This page documents the conventions for mapping administrative entities in the Philippines such as regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, barangays, and everything in between. This page documents such conventions as agreed upon by the
WikiProject Philippines community.
Overview
LGUs in the Philippines are mapped using a combination of administrative boundary relations and place=* nodes. The boundary relations mark the jurisdiction of the
LGUs. The place=* nodes mark the central location of the LGUs that are considered settlements: cities, municipalities, and rural barangays.
Boundary relation
| Tag
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Usage
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Examples
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| Additional required tags
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| name=*
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Specifies the common name of the entity.
|
Manila
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| ref=*
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Specifies the 9-digit Philippine Standard Geographic Code of the entity.
|
130000000
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| wikidata=*
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Specifies the Wikidata ID corresponding to the entity. Format is "Q".
|
Q1461
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| Optional tags
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| official_name=*
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Specifies the official name of the entity. This can usually be found in the entity's charter or seal.
|
- "National Capital Region" for Metro Manila
- "Science City of Muñoz" for Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
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| *name:abbr=*
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Specifies abbreviations for the name(s) of the entity.
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| is_in=*
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Specifies the name=* of the higher encompassing major LGU. This tag is redundant because its information can be derived from GIS operations, but it can facilitate easier data use for consumers, and it can also be used for cross-checking and validation.
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Convention summary
| Government entity
|
admin_level=*
|
admin_centre member
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place=*
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designation=*
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Maritime extent
|
is_in=*
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Other remarks
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| Philippines
|
2
|
place=city node of Manila
|
–
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–
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Territorial waters (12 NM from the Philippine archipelagic baselines [RA 9522]). Treaty of Paris limits should not be used.
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is_in=Asia
|
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| Region
|
3
|
place=* node of the administrative center city/municipality
|
–
|
–
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Municipal waters (15 km from coastline [RA 8550])
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is_in=Philippines
|
|
| Province
|
4
|
place=state node of the capital city/municipality
|
–
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province
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Region (except Basilan)
|
The boundary should exclude Highly Urbanized Cities. Note that this may result in an admin_centre node that is outside the provincial boundary (which is actually the case).
|
| Provincial board district
|
5
|
–
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–
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–
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Province
|
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| City
|
6
|
place=city node of the city; node is located at the city center or downtown area
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tag place=city on the city node, not the boundary relation
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–
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Region if Highly Urbanized City; province otherwise
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|
| Municipality
|
6
|
place=town node of the municipality; node is located at the municipal center or downtown area
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tag place=town on the municipality node, not the boundary relation
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municipality
|
Province
|
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| City/municipal council district
|
7
|
–
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–
|
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Coastline
|
City/municipality
|
|
| City/municipal administrative district
Districts of Quezon City (Diliman, Cubao, Novaliches, Balintawak,Santa Mesa Heights, La Loma, etc.)
|
8
|
place=suburb on the node of the district. It should be on the center of the district.
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Tag place=suburb on the district node, not the boundary relation.
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|
City/municipality
|
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| Barangay zone
|
9
|
–
|
–
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barangay zone
|
City/municipality
|
|
| Barangay
|
10
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- place=village: for rural barangays (most cases, as designated by PSA)
- place=quarter: for urban barangays (as designated by PSA) or those forming urban poblacion areas. Consider retagging where the barangay is designated as urban by PSA and is bordered by one or more urban ones that form a larger urbanized area.
- Node at the barangay central area (near barangay hall, or major local street intersection/crossroads)
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Tag place=village or place=quarter on the barangay node, not the boundary relation
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barangay
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City/municipality
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PSA sub-classification is not sufficient to determine whether a barangay must be tagged or retagged as a place=village or place=quarter. Some rules of thumb are
- PSA-designated urban barangay completely surrounded by rural ones: tag as village (or keep the tag as it is for those already mapped).
- PSA-designated rural barangay completely surrounded by urban ones: tag as quarter (or keep the tag as it is for those already mapped).
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| Sitio/purok
|
11
|
place=neighbourhood (urban) or place=hamlet (rural or remote) node of the sitio/purok; node is located at the sitio or purok's central area
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tag place=neighbourhood or place=hamlet on the sitio/purok node, not the boundary relation
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sitio/purok
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Barangay
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Per-entity convention
Regions
| name=*
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alt_name=*
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ref=* (PSGC)
|
wikidata=*
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official_name=*
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admin_centre member
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Other tags
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| Ilocos Region
|
Region I
|
0100000000
|
Q12933
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–
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San Fernando, La Union
|
|
| Cagayan Valley
|
Region II
|
0200000000
|
Q13615
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–
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Tuguegarao, Cagayan
|
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| Central Luzon
|
Region III
|
0300000000
|
Q13617
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–
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San Fernando, Pampanga
|
|
| CALABARZON
|
Region IV-A
|
0400000000
|
Q13650
|
–
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San Pablo, Laguna
|
|
| MIMAROPA
|
Region IV-B
|
1700000000
|
Q13658
|
–
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Calapan, Oriental Mindoro
|
|
| Bicol Region
|
Region V
|
0500000000
|
Q13662
|
–
|
Legazpi, Albay
|
|
| Western Visayas
|
Region VI
|
0600000000
|
Q13665
|
–
|
Iloilo City
|
|
| Central Visayas
|
Region VII
|
0700000000
|
Q13669
|
–
|
Cebu City
|
|
| Eastern Visayas
|
Region VIII
|
0800000000
|
Q13675
|
–
|
Tacloban
|
|
| Zamboanga Peninsula
|
Region IX
|
0900000000
|
Q13682
|
–
|
Pagadian
|
|
| Northern Mindanao
|
Region X
|
1000000000
|
Q13690
|
–
|
Cagayan de Oro
|
|
| Davao Region
|
Region XI
|
1100000000
|
Q13694
|
–
|
Davao City
|
|
| SOCCSKSARGEN
|
Region XII
|
1200000000
|
Q13701
|
–
|
Koronadal
|
|
| Caraga
|
Region XIII
|
1600000000
|
Q13704
|
–
|
Butuan
|
|
| Cordillera Administrative Region
|
CAR
|
1400000000
|
Q13606
|
–
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Baguio
|
name:abbr=CAR
|
| Bangsamoro
|
BARMM
|
150000000
|
Q806550
|
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
|
Cotabato City
|
name:abbr=BARMM
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| Metro Manila
|
NCR
|
1300000000
|
Q13580
|
National Capital Region
|
Manila
|
official_name:abbr=NCR
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