Regions in the Philippines with the use of Mnemonics (It includes the NIR which was added in 2015 and dissolved in 2017)

1. Divided into
18 regions
NIR – is the
18th region
being

2. Region – composed of different specific
places which share a common characteristic
Regionalization – the process of
assigning group of places to a region
2 Types of Region
1.Administrative Region – a region
that is dependent to the national
government
2.Autonomous Region – a region that is
independent from the national government

3. 3 Major Island
Group
1.LUZON – largest
island
2.VISAYAS –
“Cradle of the
Country”

4. LUZON
National Capital Region (NCR)
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Ilocos Region (Region I)
Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Central Luzon (Region III)
CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Bicol Region (Region V)

5. IlCa,
CenCal,
and MimBi
ride a CAR
to NCR
Il-Ilocos Ca-Cagayan
Valley, Cen-Central
Luzon Cal-CALABARZON,
Mim-MIMAROPA Bi-Bicol

6. VISAYAS
Western Visayas (Region VI)
Central Visayas (Region VII)
Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Negros Island Region (NIR)

7. I was
caught
eating
nips.Was – Western
Visayas
Caught –
Central

8. MINDANAO
Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Northern Mindanao (Region X)
Davao Region (Region XI)
SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII)
Caraga Region (Region XIII)
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

9. Zam, Nor, and Dave played soccer
Zam – Zamboanga
Peninsula
Nor – Northern
Mindanao
Dave – Davao Region
Soccer – SOCCSKSARGEN
Cara – Caraga Region
Arm – ARMM

10. Write the region name for the
following region number:
1.Region 3
2.Region 5
3.Region 6
4.Region 9
5.Region 10