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The largest by land area is Metro Davao in Mindanao. Previously, NEDA recognized ten other metropolitan areas: Metro Angeles , Metro Bacolod , Metro Baguio , Metro Batangas , Metro Cagayan de Oro , Metro Dagupan , Metro Iloilo–Guimaras , Metro Naga , and Metro Olongapo .
As the second most populous and the most densely populated region in the Philippines, it ranks as the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Asia and the 6th most populous urban area in the world. The region is the center of culture (including arts and entertainment), economy, education and government of the Philippines.
With a population of 12,877,253 in 2015, Metro Manila is the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, and the tenth most populous metropolitan area in Asia. Its total area is 619.57 square kilometres (239.22 sq mi), smaller than Philippine cities Davao City , Puerto Princesa , Zamboanga City and Butuan , and Southeast Asian city propers ...
In modern times, the name "Manila" is commonly used to refer to the entire metropolitan area, the greater metropolitan area, and the city proper. Metro Manila, the officially defined metropolitan area, is the capital region of the Philippines, and includes the much larger Quezon City and the Makati Central Business District.
Metro Cagayan de Oro is bounded by Macajalar Bay, which curves north.Forty percent of its area is elevated plains, located partially in Bukidnon.In the western portion the Cagayan de Oro River [5] outlines the area, which is divided by the river's tributaries from district 1 of Cagayan de Oro to Gitagum (including Laguindingan, Alubijid, El Salvador and Opol).
Ranking Name Image Country Population Year (Census or Estimate) 1 Manila Philippines 14,942,000: 2020C 2 Jakarta Indonesia 10,562,088: 2020C 3 Bangkok Thailand 9,034,000: 2021E
November 7, 1975 – Metro Manila is created. [6] January 23, 1976 – Metro Manila is separated from Southern Tagalog to become Region IV; Southern Tagalog becomes Region IV-A. [7] June 2, 1978 – Metro Manila is declared the National Capital Region. [8] June 11, 1978 – The regional center of Region IX is transferred from Jolo, Sulu to ...
Metro Davao, officially Metropolitan Davao (Cebuano: Kaulohang Dabaw; Filipino: Kalakhang Davao), is a metropolitan area in Mindanao, Philippines. It includes the cities of Davao , Digos , Mati , Panabo , Samal and Tagum and spanned parts of all five provinces of the Davao Region .