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Quezon City, the most populous. Palayan, the least populous. Manila, the capital and most densely populated. Puerto Princesa, the most sparsely populated. Davao City, the largest in terms of land area. San Juan, the smallest in terms of land area. Carmona, the newest city. Cebu City, the oldest city.
Figures exclude cities in Metro Manila. GDP (Nominal) figures based on 2018 Philippine Constant Prices as published by the Philippine Statistics Office on their various public releases in 2023. GDP in PPP using 2018 Constant Prices not publicized. GDP in USD using 2023 Exchange Rates. % of GDP Regional not publicized for Central Visayas Cities.
A city (Filipino: lungsod / siyudad / lunsod) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines.All Philippine cities are chartered cities (Filipino: nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies their administrative structure and powers.
The capital of the Philippines was re-designated to Manila in 1976 through Presidential Decree No. 940. The decree states that Manila has always been, to the Filipino people and in the eyes of the world, the premier city of the Philippines, being the center of trade, commerce, education, and culture.
This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by poverty rate as of 2021. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The national poverty rate of the Philippines was estimated to be at 22.4% in early 2023.
This is an overview of current and former national capital cities in the Philippines, spanning from the Spanish colonial period to the current Fifth Philippine Republic. [1] The current capital city, Manila , has been the country's capital throughout most of its history and regained the title through a presidential order in 1976, with Metro ...
This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of its insular areas.
Map of the Philippines showing the proposed provinces. Occidental Leyte and Oriental Leyte (1923) – Leyte was divided into two new provinces by Act No. 3117 on March 27, 1923. [149] The division never took place, however, as no proclamation was issued by the Governor-General.