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This is a list of chartered cities in the Philippines. Philippine cities are classified into three groups: highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), independent component cities ( ICC ), and component cities ( CC ).
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 ).
Largest cities in the Philippines. 2020 Philippine census of population and housing. Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. Quezon City Manila: 1: Quezon City:
A city (Filipino: lungsod or siyudad) 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.
In 2020, 54% of the Philippine population lived in urban areas [11] encompassing many cities. 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.
List of largest cities by area Notes ^ For urban/metropolitan areas that have more than one core city , the figure for their city proper should use either the most populous one (e.g. Dallas for Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ) or the best-known one (e.g. Manila for Metro Manila , instead of Quezon City ).
Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. Cebu City Bacolod: 1: Cebu City: Central Visayas: 964,169: 11: Bago: Negros Island Region: 191,210 Lapu-Lapu Iloilo City
Signage in Los Baños showing its nickname. This partial list of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and municipalities in the Philippines are known by (or have been known historically by), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.