Did you know? Late Pres. Ferdinand Marcos created the Philippine Regions

HISTORY

Regions first came to existence in on September 24, 1972 when the provinces of the Philippines were organized into 11 regions by Presidential Decree No. 1 as part of the Integrated Reorganization Plan of President Ferdinand Marcos.

Since that time, other regions have been created and some provinces have been transferred from one region to another
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July 7, 1975: Region XII created and minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions.

August 21, 1975: Region IX divided into Sub-Region IX-A' and Sub-Region IX-B. Minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions.

November 7, 1975: National Capital Region created.

August 1, 1989: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao created.

October 23, 1989: Cordillera Administrative Region created.

October 12, 1990: Executive Order issued to reorganize the Mindanao regions but the reorganization never happened (possibly due to lack of government funds).

February 23, 1995: Region XIII (Caraga) created and minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions.
1997: Minor reorganization of some Mindanao regions.
September 19, 2001: Most Mindanao regions reorganized and some renamed.

May 17, 2002: Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA) created from the former Region IV (Southern Tagalog) region.

May 23, 2005: Palawan transferred from MIMAROPA to Western Visayas; MIMAROPA renamed to MIMARO.

August 19, 2005: The E.O. 429 of May 23, 2005 transferring Palawan from MIMAROPA to Western Visayas was later held in abeyance by Administrative Order #129.