House of Representatives of the Philippines facts for kids
The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas), is the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines. It is often commonly referred to as Congress. Members of the House are officially styled as representative (Kinatawan) and sometimes informally called Congressmen/Congresswomen (mga kongresista) and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms.
Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 legislative districts in the country.
The House of Representatives is headed by the Speaker, currently Alan Peter Cayetano.
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Population of each congressional district in the Philippines. Districts shaded with blue hues have less than 250,000 people, those shaded green are just over 250,000, yellow and orange are more than 250,000, and the those shaded red can be split into two or more districts.
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Persons per representative per province or city in the House of Representatives: Provinces (blue) and cities (red) are arranged in descending order of population from Cavite to Batanes (provinces) and from Quezon City to San Juan (cities).
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Persons per representative from 1903 to 2007. The last nationwide apportionment act was the ordinance to the 1987 constitution, which was based on the 1980 census.
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William Howard Taft addressing the 1st Philippine Legislature at the Manila Grand Opera House in 1907.
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The 2nd Philippine Legislature convened at The Mansion in Baguio in 1921.
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Joint session of the Philippine Legislature, Manila. November 15, 1916
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Philippine legislature before 1924
See also
In Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Filipinas para niños
