The sub-provinces of the Philippines were a political and

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

of the Philippines. The sub-provinces were a part of a larger "regular" province and residents of a sub-province participated in provincial elections of the parent province.

List of historical sub-provinces

References

{{Philippines administrative divisions Former subdivisions of the Philippines