<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Officially local government in the Philippines, often called local government units or LGUs, are divided into three levels--provinces and independent cities; component cities and municipalities; and barangays . In one area, above provinces and independent cities, is an autonomous region, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao . Below barangays in some cities and municipalities are sitios and puroks . All of these, with the exception of sitios and puroks, elect their own executives and legislatures . Sitios and puroks are often led by elected barangay councilors . </P> <P> Provinces and independent cities are organized into national government regions but those are administrative regions and not separately governed areas with their own elected governments . </P>

Three types of local government in the philippines