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Bay City is a reference to the city bordering two bodies of water; Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. [67] Pasay: n/a: Metro Manila: The Travel City [68] Passi: Iloilo: Western Visayas: Sweet City at The Heart of Panay Due to its vast pineapple plantations and annual output in fruit production, and because the city lies in the bosom of Panay. [69 ...
Official seals of places in Metro Manila (2 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Seals of Philippine cities" ... Dasma City Logo.png; File:Digos Davao del Sur.png ...
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines. ... Metro Manila: Quezon City** 2,960,048 171.71 17,238.65 142 HUC Metro Manila: San Juan:
Growth in some cities has led to urban spillover in adjacent municipalities. Metro Manila was created in 1975 with the establishment of the Metro Manila Commission. This commission, reorganized in 1986 as the Metro Manila Authority, was renamed in 1995 as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). While MMDA has no power over the ...
Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, in the early 16th century [13] due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", [14] and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Rajah Matanda, the old king of Maynila, who was born ...
Pages in category "Cities in Metro Manila" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Caloocan; L.
Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...
Metro Manila comprises 16 cities and municipalities, including the capital city, Manila. Although Metro Manila was formed only in 1975, Manila itself dates back to 1571, with the establishment of the Province of Manila during the Spanish colonial period. The earliest evidence of human life in and around the area of Manila was dated to around ...