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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.
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines.The Philippines is administratively divided into 82 provinces (Filipino: lalawigan).These, together with the National Capital Region, are further subdivided into cities (Filipino: lungsod) and municipalities (Filipino: bayan).
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.
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2]
Metropolitan Manila [1] ( Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila [a] and formally the National Capital Region ( NCR; [3] Filipino: Pambansang Punong Rehiyon ), [11] is the capital region and largest metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, the region lies between the Central ...
N. List of Philippine city name etymologies. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines.
The more than 140 cities in the Philippines as of 2022 have taken their names from a variety of languages both indigenous (Austronesian) and foreign (mostly Spanish).The majority of Philippine cities derive their names from the major regional languages where they are spoken including Tagalog (), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Pangasinense.
More than half of barangays in Metro Manila are found in the City of Manila (2015 pop. : 1,780,148) with 897 barangays. Caloocan ( pop. : 1,583,978) has 188 barangays and Pasay ( pop. : 416,522) has 210 barangays. In comparison, Quezon City (2015 pop. : 2,936,116) – the largest city both in terms of land area and population – only has 142 ...