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<tr><td align="center">[[File:Regions provinces philippines 01.png|link=|500px]]<br>Regions and Provinces of The Philippines</td></tr>
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=There are 18 regions of The [[Philippines]] as of May 2015=
=There are 17 regions of The [[Philippines]] as of August 7, 2017=
*17 regions as of June 2009
*17 regions as of June 2009
**Added an extra region in 2015: [[Negros Island Region is Region 18|read about it]]
**Added an extra region in 2015: [[Negros Island Region is Region 18|read about it]]
**As of August 7, 2017 the Negros Island region was voided and the 2 provinces reverted back to their original regions. So it is back to 17 regions.
A "Region" is not a Constitutional form of government and is used only for  administrative management or statistics reference by the Executive branch, except for the [[ARMM]].
A "Region" is not a Constitutional form of government and is used only for  administrative management or statistics reference by the Executive branch, except for the [[ARMM]].