var str = new Object();
var stateArray = new Array();

	str["Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao"] = 'Mindanao';
	stateArray[0] = 'Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao';

	str["Bicol Region"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[1] = 'Bicol Region';

	str["CALABARZON"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[2] = 'CALABARZON';

	str["Cagayan Valley"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[3] = 'Cagayan Valley';

	str["Caraga"] = 'Mindanao';
	stateArray[4] = 'Caraga';

	str["Central Luzon"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[5] = 'Central Luzon';

	str["Central Visayas"] = 'Visayas';
	stateArray[6] = 'Central Visayas';

	str["Cordillera Administrative Region"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[7] = 'Cordillera Administrative Region';

	str["Davao Region"] = 'Mindanao';
	stateArray[8] = 'Davao Region';

	str["Eastern Visayas"] = 'Visayas';
	stateArray[9] = 'Eastern Visayas';

	str["Ilocos Region"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[10] = 'Ilocos Region';

	str["MIMAROPA"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[11] = 'MIMAROPA';

	str["National Capital Region"] = 'Luzon';
	stateArray[12] = 'National Capital Region';

	str["Northern Mindanao"] = 'Mindanao';
	stateArray[13] = 'Northern Mindanao';

	str["SOCCSKSARGEN"] = 'Mindanao';
	stateArray[14] = 'SOCCSKSARGEN';

	str["Western Visayas"] = 'Visayas';
	stateArray[15] = 'Western Visayas';

	str["Zamboanga Peninsula"] = 'Mindanao';
	stateArray[16] = 'Zamboanga Peninsula';


function getRegionForState(state) {
	return str[state];
}

function populateState(field, insIntl, insAll) {
  var len = stateArray.length;
  if (insIntl) {
     len += 1;
  }
  if (insAll) {
  	len += 1;
  }
  
  field.length = len;
  var i = 0;
  var j = 0;
  if (insAll) {
    field[j].value = "ALL";
    field[j].text = "ALL";
    j++;
  }
  for (; i < stateArray.length; i++) {
    field[j].value = stateArray[i];
	field[j].text = stateArray[i];
	j++;
  }

  field.selectedIndex = 0;
}

function getStateArray() {
	return stateArray;
}

function getStatesMap() {
	var states = new RegExp();
	for (var i = 0; i < stateArray.length; i++) {
		states[stateArray[i]] = stateArray[i];
	}

	return states;
}