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The House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan in Filipino) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines. The Senate is the upper chamber. The House is often informally called the Congress. Members of the house are called congressmen (mga kinatawan or mga kongresman) and their title is Representative. Congressmen are elected to a three-year term, and can be reelected to a maximum of three terms. A congressman can either be a district representative, which represents a particular geographical area, or a sectoral representative, which represents a significant minority of society.

The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally national lawmaking place) located at the Constitution Hill in Quezon City in Metro Manila. The building is often simply called Batasan.

1 District Representation

All provinces and several cities have at least one district, whose residents vote for their own congressman. Each district covers a population of approximately 250,000 to 500,000 people.

1.1 Provincial Districts

  • Abra (1)
  • Agusan del Norte (2)
  • Agusan del Sur (1)
  • Aklan (1)
  • Albay (3)
  • Antique (1)
  • Apayao (1)
  • AuroraAurora is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Baler and borders, clockwise from the south, the provinces of Quezon, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela. To the east of Aurora is the Phili (1)
  • BasilanBasilan is an island province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Its capital is Isabela City and is located just off the southern coast of Zamboanga Peninsula. Basilan is the northernmost among the major islands (1)
  • BataanBataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north. The p (2)
  • BatanesBatanes is the northernmost and the smallest, both in terms of population and land area, among the provinces of the Philippines. The province lies on a group of islands (called the Batanes Islands in the Luzon Strait and is part of the Cagayan Valley regi (1)
  • BatangasBatangas is a province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Islan (4)
  • BenguetBenguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad and borders, clockwise from the south, Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya. Baguio (1)
  • BiliranBiliran is one of the smallest provinces in the Philippines and it is located in the Eastern Visayas region. An island province, Biliran lies just a few kilometers north of the island of Leyte. Its capital is Naval and for a time, Biliran was part of the (1)
  • BoholBohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao. Bohol is a popu (3)
  • Bukidnon (3)
  • Bulacan (4)
  • Cagayan (3)
  • Camarines Norte (1)
  • Camarines Sur (4)
  • Camiguin (1)
  • Capiz (2)
  • Catanduanes (1)
  • Cavite (3)
  • Cebu (6)
  • Compostela Valley (2)
  • Cotabato (2)


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