Abstract:

The country is subdivided into 17 regions, namely, Regions I-XIII, the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The (NCR) has 16 highly urbanized cities and one urban municipality. As of September 30, 2014, the country had 81 provinces, 144 cities, 1,490 municipalities, and 42,029 barangays. Two distinct seasons, the wet and the dry, characterize the climate of the country. During the wet season, (June until November of the year), rains shower all across the land. The dry season, meanwhile, starts from December to May of the succeeding year. These seasons bring about temperatures ranging from a cool of 18.7oC in January to a peak heat of 36.0oC in March.

Info

Source Institution	Philippine Statistics Authority
Source URL	https://www.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20PIF%20Final_%20as%20of%20022916.pdf
Page Count	102
Place of Publication	Manila
Original Publication Date
Tags	PSA Philippine in Figures