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Government data, maps and records

The tables, lists and maps the Atlas's figures come from, as their publishers release them. The Atlas cites 84 of them, from 25 publishers, each named on the pages that use it.

Sources
84
Published most by
Philippine Statistics Authority (40); Commission on Elections (COMELEC) (19); Philippine Postal Corporation (4)
Read by Scene
September 24, 2026 to October 8, 2026

84 sources, 1 to 50 shown, by publisher, then title.

  1. 1.Commission on Elections. Plebiscite to Ratify the Renaming of the Province of Compostela Valley as the Province of Davao de Oro Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11297: results and resolutions. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  2. 2.Commission on Elections. Resolution No. 9772: rules and regulations governing the conduct of the October 28, 2013 plebiscite to ratify the creation of the Province of Davao Occidental out of Davao del Sur. Published September 9, 2013. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  3. 3.Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 2025 National and Local Elections: results, certificates of canvass of every province, city and municipality. Published May 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  4. 4.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections (its pages are headed "LIST OF ELECED CITY/MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES"). Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  5. 5.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  6. 6.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 10, 2004 National and Local Elections (its pages are headed "LIST OF CITY/MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES"). Published January 14, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  7. 7.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  8. 8.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  9. 9.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 13, 2019 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  10. 10.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 14, 2001 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  11. 11.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 14, 2007 National and Local Elections. Published January 14, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  12. 12.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  13. 13.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  14. 14.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 10, 2004 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  15. 15.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections. Published January 10, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  16. 16.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  17. 17.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 13, 2019 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  18. 18.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 14, 2001 National and Local Elections (its pages are headed "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"). Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  19. 19.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 14, 2007 National and Local Elections. Published January 14, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  20. 20.Department of Agriculture (AMIA). Participatory Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Numancia, Aklan, Barangay Aliputos profile. Published November 22, 2023. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  21. 21.Department of Budget and Management. Brief History of DBM MIMAROPA Region. Published March 2, 2022. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  22. 22.Department of Education Region V. Region V - About the Region. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  23. 23.Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Directory of LGU Elective Officials for Term 2025-2028 as of February 2026 (its sheet: Consolidated List of Officials for Election Terms (2025-2028)), released through the FOI portal. Published February 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: A work of the Government of the Philippines: RA 8293, Section 176 (no copyright subsists in it; exploiting it for profit needs the agency's prior approval). Open the source
  24. 24.Department of the Interior and Local Government, Region III. The Province of Tarlac (as archived by the Internet Archive on 13 June 2026). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  25. 25.Department of the Interior and Local Government, Region III. Who We Are (Nueva Ecija Provincial Office). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  26. 26.Department of Tourism. Pateros (Love the Philippines). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  27. 27.DILG Region V. Bagamanoc, Catanduanes (Brief History). Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  28. 28.European Union and the European Space Agency (Copernicus), from DLR and Airbus Defence and Space (WorldDEM). Copernicus DEM GLO-30: global digital surface model at 30 m, one-degree tiles (2021 release). Published 2021. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 licence: free, any use including commercial, with the Copernicus notice. Open the source
  29. 29.National Statistics Office (now the Philippine Statistics Authority). 2010 Census of Population and Housing: population by barangay, one file for each of the 17 regions (Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, NCR, Cordillera, ARMM, Caraga), as the Internet Archive kept them. Published 2012. Read by Scene October 8, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  30. 30.OpenStreetMap contributors. Barangay boundaries from OpenStreetMap, where UN OCHA's layer has none. Published September 25, 2026. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. Licence: ODbL 1.0. Open the source
  31. 31.OpenStreetMap contributors. Named public places in OpenStreetMap: schools, hospitals and health centres, places of worship, government offices, markets, stations, parks, beaches and monuments, from Geofabrik's extract of the Philippines. Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: ODbL 1.0. Open the source
  32. 32.OpenStreetMap contributors, extract by Geofabrik. Named rivers, lakes, reservoirs, peaks and the coastline of the Philippines in OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract, cut by osmium). Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: ODbL 1.0. Open the source
  33. 33.Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Climatology and Agrometeorology Division. Climate Map of the Philippines (1951-2010), Modified Coronas Climate Classification. Published August 2014. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: A work of the Government of the Philippines: no copyright (RA 8293 s.176.1); PAGASA's approval is needed to use it for profit. Open the source
  34. 34.Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Climatology and Agrometeorology Division. Climatological Normals, 1991-2020, by synoptic station (one PDF each). Published January 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: A work of the Government of the Philippines: no copyright (RA 8293 s.176.1); PAGASA's approval is needed to use it for profit. Open the source
  35. 35.Philippine Postal Corporation. PHLPost unveiled historic 150th year anniversary of Tarlac province (the Internet Archive's copy of 2026-03-05). Published May 29, 2023. Read by Scene October 8, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  36. 36.Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost). Philippine ZIP Codes (the directory "ZipCode 2019.pdf", made 2019-12-02), as the Internet Archive keeps it (its SHA-1 matches the Archive's index). Published December 2, 2019. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1; a government-owned corporation's work is the Government's, Section 171.9). Open the source
  37. 37.Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost). ZIP Code Locator. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1; a government-owned corporation's work is the Government's, Section 171.9). Open the source
  38. 38.Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost). ZIP Code Locator, as the Internet Archive captured it on 2022-05-21 (its SHA-1 matches the Archive's index). Published May 21, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1; a government-owned corporation's work is the Government's, Section 171.9). Open the source
  39. 39.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015 Census of Population, Statistical Tables, Table 1: Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by City/Municipality, 1960-2015 (one workbook for each province, highly urbanized city and region). Published 2017. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  40. 40.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2020 Census of Population and Housing: Household Population by Age Group and Sex, for the Philippines and its regions, provinces, cities and municipalities (revised file, psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2022-12/). Published December 2022. Read by Scene October 8, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  41. 41.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2020 Census of Population and Housing: Table A (Population and Annual Growth Rate for the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces and Highly Urbanized Cities) and Table B (Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City and Municipality, by Region). Published July 2021. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  42. 42.Philippine Statistics Authority. Gross Domestic Product by Province and HUC (OpenSTAT table 0012A5FPPA0). Published August 28, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  43. 43.Philippine Statistics Authority. Gross Domestic Product by Province and HUC, Growth Rates (OpenSTAT table 0032A5FPPA2). Published August 28, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  44. 44.Philippine Statistics Authority. Household Population by Age-Group Region, Province, and Highly Urbanized City: Philippines, 2024 Census of Population (OpenSTAT table 0201A6DPAG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  45. 45.Philippine Statistics Authority. Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2018 and 2021 (the PSA's workbook "2018 - 2021 SAE_with PSGC_noHUC.xlsx", sheet "2018-2021_NoHUC", as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published April 2, 2024. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  46. 46.Philippine Statistics Authority. Per Capita Gross Domestic Product by Province and HUC (OpenSTAT table 0092A5FPPA8). Published August 28, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  47. 47.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  48. 48.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). Open the source
  49. 49.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  50. 50.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Table 1.4: Population of the Philippines, census years 1840 to 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0041A2BPOP0). Published June 4, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

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