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Panay
49. Donblon
Capital: Romblon
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Bisakol
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Coastline
Modifier:
Area: Ananipay (Panay)
Note: Province name is what was reported by Spanish chronicler Miguel de Loarca in his book Relacion de las Islas Filipinas in 1582 which then later became Romblon. In the same place it said that the name evolved from Nagalumyom to Lomlom to Donblon to Romblon. The capital, Romblon was founded as an encomienda in 1571, but was settled earlier than that.
50. Akean
Capital: Batan
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Karay
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: Slaves/Honey & Wax/
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Ananipay (Panay)
Note: Akean is the original name of the territories of Aklan and Capiz. The Capiz page has no mention of Aklean at all and only shows up on the Aklan page. The capital is Batan, which is said to have been the seat of government of Akean in 1433. It is also one of the oldest towns in Aklan. Another potential capital is Majanos/Madjanos (modern Numancia) which was said to be the capital of Akean.
51. Kapid
Capital: Capiz
Development: 2/3/1
Culture: Hiligaynon
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: Cotton
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Ananipay (Panay)
Note: Capiz was declared an encomienda by the Spanish in 1716. It was used in a 1852 map to describe the areas of Aklan and Capiz. The capital is also Capiz (modern Roxas) which the province got its' name from. It was made an encomienda in 1569, but the area was already settled by that time.
'There are many versions on how Capiz got its name.The earliest version was that Balingangan, the eldest son of Bangkaya having risen to become the most powerful overlord of the Confederation of Madya-as, was gifted with beautiful twin daughters by his wife. He called the twins “Adlaw” and “Bulan” (Sun and Moon). To honor Balingangan and the twins, the land he ruled was called Aklan and Kapid (twins). How the d became z could be the Spaniards’ unique way of pronouncing the terminal d as th.
Another version was that the Barangay of Bangkaya was named Capiz after the shell called “Kapis” or “Pi-os” (a shell of the mollusk family)
The third tale was about the slim, elongated fish which the natives called “lapis”. Queried on the name of the fish, the Spaniards could have heard c instead of l and henceforth the land where this fish abounds was called “Capiz”.
And thus having achieved this sobriquet through a series of linguistic misadventures, Capiz emerged the capital of the province upon the decline of the town of Pan-ay, Capiz, later to be called Roxas City, became the premier town of the province and its spiritual, commercial, educational, and political center.
Source:
Yearbook, Circulo Galante 1982, Roxas City'
From the government website of Capiz:
'It is said that in Capiz in 1570, the Datu Bankaya’s wife of the Aklan district gave birth to twin daughters. Twin is "Kapid" in the local dialect, so the Spaniards adopted the name Capiz (Kapid) as inadvertently miscommunicated to them by the natives.
Capiz, which was part of Aklan in pre-Spanish times, was one of the early settlements of the Malays, centuries before the coming of the Spaniards to the Philippines. It was part of the Confederation of Madjaas, formed after the purchase of Panay by the Bornean datus from the Negrito king named Marikudo.'
52. Hantik
Capital: Bugasong
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Karay
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: Fish
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Ananipay (Panay)
Note: Hantik is the original name of the area before it became Antique. It was one of three provinces of Madja-as. The capital Malandong (located in Hamtic) was the first settlement started by Malay colonizers that arrived to Panay and started the Kedatuan of Madja-as and is the oldest settlement in the province. Another possible capital is Bugasong as it is mentioned as the capital of the province in another article.
53. Irong-Irong
Capital: Ogtong
Development: 4/5/3
Culture: Hiligaynon
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: Timber
Terrain: Woods
Modifier:
Area: Ananipay (Panay)
Note: Irong-Irong is an old name of Iloilo and is one of the three province of Madja-as. The capital of this province that I can determine was Iloilo. Ohter potential places are Ogtom/Ogtong (Oton) or Araut (Dumangas). Ogtom is mentioned as the capital of the province in another article. Ogtom was also the colonial center of the Spanish on the island until it was moved eastward to Arevalo (district of Iloilo) in 1581.
'In Panay, the existence of highly developed and independent principalities of Ogtong (Oton) and Araut (Dumangas) was well known to early Spanish settlers in the Philippines. The Augustinian historian Gaspar de San Agustin, for example, wrote about the existence of an ancient and illustrious nobility in Araut, in his book Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas (1565–1615). He said: "También fundó convento el Padre Fray Martin de Rada en Araut- que ahora se llama el convento de Dumangas- con la advocación de nuestro Padre San Agustín...Está fundado este pueblo casi a los fines del río de Halaur, que naciendo en unos altos montes en el centro de esta isla (Panay)...Es el pueblo muy hermoso, ameno y muy lleno de palmares de cocos. Antiguamente era el emporio y corte de la más lucida nobleza de toda aquella isla." Gaspar de San Agustin, O.S.A., Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas (1565-1615), Manuel Merino, O.S.A., ed., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas: Madrid 1975, pp. 374-375.'
Buglas
Buglas is what the modern named Negros island was called by natives.
54. Mandalagan
Capital: Carobcob
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Hiligaynon
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: (by event change to Sugar)
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Buglas (Negros)
Note: Named after a volcano in the province. The province is Carobcob (Silay) which was settled in 1565 and granted encomienda in 1571.
55. Kanlaon
Capital: Binalbagan
Development: 1/2/1
Culture: Hiligaynon
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: (by event change to Sugar)
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Buglas (Negros)
Note: Named after the Kanlaon volcano near by. The capital is Binalbagan one of two earliest native settlements which became town, Binalbagan in 1572.
56. Hilabangan
Capital: Ilog
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Hiligaynon
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: Copper/Gold
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Buglas (Negros)
Note: Named after the river that surrounds Ilog. Ilog is the capital and is the one of two earliest native settlements which became towns, Ilog in 1584. It was made the capital of the island in 1743.
57. Balinsasayao
Capital: Dananguet
Development: 2/1/1
Culture: Cebuano
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Buglas (Negros)
Note: Named after 2 lakes that contain the headwaters of 5 major river systems in the area. The capital is Dananguet (Dumaguete) which was mentioned in 1572 by cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde.
Cebu
Named after the city of Cebu.
58. Sialo
Capital: Sialao
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Sugbuanon (Cebuano)
Religion: Hindu
Trade Good: Fish
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Cebu
Note: One of two regions/lands mentioned in the history of the Rajahnate of Cebu. Located in the southern parts of Cebu, centered around the present-day towns of Carcar and Santander. Sialao is the name that Carcar was known by prior to Spanish colonization.
59. Signhapala
Capital: Sugbu
Development: 4/5/3
Culture: Sugbuanon (Cebuano)
Religion: Hindu
Trade Good: Gems
Terrain: Hills
Modifier: Center of Trade [lv.1] (Sugbu/Cebu was an important port/trade location)
Area: Cebu
Note: Province is named after an ancient fortified city or region that was the capital of the Rajahnate of Cebu. I decided to think of it as the name of a region instead of a city. Sugbu is the ancient name of Cebu City.
60. Nahalin
Capital: Danao (Conquered by the Spanish in 1565; Extisted earlier to this date)
Development: 4/3/2
Culture: Sugbuanon (Cebuano)
Religion: Hindu
Trade Good: Naval Supplies (?); Original is Gems
Terrain: Coastline
Modifier:
Area: Cebu (Sugbu)
Note: One of two regions/lands mentioned in the history of the Rajahnate of Cebu. Located in the northern parts of Cebu, centered around the present-day towns of Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela, Danao, Carmen and Bantayan. Danao existed prior to the arrival of the Spanish and was conquered by them in 1565 and became an ecomienda in 1570.
61. Panglao
Capital: Tagbilaran
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Sugbuanon (Cebuano)
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Cebu (Sugbu)
Note: Named after the island right of the coast of Bohol that was a central part of the Kedatuan of Dapitan. The capital is Tagbilaran which was the place where the seat of power for the Kedatuan of Dapitan.
62. Eskaya
Capital: Talibong
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Sugbuanon (Cebuano)
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Cebu (Sugbu)
Note: Named after a local aboriginal tribe in the area. Talibong an earlier name of Talibon, was first visited by the Spanish in 1521. Father Juan de Torres, a Jesuit, founded the Baclayon Church in 1596 and as a missionary recorded in his travels that he visited the gold mines of Talibong.
Leyte
63. Seilani
Capital: Sugut
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Cebuano
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Leyte
Note: Named after the domain which Sugut was said to be part of, this domain stretched from Bontoc and Sogod to the island of Panaon. Sugot is the old name of Sogod and it was a big town that Chinese junks came to trade at every year prior to Spanish arrival.
64. Leyte
Capital: Ogmoc
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Cebuano
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Leyte
Note: The capital can either be Baybay or Ogmoc, otherwise known as Ormor, which was founded in 1597 as a mission station.
65. Mairete
Capital: Kankabatok
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Waray
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Leyte
Note: Named after a political entity that was located on Leyte that was centered around the present-day city of Tacloban. It was the odlest city-state in the entire Eastern Visayas region. Kankabatok is the old name of Tacloban.
Samar
66. Samal
Capital: Catbalogan
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Waray
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Samar
Note: Samal is another name for the island of Samar. Catbalogan was founded by the Spanish in 1596.
67. Ibabao
Capital: Catarman
Development: 2/1/1
Culture: Waray
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Samar
Note: Ibabao is another name for the island of Samar. Before the coming of the Spanish, Catarman (Calatman or Cataruman) was a settlement by the mouth of the river of the same name in the region called Ibabao. The Spanish applied the name of Ibabao (Ybabao) to the northern part of Samar island.
68. Tandaya
Capital: Borongan
Development: 1/2/1
Culture: Waray
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Samar
Note: Tandaya is another name for the island of Samar. Borongan's history can be traced back to the early 1600 (said to be founded in 1619). Another possible capital is Guiuan, the place where Ferdinand Magellan first set foot on Philippine soil (was actually Homonhon which is now part of Guiuan).
Caraga
Caraga was used as a name for the region since 1622.
69. Caraga
Capital: Surigao
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Butuan-Tausug
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills/Forest
Modifier:
Area: Caraga
Note: Surigao was founded as a port by Spanish colonizers in 1655 and it is one of the oldest port towns in Mindanao. It has abundant mineral reserves including gold, iron, copper and among the world's largest nickel deposits in Nonoc Island.
70. Mamanwas
Capital: Tandag
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Caraga
Note: Named after a local tribe that lives/lived in the area. Tandag was founded sometime in the early 17th century (<1650).
71. Kinamayo
Capital: Lianga
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Caraga
Note: Kinamayo is an alternate spelling of Kamayo which is a local tribe that lives in the area. Lianga is one of the oldest towns in the area with history going back to at least 1655.
72. Kamayo
Capital: Beslin
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Caraga
Note: Named after a local tribe that lives in the area. Beslin is variant spelling of present-day Bislig by Conquistador Miquel de Loarca in his Relacion de los Yslas Filipinas in 1582. Other variants by other Spanish chroniclers include Bislin, Baslig, Bislic and Bisliq. Bislig is what appears on a 1734 map of the Philippines.
Agusan
Named after a former province, but also after the river that runs through most of area.
73. Manobo
Capital: Talacogon
Development: 1/4/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Marsh
Modifier:
Area: Agusan
Note: Named after a local tribe in the area. Talacogon is located in near the Agusan marsh that covers part of the area.
74. Butuan
Capital: Butuan
Development: 4/5/3
Culture: Butuan-Tausug
Religion: Hindu
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Agusan
Note: Not much to say, capital province of Rajahnate of Butuan.
75. Higaonon
Capital: Gingoog
Development: 1/2/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Agusan
Note: Named after a local tribe living in the area. The capital, Gingoog was founded by Spanish missionaries in 1750.
Bukidnon
76. Kalambaguasasahan
Capital: Himologan
Development: 2/3/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Bukidnon
Note: Named after the river that runs through it. Kalambaguasasahan is the original name of the Cagayan river. Himologan, present-day Huluga, was a settlement that the Spanish came into contact when they arrived in the area. Himologan is eight kilometers from present-day Cagayan de Oro.
77. Kitanglad
Capital: Binukid
Development: 2/1/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Bukidnon
Note: Named after the mountain range running through the area. The capital is named fater a local tribe living in the area.
78. Kalatungan
Capital: Bukidnon
Development: 2/3/2
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Bukidnon
Note: Named after the mountain range in the area. Capital is named after the general term used to describe the people living on the Bukidnon plateau.
79. Apo
Capital: Aeta
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Davos
Note: Named after Mt. Apo, a volcano in the area. Capital is named after a local tribe.
80. Pantaron
Capital: Tigwahanon
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Bukidnon
Note: Named after the mountain range going through the area. Capital is named after a local tribe living in the area. Another name is the Pulangi river that runs through one of the river valleys in the province.
Davos
81. Dibabawon
Capital: Caumanga
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Davos
Note: Named after a Manobo people living in the area that speak Dibabawon Manobo. Caumanga is the original name of Montevista area.
82. Mandaya
Capital: Caraga
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Caraga
Note: Named after a local tribe living in the area. Caraga was chosen as capital due to its central location in the area. It is said to have been founded in 1861, but it shows up on a Philippine map from 1734.
83. Mansaka
Capital: Mati
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Davos
Note: Named after a local tribe living in the area. Mati was founded in 1861.
84. Bagobo
Capital: Tagloc
Development: 2/2/2
Culture: Bilic
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Davos
Note: Named after a local tribe living in the area. Tagloc is the old Bagobo name for the Davao River.
85. Tagakaulo
Capital: Kalagan
Development: 1/2/1
Culture: Mansakan
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Davos
Note: Named after the language cluster in the area. Capital is named after a tribal people in the area.
Buayan
Area is named after the second major Sultanate in Mindanao, the Sultanate of Buayan.
86. Sarangani
Capital: Glan
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Bilic
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Buayan
Note: Named after the bay located nearby and the islands right of its coast.
87. B'laan
Capital: Buayan
Development: 3/5/3
Culture: Bilic
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Buayan
Note: Named after a local tribe in the area. The capital can either be Dadiangas or Buayan, they both are within the present-day boundaries of General Santos city. Buayan placement I am basing off on a more modern map of the Cotabato province and
88. Sebu
Capital: T'boli
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Bilic
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Buayan
Note: Named after a lake in the area. Capital is named after the local indigenous people that live in the area.
89. Busa
Capital: Kiamba
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Bilic
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Buayan
Note: Named after a peak, Mount Busa, that is in the area. Kiamba was chosen for the simple reason that there wasn't anything else to choose from.
Maguindanao
90. Teduray
Capital: Lebak
Development: 2/2/1
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Maguindanao
Note: Named after a local tribe in the area. Lebak was chosen as the capital as the area was already settled, archaeological data shows signs of settlement from 585 AD in Salangsang, a village (barangay) of Lebak.
91. Koronadal
Capital: Buluan
Development: 4/3/2
Culture: Danao
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Marsh
Modifier:
Area: Maguindanao
Note: Named after the valley that Buluan, the capital, is located in and where most of the population is.
92. Arumanon
Capital: Arumanon
Development: 3/2/2
Culture: Manobo
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Maguindanao
Note: Province and capital are named after a local tribe in the area.
93. Cotabato
Capital: Kota Wato
Development: 4/4/3
Culture: Danao
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Marsh
Modifier:
Area: Maguindanao
Note: Kota Wato is the original name of Cotabato City.
Ranao
Lanao in Maranao language.
94. Masiu
Capital: Masiu
Development: 2/4/2
Culture: Danao
Religion: Mahayana
Trade Good:
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Ranao (local for Lanao)
Note: Named after one of the principalities (Sultanates) of Lanao. The capital is Masiu as well, as it was the capital of the Masiu Sultanate.
95. Baloi
Capital: Iligan
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Danao
Religion: Hindu
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Ranao (local for Lanao)
Note: Named after one of the principalities (Sultanates) of Lanao. Iligan was founded in 1609, but it was also a settlement prior to Spanish arrival. Another possible capital is Marawi or as it was known as Dansalan when it was founded by the Spanish in 1639.
96. Unayan
Capital: T'buk
Development: 4/4/2
Culture: Danao
Religion: Sunni
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Ranao (local for Lanao)
Note: Named after one of the principalities (Sultanates) of Lanao. T'buk, present-day Malaban, has important history with the introduction of Islam to Mindanao as it was the first point where it was introduced by Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan. It was also apparently home to the Sultanate of T'buk. It is also considered to be the one of the oldest settlements in Mindanao.
Zamboanga
97. Misamis
Capital: Misamis
Development: 2/3/1
Culture: Subanen
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Hills
Modifier:
Area: Zamboanga
Note: The capital Misamis is the Spanish town that later grew into Ozamiz. The town was founded when the Spanish built a stone fort in the area in 1756.
98. Subanen
Capital: Sindangan
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Subanen
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Zamboanga
Note: Province is named after a local tribe in the area. Sindangan was chosen as the capital as it it was said to have existed in pre-Spanish times and it later became part of the municipality of Dapitan in 1598. Dapitan is another choice as it was founded in 1563 by the ruler of the Kedatuan of Dapitan after it was destroyed by the Sultanate of Ternate in 1563.
99. Illana
Capital: Talapukan
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Subanen
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Zamboanga
Note: Province is named after the bay that it is next to. The capital is Talapukan, the original name that was given to the area that the present-day city of Pagadian is located.
100. Sibuguey
Capital: Kabasalan
Development: 1/1/1
Culture: Subanen
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Jungle
Modifier:
Area: Zamboanga
Note: Province is named after the bay that it is next to. The capital is Bacalan, which in present-day is a part of Ipil, as it appears on a 1734 map of the Philippines.
101. Zamboanga
Capital: Samboangan
Development: 3/4/2
Culture: Subanen
Religion: Animism
Trade Good:
Terrain: Forest
Modifier:
Area: Zamboanga
Note: Zamboanga City was founded in late 12th or early 13th century as a settlement of Subanen people. The city was used to be known as Samboangan in historical records.
Sulu
102. Taguima
Capital: Kumalarang
Development: 3/3/2
Culture: Butuan-Tausug (Sama-Bajaw actually)
Religion: Animism
Trade Good: Iron
Terrain: Mountain
Modifier:
Area: Sulu
Name: Taguima is the old Sulu Sultanate name of Basilan. Kumalarang is the name of the capital/area (modern day Isabela City) where a Yakan Kingdom of Kumalarang existed; it is also the name of a river running through the island that the settlement was near to. Last mention of this kingdom was when the king, Lakan Ipentun, died on May 27, 1421 in Fujian, China where he was about to embark back home.
103. Sulu
Capital: Jolo
Development: 5/4/3
Culture: Butuan-Tausug
Religion: Sunni
Trade Good: Gems (Original)
Terrain: Coastline
Modifier:
Area: Sulu
Note: Capital could be Jolo.
'Astana Putih ('The Seat of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu was in Astana Putih, which is Tausug for ‘White Palace’ in Umbul Duwa in the municipality of Indanan on Jolo Island, later on, the capital was moved in Maimbung during the 1800s') / Jolo (capital of the island of the same name)'
104. Tawi-Tawi
Capital: Bongao
Development: 4/4/2
Culture: Butuan-Tausug (Sama-Bajaw actually)
Religion: Sunni
Trade Good: Fish
Terrain: Coastline
Modifier:
Area: Sulu
Note: Bongao is an ancient city and cultural center of the Bajau people.
I'm a bit distracted by 10.0/update to 1.27, but I'm most eager to look at this suggestion more in depth soon. At a glance it looks singularly superb, thanks!
600 development seems like too much though, apparently the Philippines had a population of only 600,000 by 1591
-Edit-
The development figures are tentative (rough draft) and I'll probably be adjusting some as I get to the point of including tags (nations) to the area. With existing tags I'm planning on keeping as close to their current base game development as possible so that'll mean reducing the listed (above) development if their territorities were split.
Edit: over half of your provinces are 2/2/2 or under (which is 1/1/1 in vanilla). So the Philippines are already dirt poor in your draft, there's just so many provinces that the development shoots up
Also, note that dev != population. It is based on quite a few factors, and the Philippines were an important trade hub where many different cultures and religions met, plus they produced some quite valuable trade goods.
@Procyon
@Nikicaga
As I mentioned, I don't really have time at the moment to dive in, but I would pop in quickly to say that dev balance is typically somewhat easily adjustable, and I've always been clear that I prefer high-detail initial drafts so I can cut things being informed, rather than miss things being stupid.
Though ~600 is substantial for what was presumably ~1/2 million people in 1444, as Nikicaga said as well, dev != population, so I expect my own view would lean towards something in between the two extremes. Though I admit I've have serious concerns about ~550 dev to Lithuania, which probably had ~x4-x6 that population and much more clout.
I'm very hopeful zraith will be patient with a couple questions and work with me on some drafts to include some version of this in the future (though the exact timeframe is dependent on a variety of factors).
The posted province map is the latest in a series of drafts that I've done and it'll definetely be not the last as I take in suggestions, find more information or rethink my decisions on what to include or not. As for example one of my earlier draft (that I can remember reasonably) had the province total be up to 112 (this dropped as I got feedback from the BT community on Discord) and even now there are a couple places that could be cut/dropped.
@Procyon & Nikicaga: That is one of things that I'm worried. Philippines why not as heavily populated as other locations did have the wealth in terms of trade goods to draw in European colonizers to the area. Lowering the development too much would make the Philippines no better than locations such as Northern Canada or Siberia (that 1/1/1 post-doubling provinces) which wasn't the case. I guess once way to overcome this would be to have low development but guarantee high valued trade goods (force them by events if necessary).
@Draiocht: I'll be happy to work with you on this, offering reasons for my choices, providing the data that I used to make them, etc... at the later timeframe when you have the time.
Though aside from that, Spain should have a decision to establish the Manila Galleon, maybe giving Manila some development or a modifier.