Dataset
Changes to Philippine places since 1977
When each place was created, renamed, moved to another town or province, or made a city.
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- The figures describe
- January 1, 1977 to June 30, 2026
- Scene last read its sources
- October 8, 2026
- Shown on the pages of
- 6 regions, 11 provinces, 70 cities, 127 municipalities, 2,534 barangays
- Figures made by
- Philippine Statistics Authority; Scene.ph
About this dataset
Every change to a region, province, city, municipality or barangay of the Philippines that the Philippine Statistics Authority has recorded in its Summary of Changes since 1977: places created, divided and merged, renamed, moved to another town, province or region, and made a city, each with the law, order or plebiscite that made it where the PSA names one.
How the figures were made: The PSA's own record of changes to its list of places, quarter by quarter.
What Scene adds: Each change matched to the place it concerns today, and said in plain words.
What it holds
- Change
- What happened to the place, in plain words.
- When
- The day of its plebiscite where there was one, or else the quarter the PSA recorded it.
- Basis
- The law, order or resolution that made the change, where the PSA names it.
Where it comes from
Philippine Statistics Authority
Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Summary of Changes, every change to a place since 1977
Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use).
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How to cite it
Philippine Statistics Authority. Changes to Philippine places since 1977, compiled by Scene.ph. https://scene.ph/atlas/sources/boundary-changes. Read October 8, 2026.