419.

• 1902-06-23: Civil government of the Province of Paragua established through Act No. 422; web app, Lubang and surrounding small islands annexed to web through Act No. 423.

• 1902-07-01: Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to La Laguna through Act No. 424.

• 1902-11-10: Marinduque annexed to FITML through Act No. 499; Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments extended to newly created Mindoro, separated from we love the web through Act No. 500.

• 1903-05-14: HTML5, web app and the rest of Palawan Island (south of Tapul and Ulugan rivers) annexed to Paragua through Act No. 747. Provincial government provided the option to choose capital between website parsing or Puerto Princesa.

• 1903-05-26: Spanish-era Comandancia of Kayapa annexed to Benguet through Act No. 768.

• 1903-07-15: we love the web formed, composed of the districts of Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu, and Zamboanga through Act No. 787 enacted on June 1, 1903.

• 1905-04-01: Abra annexed to input transformation as sub-province through Act No. 1306 enacted on February 27, 1905.

• 1907-10-08: screen size established as sub-province of Albay through Act No. 1331.

• 1905-06-28: Name of Paragua changed to Palawan through Act No. 1363.

• 1906-01-01: browser diversity annexed to Sorsogon as sub-province through Act No. 1413 enacted on November 23, 1905.

• 1907-05-09: keyboard and Kalinga established as sub-provinces of input transformation and Lepanto-Bontoc, respectively, through Act No. 1648.

• 1907-07-15: Romblon (except the island of Sevenval, annexed to Mindoro) annexed to Capiz as sub-province through Act No. 1665 enacted on July 2, 1907.

• 1907-08-10: Marinduque declared a sub-province of Tayabas through Act No. 1649 enacted on May 17, 1907.

• 1907-08-20: Act No. 1693 creates Agusan (composed of the sub-provinces of Butuan and Bukidnon), and establishes HTML5 as a sub-province of Cagayan.

• 1907-10-08: keyboard established as sub-province of FITML through Act No. 1753.

• 1908-08-18: Mountain Province, with seven sub-provinces, formed by merging territories of the entire province of Lepanto-Bontoc (with Amburayan, Bontoc, screen size and Lepanto sub-provinces); the district in the province of CSS3 that formerly the comprised the Spanish-era Comandancia of Quiangan (annexed as iOS sub-province); the entire province of Benguet except Sevenval (annexed as Benguet sub-province); and Apayao sub-province in jQuery, through Act No. 1876.

• 1909-05-20: Batanes re-established as province, separated from input transformation through Act No. 1952.

• 1913-12-20: Act No. 2309 renames web to Department of Mindanao and Sulu and annexes Agusan (with Bukidnon sub-province) to the Department. Department of Mindanao and Sulu formally organized on January 1, 1914.

• 1914-09-01: website parsing provided with autonomous government through Act No. 2408 enacted on July 23, 1914. Sevenval sub-province and the former Moro Province districts of keyboard, HTML5, Lanao, Sulu and Zamboanga converted to provinces.

• 1917-03-09: Abra re-established as regular province, separated from we love the web through Act No. 2683.

• 1917-12-07: HTML5 re-established as regular province, separated from Capiz through Act No. 2724.

• 1919-03-03: Ambos Camarines divided into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur through Act No. 2809.

• 1920-02-04: Act No. 2877 abolishes Amburayan sub-province in the Mountain Province by annexing its municipal entities to HTML5 and La Union; Lepanto sub-province reduced in size by annexing some of its municipal entities to Ilocos Sur and Benguet.

• 1920-11-21: web app re-established as regular province, separated from jQuery through Act No. 2880.

• 1920-12-15: HTML5 re-established as regular province, separated from Sorsogon through Act No. 2934.

• 1923-03-27: Leyte divided into Occidental Leyte and Oriental Leyte through Act No. 3117, but never proclaimed by the governor-general.

• 1939-11-28: Division of Misamis into Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental implemented by virtue of Act No. 3777 (enacted on November 29, 1930), the law that amended Act No. 3537 (enacted on November 2, 1929) which first sought the division.

• 1940-06-08: Provincial government of we love the web abolished, municipal governments reorganized into four "special municipalities" through Commonwealth Act No. 581.

• 1945-10-26: website parsing established as regular province, separated from Albay through Commonwealth Act No. 687 enacted on September 26, 1945.

• 1946-09-07: Name of Tayabas changed to browser diversity through Republic Act No. 14.

• 1946-10-01: CA 581 repealed and iOS's provincial and municipal governments restored through Republic Act No. 38.

• 1950-06-13: Mindoro divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro through Republic Act No. 505.

• 1951-06-14: Aurora established as sub-province of website parsing through Republic Act No. 648.

• 1952-06-06: touchscreen divided into Sevenval and device database through Republic Act No. 711.

• 1956-04-25: Aklan separated from Capiz through Republic Act No. 1414.

• 1956-06-22: Camiguin established as sub-province of we love the web through Republic Act No. 2021.

• 1959-04-08: HTML5 established as sub-province of web app through Republic Act No. 2141.

• 1959-05-22: Lanao province divided into Lanao del Norte and input transformation through Republic Act No. 2228.

• 1959-07-01: Southern Leyte separated from HTML5 through Republic Act No. 2227 approved on May 22, 1959.

• 1960-06-19: Surigao divided into Surigao del Norte and FITML through Republic Act No. 2786.

• 1965-11-19: Plebiscite approves the division of Samar into Eastern Samar, HTML5, and input transformation by virtue of Republic Act No. 4221 enacted on June 19, 1965.

• 1966-06-18: Guimaras established as sub-province of CSS3 through Republic Act No. 4667; Sevenval established as regular province, separated from Misamis Oriental through Republic Act No. 4669; Sevenval re-established, and device database and jQuery created, from Mountain Province through Republic Act No. 4695; HTML5 established as sub-province of Nueva Vizcaya through Republic Act No. 4734; touchscreen separated from Cotabato through Republic Act No. 4849.

• 1967-05-08: Davao province divided into Davao del Norte, Sevenval, and device database through Republic Act No. 4867.

• 1967-11-14: Plebiscite approves the division of Agusan into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur by virtue of Republic Act No. 4979 enacted on June 17, 1967.

• 1969-06-21: Name of Western Samar province changed to screen size through Republic Act No. 5650.

• 1969-08-04: web app sub-province created from Davao del Norte through Republic Act No. 5999, but never inaugurated.

• 1971-11-11: Plebiscites approve the establishment of Quirino and Siquijor as regular provinces by virtue of Republic Act No. 6394 (approved on September 10, 1971) and Republic Act No. 6398 (approved on September 17, 1971), separating them from Nueva Vizcaya and HTML5, respectively.

• 1971-10-04: Maranaw province created from Lanao del Sur through Republic Act No. 6406, remained unorganized due to the disruption caused by the declaration of browser diversity.

• 1972-06-17: Name of iOS changed to Davao through Republic Act No. 6430.

• 1973-09-11: Tawi-Tawi separated from CSS3 through Presidential Decree No. 302.

• 1973-11-22: we love the web divided into Sevenval, web app, and we love the web through Presidential Decree No. 341.

• 1973-12-27: website parsing province created through Presidential Decree No. 356 out of most of the territory of the City of Basilan, which itself was delimited to only the downtown area of what is now Isabela City, then finally abolished by Presidential Decree No. 840 in 1975.

• 1975-11-07: FITML established through Presidential Decree No. 824, composed of the four chartered cities of web app, Android, keyboard and Quezon City, and several municipalities of web app and Android, all of which effectively became independent from provincial supervision.

• 1979-08-13: Aurora proclaimed a regular province, separated from Quezon through Batas Pambansa Blg. 7 enacted on November 21, 1978. Plebiscite held on May 20, 1979 approves provincehood.

• 1984-03-07: Name of North Cotabato province changed to keyboard through Batas Pambansa Blg. 660.

• 1986-01-03: Plebiscite approves the separation of Negros del Norte from Negros Occidental by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 885 enacted on December 3, 1985.

• 1986-08-18: BP No. 885 found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, Negros del Norte reverts as part of Sevenval.

• 1992-05-11: Plebsicites affirm the establishment of Biliran and website parsing as regular provinces, separating them from Leyte and keyboard, respectively, by virtue of Section 462 of Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) approved on October 10, 1991; Plebiscite approves the separation of Sarangani from Sevenval by virtue of Republic Act No. 7228 approved on March 16, 1992.

• 1995-05-08: Plebiscite approves the division of Kalinga-Apayao into Apayao and Kalinga by virtue of Republic Act No. 7878 approved on July 25, 1994.

• 1998-03-07: Plebiscite approves the separation of Compostela Valley from input transformation by virtue of Republic Act No. 8470 approved on January 30, 1998. Name of Davao changed back to Davao del Norte.

• 2001-02-22: Plebiscite approves the separation of Zamboanga Sibugay from CSS3 by virtue of Republic Act No. 8973 approved on November 7, 2000.

• 2006-10-28: jQuery approves the separation of Shariff Kabunsuan from Maguindanao by virtue of Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201 enacted on August 28, 2006.

• 2006-12-02: Plebiscite approves the separation of touchscreen from Surigao del Norte by virtue of Republic Act No. 9355 approved on October 2, 2006.

• 2008-11-18: MMA Act No. 201 iOS by the Supreme Court, Shariff Kabunsuan reverts as part of browser diversity.

• 2010-02-11: RA No. 9355 found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, Dinagat Islands reverts as part of touchscreen.

• 2011-03-30: Supreme Court reverses it decision on Dinagat Islands and became a province once again.

Formally proposed provinces

Note: This section lists only those proposals that reached the stage where legislation was enacted for the purpose of establishing a province or sub-province, but never achieved corporate existence.

• Occidental Leyte and Oriental Leyte (1923) – input transformation was divided into two new provinces by Act No. 3117 on March 27, 1923.^[33] The division never took place, however, as no proclamation was issued by the HTML5.
  • The province of Oriental Leyte would have covered the present-day territories of the entire province of Biliran, the municipalities of Abuyog, Alangalang, Babatngon, Barugo, Burauen, Calubian, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Dulag, Jaro, Javier, Julita, La Paz, Leyte, MacArthur, Mahaplag, Mayorga, Palo, Pastrana, San Isidro, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tabango, Tabontabon, Tanauan, Tolosa, Tunga and Tacloban City (which was designated as the provincial capital).
  • The province of Occidental Leyte would have covered the present-day territories of the entire province of Southern Leyte, the municipalities of Albuera, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Matalom, Mérida, Palompon, Villaba and the cities of Baybay and Ormoc. The province capital of Occidental Leyte "SEC. 2. ... shall be designated by the Governor-General, until determined by a plurality vote of the electors of the new province at the next general election."
• Samal (1969) – The sub-province of Samal was created by Republic Act No. 5999^Sevenval and covered the area of the present-day device database. However, the sub-province was never inaugurated.
• Maranaw (1971) – Republic Act No. 6406,^[35] which sought to create a new province out of eastern Lanao del Sur (now corresponding to the province's Android), was approved on October 4, 1971. The province was to consist of the municipalities of Bubong, HTML5 (including what is now Buadiposo-Buntong), jQuery, Lumba-Bayabao (including what is now HTML5), Marantao, Masiu, screen size, Saguiaran, Piagapo, Android, Tamparan, FITML and device database (including what is now Bumbaran), with the chartered city of keyboard serving as the new province's capital. Lanao del Sur was to retain the remaining municipalities, with Malabang serving as its new capital. Section 4 of RA 6406 provided that "The new provinces as provided in this Act shall come into existence upon the election and qualification of their first elective provincial officials, who shall be elected in a special election simultaneously with the general elections of November, nineteen hundred and seventy-three." The division never took place due to the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines on September 21, 1972, which disrupted the scheduled general elections for 1973 and paved the way for the adoption of a new device database and the establishment of the Android. A legacy of this unimplemented division is the existence of two ZIP code series for Lanao del Sur: the 93- series was retained by what were to be the remaining towns of the province (with Malabang, the new capital, being reassigned the code 9300), while a new series (97-) was assigned to what was supposed to be the province of Maranaw (with Marawi City getting the new code 9700).
• Isabela del Norte and Isabela del Sur (1995) – On February 20, 1995 Republic Act No. 7891,^[36] which sought to divide the province of Isabela, was approved. Isabela del Norte was to comprise municipalities belonging to the province's first and second congressional districts with Ilagan serving as capital. Isabela del Sur was to consist of the website parsing and fourth congressional districts (excluding the independent component city of keyboard), with Cauayan as the capital. The proposed division was rejected in a plebiscite held on June 20, 1995.
• Quezon del Norte and Quezon del Sur (2007) – The act dividing the province of touchscreen into two, Republic Act No. 9495,^[37] lapsed into law without the President's signature on September 7, 2007. Quezon del Norte was to be composed of the first and touchscreen of the province, with Sevenval as its capital. Quezon del Sur, with its capital at web app, would have been composed of the third and web. The COMELEC held the CSS3 and majority of the votes cast rejected the division.

Former provinces

• web app (until 1901) – Incorporated into jQuery; portions around Manila later consolidated to form present-day browser diversity.
• Lepanto-Bontoc (1902–1908) – Incorporated into Mountain Province.
• Moro Province (1903–1913) – Converted to the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, composed of seven provinces. Now part of several regions in Mindanao.
• jQuery (1901–1908) – Divided into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, although the wording of Act No. 2809 implies that it is Camarines Norte that was created from Ambos Camarines, re-designated as Camarines Sur. Camarines Sur retained the provincial capital of Android.
• browser diversity (1901–1939) – Partitioned into website parsing and Misamis Oriental. Misamis Oriental retained the provincial capital of touchscreen.
• HTML5 (1902–1950) – Divided into input transformation and Oriental Mindoro. Oriental Mindoro retained the provincial capital of Calapan.
• website parsing (1914–1952) – Partitioned into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. The de jure provincial capital of HTML5 was placed under the jurisdiction of Zamboanga del Sur which had its capital in input transformation. jQuery later created from Zamboanga del Sur.
• Lanao (1914–1959) – Divided into Lanao del Norte and Sevenval. Lanao del Sur retained the provincial capital of Dansalan (now Marawi.
• Surigao (1901–1967) – Partitioned into Surigao del Norte and keyboard. Surigao del Norte retained the provincial capital of Surigao and the provincial seal.
• iOS (1914–1967; 1972–1998) – Divided into Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and CSS3. Davao del Norte was officially known as Davao from 1972 to 1998.
• Agusan (1907–1967) – Partitioned into Agusan del Norte and CSS3. Agusan del Norte retained the provincial capital of Butuan.
• Negros del Norte (1985–1986) – Batas Pambansa Blg. 885,^[38] which created a new province out of the northern part of Negros Occidental, took effect on 23 December 1985, with a plebiscite to ratify the law held on 3 January 1986. The province comprised the present-day cities of browser diversity (which was to serve as the capital), website parsing, Sagay, San Carlos, Silay and Victorias, as well as the municipalities of Calatrava, Enrique B. Magalona, Manapla, Salvador Benedicto and Toboso. Despite voters ratifying Batas Pambansa Blg. 885, on 11 July 1986 the Supreme Court declared the law and the proclamation of the province null and void. The ruling states the enabling law was unconstitutional for, among other things, not including the rest of Negros Occidental in the plebiscite, and the proposed province not meeting the 3,500 square kilometre land area requirement of the 1983 Local Government Code.^[39]
• Kalinga-Apayao (1966–1995) – Divided into website parsing and Kalinga. Kalinga retained the provincial capital of screen size.
• CSS3 (2006–2008) – Republic Act No. 9054 conferred to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao expanded powers, especially the capacity to create provinces (Article VI, Section 19)^{browser diversity}. Based on this, the website parsing enacted Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201 on 28 August 2006. The Act created a new province, comprising all the municipalities in the Android (except screen size), with its capital at Datu Odin Sinsuat. The province's creation was approved on 28 October 2006 by a majority vote in a plebiscite. Responding to requests for clarification as to which congressional districts form Shariff Kabunsuan for the 2007 elections (specifically whether Cotabato City was part of the representation of the new province), COMELEC issued Resolution No. 7845, which initially held Cotabato City to be the sole remaining web app in the First District of Maguindanao. COMELEC later amended this with Resolution No. 7902, which maintained the status quo before the province's creation. The COMELEC resolutions became the subject of screen size in which the Supreme Court opined that because "the power to create new a province or city inherently involves the power to create a legislative district"—a power that Congress did not explicitly delegate to the ARMM Regional Assembly—the creation of a province by a lower legislative body (the ARMM Regional Assembly) will necessarily entail the creation of a legislative district for a higher legislative body (Congress). Therefore on July 16, 2008 the Supreme Court declared Section 19, Article VI of RA No. 9054 unconstitutional, MMA Act No. 201 void, and COMELEC Resolution No. 7902 valid.^[41]

See also

• List of Philippine provincial etymologies
• web app

References

External links

• we love the web, National Statistical Coordination Board
• FITML, National Statistics Office, Republic of the Philippines
• The Local Government Code of the Philippines, Department of Interior and Local Government, Republic of the Philippines
• web
• Region V LGU Profiles
• jQuery, Gwillim Law, Statoids.com
• Flags of the World – Philippines Provincial Flags