Wikipedia:WikiProject Philippine LGUs

This is the page to discuss and organize how best to present the various political subdivisions of the Philippines or Local Government Units (LGUs), namely, regions, provinces, cities and municipalities.

Note: These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

Table of contents 1 Parentage 2 Similar Wikiprojects 3 Participants 4 Naming Conventions 4.1 Regions 4.2 Provinces 4.3 Cities 4.4 Municipalities 4.5 Other concerns 5 Province Template 5.1 Facts and Figures 5.2 Graphics 5.2.1 Locator Maps 5.2.2 Provincial Seals 5.3 List of cities and Municipalities 5.4 Other information

Parentage The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Countries.

Similar Wikiprojects This WikiProject is inspired by similar ones done for other countries. Examples are:

• WikiProject Chinese provinces
• WikiProject French departements
• WikiProject German districts
• WikiProject Japanese prefectures
• WikiProject U.S. States
• WikiProject U.S. Counties

Participants

• seav

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Naming Conventions

Regions

All region articles will be titled with the region's long name (as given by the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)) instead of the common Region X, with the exception of the National Capital Region which is titled Metro Manila.

Provinces

These should be titled with their base name such as Rizal and Laguna. Two exceptions: first would be Aurora, Philippines since Aurora is a common term. The other exception is Samar (province)[?]. Samar by itself most often refers to Samar (island)[?] instead of the province previously named Western Samar.

Cities

[for discussion] Should all cities have their names appended with a 'City'? Which is better: Laoag[?], Laoag City[?], or City of Laoag[?]? (Some cities seemed to be officially named "City of ...". What about weird city names like Science City of Muñoz and Island Garden City of Samal.

Municipalities

[for discussion] All municipality articles would be titled with their name followed by their province. Eg. San Pablo, Laguna[?]. Some exceptions might probably be municipalities that are very notable apart from their province (like Puerto Galera[?] in Oriental Mindoro).

Other concerns

[for discussion] What about places named after female saints? Do we use Sta. Cruz, Laguna[?] or Santa Cruz, Laguna[?]?

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Province Template

The template is located on a separate page for easy copying. See Biliran and Bohol for excellent examples of the template in action (though yet incomplete).

Status of Provincial articles.

Facts and Figures

Most of the data for the Facts and Figures sidebar is compiled in this table. For rank data, if the rank is at the bottom 30 (50th to 79th), use the wording "5th smallest/lowest" instead of "75th largest/highest".

Graphics

Locator Maps

• Ilocos Region[?] (Region I): Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan
• Cordillera Administrative Region[?] (CAR): Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province
• Cagayan Valley (Region II): Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino
• Central Luzon[?] (Region III): Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales
• CALABARZON (Region IV-A): Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Quezon
• MIMAROPA[?] (Region IV-B): Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Romblon
• Bicol Region (Region V): Albay, Camarines_Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon
• Western Visayas[?] (Region VI): Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Negros Occidental
• Central Visayas (Region VII): Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor
• Eastern Visayas[?] (Region VIII): Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Southern Leyte
• Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX): Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay
• Northern Mindanao (Region X): Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental
• Davao Region[?] (Region XI): Compostela Valley, Davao, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental
• SOCCSKSARGEN[?] (Region XII): Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat
• Caraga[?] (Region XIII): Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur
• Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao[?] (ARMM): Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi

Provincial Seals

The seals should be 150x150 pixels in size. If the seal isn't circular, estimate the size so that the percieved size is equal to a circular seal. For example, a square seal would probably be 135x135 pixels in size. Remove the <div></div> HTML element containing the seal if no seal is included.

List of cities and Municipalities

Go to web page Philippine Standard Geographic Code (http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/) of the National Statistical Coordination Board and type the name of the province in the search box.

Other information

All other information can be collated from provincial websites and other travel sites. (Sadly, information about most provinces is incomplete.)