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Municipalities
Nueva Vizcaya is composed of 15 municipalities with Bayombong as the provincial capital. Solano and Kayapa are its commercial center and summer capital respectively.
The province also consists of one congressional district with two (2) sectors, the North and South Sector. The subdivision follows the administrative jurisdiction set in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
The North Sector comprises seven (7) municipalities namely: Ambaguio, Bagabag, Bayombong, Diadi, Quezon, Solano and Villaverde. On the other hand, the South Sector has eight (8) municipalities namely: Alfonso Castañeda, Aritao, Bambang, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Kasibu, Kayapa and Santa Fe.
The boundary of the two sectors is drawn between the municipal boundaries of Ambaguio and Kayapa, Bayombong and Bambang and Quezon and Kasibu.
Barangays
As of the 1996 inventory of barangays conducted by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), there are 275 barangays of Nueva Vizcaya.
The municipality of Kayapa has the most number of barangays totaling to 30 while the municipality of Villaverde has the smallest number composed of only 9 barangays.
List of Barangays per Municipality in Nueva Vizcaya