Political Map of Philippines

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Philippines political map helps in identifying the important locations of Philippines. The country is situated between South China Sea and the Philippines Sea in Southeast Asia. Batian, Babuyan and the Luzon Strait lies in the northern side and the Moro Gulf and Celebes Sea is located in the southern side of Philippines. Philippines is situated in the north-eastern side of Malaysia. The geographical coordinates of the country are 13° North latitude and 122° East longitude. Mount Apo, located at an elevation of 2,954 meters above sea level, is the highest point of Philippines. The country covers an area of 300,000 sq km.

Philippines Political Map locates the important places and provinces of Philippines along with the bordering countries and water bodies.

Water bodies, Gulf and Islands surrounding Philippines
To the north of Philippines are located the islands of Batian, Babuyan and the Luzon Strait. Moro Gulf and Celebes Sea lie to the south of the country. Sulu Sea is located in the south-western side.

Important Places of Philippines
The important places of the country are indicated on the printable political map of Philippines. Some of the important places of the nation are:

Tuguegarao San Fernando Luzon Angeles Mindoro Legaspi Samar Tacloban Visayan Islands Davao

Cebu Leyte Panay Bohol Cgayan de Oro Calamian Group Palawan Mindanao Cotabato Zamboanga

Provinces of Philippines
The provinces of Philippines are shown on the Philippines Map with Roman numbers whose names are given at the bottom of the map. These provinces include:

Ilocos Bicol Western Mindanao Central Mindanao Northern Mindanao Southern Mindanao

Eastern Visayas Western Visayas Central Visayas Central Luzon Cagayan Valley Southern Tagalog

The provincial capitals can be identified on the Philippines Political Map, which are marked by white squares.

Manila, the Philippine Capital
The national capital of Philippines is Manila NCR. It is located on the coordinates of 14° 35' North latitude and 121° East longitude. It is shown on the Political Map of Philippines by a red square. Some of the cities located near Manila are:

Binondo Intramuros North Port District San Nicolas Tondo

Ninoy Aquino International Airport, located in the city serve as the gateway to the Philippine capital.

Province	Pop-2007	Pop-2000	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Abra	230,953	209,491	3,976	1,535	Bangued
Agusan del Norte	923,474	552,849	2,590	1,000	Butuan
Agusan del Sur	609,447	559,294	8,966	3,462	Prosperidad
Aklan	495,122	451,314	1,818	702	Kalibo
Albay	1,190,823	1,090,907	2,553	986	Legaspi
Antique	515,265	471,088	2,522	974	San Jose (de Buenavista)
Apayao	103,633	97,129	3,928	1,517	Kabugao
Aurora	187,802	173,797	3,240	1,251	Baler
Basilan	1,070,673	332,828	1,372	530	Isabela
Bataan	662,153	557,659	1,373	530	Balanga
Batanes	15,974	16,467	209	81	(Santo Domingo de) Basco
Batangas	2,245,869	1,905,348	3,166	1,222	Batangas
Benguet	522,564	582,515	2,655	1,025	La Trinidad
Biliran	150,031	140,274	555	214	Naval
Bohol	1,230,110	1,137,268	4,117	1,590	Tagbilaran
Bukidnon	1,190,284	1,060,265	8,294	3,202	Malaybalay
Bulacan	2,826,926	2,234,088	2,625	1,014	Malolos
Cagayan	1,072,571	993,580	9,003	3,476	Tuguegarao
Camarines Norte	513,785	458,840	2,113	816	Daet
Camarines Sur	1,693,821	1,551,549	5,267	2,034	Pili
Camiguin	81,293	74,232	230	89	Mambajao
Capiz	701,664	654,156	2,633	1,017	Roxas
Catanduanes	232,757	215,356	1,512	584	Virac
Cavite	2,856,765	2,063,161	1,288	497	Trece Martires
Cebu	5,045,785	3,356,137	5,088	1,964	Cebu
Compostela Valley	637,366	580,244	4,667	1,802	Nabunturan
Cotabato	1,121,974	958,643	6,566	2,535	Kidapawan
Davao del Norte	847,440	743,811	3,463	1,337	Tagum
Davao del Sur	1,308,510	1,905,917	6,378	2,463	Digos
Davao Oriental	486,104	446,191	5,165	1,994	Mati
Dinagat Islands	120,813	106,951	802	310	San Jose
Eastern Samar	405,114	375,822	4,340	1,676	Borongan
Guimaras	151,238	141,450	604	233	Jordan
Ifugao	180,711	161,623	2,518	972	Lagawe
Ilocos Norte	547,284	514,241	3,399	1,312	Laoag
Ilocos Sur	632,255	594,206	2,580	996	Vigan
Iloilo	3,093,373	1,925,002	4,720	1,822	Iloilo
Isabela	1,401,495	1,287,575	10,665	4,118	Ilagan
Kalinga	182,326	174,023	3,120	1,205	Tabuk
Laguna	2,473,530	1,965,872	1,760	680	Santa Cruz
Lanao del Norte	1,676,827	758,123	3,092	1,194	Tubod
Lanao del Sur	1,138,544	800,162	3,873	1,495	Marawi
La Union	720,972	657,945	1,493	576	San Fernando
Leyte	1,722,036	1,592,336	5,713	2,206	Tacloban
Maguindanao	1,709,404	964,951	5,078	1,961	Shariff Aguak (1)
Marinduque	229,636	217,392	959	370	Boac
Masbate	768,939	707,668	4,048	1,563	Masbate
Metropolitan Manila	11,553,427	9,932,560	636	246	Manila
Misamis Occidental	531,680	486,723	1,939	749	Oroquieta
Misamis Oriental	897,546	1,126,215	3,570	1,378	Cagayan de Oro
Mountain	148,661	140,439	2,097	810	Bontoc
Negros Occidental	3,602,173	2,565,723	7,926	3,060	Bacolod
Negros Oriental	1,231,904	1,126,061	5,402	2,086	Dumaguete
Northern Samar	549,759	500,639	3,499	1,351	Catarman
Nueva Ecija	1,853,853	1,659,883	5,284	2,040	Palayan
Nueva Vizcaya	397,837	366,962	3,904	1,507	Bayombong
Occidental Mindoro	421,952	380,250	5,880	2,270	Mamburao
Oriental Mindoro	735,769	681,818	4,365	1,685	Calapan
Palawan	2,594,103	755,412	14,896	5,751	Puerto Princesa
Pampanga	4,557,346	1,882,730	2,181	842	San Fernando
Pangasinan	2,645,395	2,434,086	5,368	2,073	Lingayen
Quezon	1,810,120	1,679,030	8,707	3,362	Lucena
Quirino	163,610	148,575	3,057	1,180	Cabarroguis
Rizal	2,284,046	1,707,218	1,309	505	Pasig, MM
Romblon	279,774	264,357	1,356	524	Romblon
Samar	695,149	641,124	5,591	2,159	Catbalogan
Sarangani	475,514	410,622	2,980	1,151	Alabel
Siquijor	87,695	81,598	344	133	Siquijor
Sorsogon	709,673	650,535	2,141	827	Sorsogon
South Cotabato	1,158,101	1,102,550	4,489	1,733	Koronadal
Southern Leyte	390,847	360,160	1,735	670	Maasin
Sultan Kudarat	675,644	586,505	4,715	1,820	Isulan
Sulu	849,670	619,668	1,600	618	Jolo
Surigao del Norte	409,468	374,465	1,937	748	Surigao
Surigao del Sur	541,347	501,808	4,552	1,758	Tandag
Tarlac	1,243,449	1,068,783	3,053	1,179	Tarlac
Tawi-Tawi	450,346	322,317	1,087	420	Bongao
Zambales	1,400,323	627,802	3,714	1,434	Iba
Zamboanga del Norte	907,238	823,130	6,618	2,555	Dipolog
Zamboanga del Sur	1,460,464	1,437,993	8,052	3,109	Pagadian
Zamboanga-Sibugay	546,186	497,257			Ipil
Totals	88,574,614	76,498,735	300,080	115,864

Note  : -Pop-2007: 2007-08-01 census.
             Pop-2000: 2000-05-01 census

Last Updated On : October 25, 2012