The official definition of each metropolitan area as listed below does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization. For example, the built-up area of Metro Manila has long spilled out of its borders into the adjacent provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal.[5]
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. 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 local government units (LGUs) it covers, it has worked with the LGUs to solve issues that affect all of them such as traffic management.
The practice of creating an intercity board or agency to determine the limits of a metropolitan area has become common.[citation needed] A number of proposals have been created to create similar metropolitan arrangements in other areas of the country. In 1997, Cebu created the Metropolitan Cebu Development Council (MCDC), which was renamed the Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) in 2011. In 2022, Baguio[12] and Davao created their own metropolitan boards. Other proposed metropolitan boards include ones for Bulacan and Bataan.
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^(PDF). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017. Higher than other estimates, which are largely limited to the National Capital Region. Continuous urbanization extends into Cavite, Laguna, Bulucan [sic] and Rizal.
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The Philippines has three metropolitan areas officially recognized by the National Economic and Development Authority NEDA due to their prominence population size and economy Manila Cebu and Davao 1 2 The most populous is Metro Manila comprising the City of Manila 15 neighboring cities and a municipality The largest by land area is Metro Davao in Mindanao Previously ten other metropolitan areas have been recognized by NEDA Metro Angeles Metro Bacolod Metro Baguio Metro Batangas Metro Cagayan de Oro Metro Dagupan Metro Iloilo Guimaras Metro Naga and Metro Olongapo However these ten were not included as official metropolises in the 2017 2022 Philippine Development Plan created by NEDA 3 In 2028 Zamboanga City s population is projected to hit the 1 200 000 mark qualifying it to be classified as a Metropolitan City 4 The official definition of each metropolitan area as listed below does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization For example the built up area of Metro Manila has long spilled out of its borders into the adjacent provinces of Bulacan Cavite Laguna and Rizal 5 Contents 1 List 2 Urban areas 3 History 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksList editMetro area 1 Population 2020 6 Area 7 8 Density 2020 Managing agencykm2 sq mi km2 sq miMetro Cebu 3 165 799 1 053 19 406 64 3 000 7 800 Metro Cebu Development and Coordinating Board 9 10 06 12 N 123 38 26 E 10 1033 N 123 6405 E 10 1033 123 6405 Carcar Carcar 4 3 136 453 116 78 45 09 1 200 3 10010 18 32 N 123 53 35 E 10 3090 N 123 8930 E 10 3090 123 8930 Cebu City Cebu City 30 5 964 169 315 00 121 62 3 100 8 00010 27 26 N 124 00 37 E 10 4571 N 124 0104 E 10 4571 124 0104 Compostela Compostela 1 8 55 874 53 90 20 81 1 000 2 60010 22 35 N 123 57 26 E 10 3765 N 123 9572 E 10 3765 123 9572 Consolacion Consolacion 4 7 148 012 37 03 14 30 4 000 10 00010 15 05 N 123 57 00 E 10 2515 N 123 9499 E 10 2515 123 9499 Cordova Cordova 2 2 70 595 17 15 6 62 4 100 11 00010 31 14 N 124 01 37 E 10 5205 N 124 0270 E 10 5205 124 0270 Danao Danao 4 9 156 321 107 30 41 43 1 500 3 90010 18 39 N 123 56 58 E 10 3109 N 123 9494 E 10 3109 123 9494 Lapu Lapu Lapu Lapu Opon 15 7 497 604 58 10 22 43 8 600 22 00010 24 01 N 123 59 57 E 10 4002 N 123 9993 E 10 4002 123 9993 Liloan Liloan 4 8 153 197 45 92 17 73 3 300 8 50010 19 28 N 123 56 34 E 10 3245 N 123 9428 E 10 3245 123 9428 Mandaue Mandaue 11 5 364 116 25 18 9 72 14 000 36 00010 14 42 N 123 47 47 E 10 2450 N 123 7964 E 10 2450 123 7964 Minglanilla Minglanilla 4 8 151 002 65 60 25 33 2 300 6 00010 12 33 N 123 45 24 E 10 2093 N 123 7567 E 10 2093 123 7567 Naga Naga 4 2 133 184 101 97 39 37 1 300 3 40010 09 51 N 123 42 21 E 10 1643 N 123 7058 E 10 1643 123 7058 San Fernando San Fernando 2 3 72 224 69 39 26 79 1 000 2 60010 14 41 N 123 50 50 E 10 2446 N 123 8473 E 10 2446 123 8473 Talisay Talisay 8 3 263 048 39 87 15 39 6 600 17 000Metro Davao 3 191 284 6 492 84 2 506 90 490 1 300 Metropolitan Davao Development Authority 10 7 21 20 N 125 42 16 E 7 3556 N 125 7045 E 7 3556 125 7045 Carmen Carmen 2 5 82 018 166 00 64 09 490 1 3007 03 50 N 125 36 30 E 7 0639 N 125 6083 E 7 0639 125 6083 Davao City Davao City 53 2 1 776 949 2 443 61 943 48 730 1 9006 44 39 N 125 21 23 E 6 7443 N 125 3565 E 6 7443 125 3565 Digos Digos 5 6 188 376 287 10 110 85 660 1 7006 44 39 N 125 21 23 E 6 7443 N 125 3565 E 6 7443 125 3565 Hagonoy Hagonoy 1 7 56 919 114 28 44 12 500 1 3006 44 39 N 125 21 23 E 6 7443 N 125 3565 E 6 7443 125 3565 Maco Maco 2 5 83 237 342 23 132 14 240 6206 44 39 N 125 21 23 E 6 7443 N 125 3565 E 6 7443 125 3565 Malalag Malalag 1 2 40 158 186 12 71 86 220 5706 44 39 N 125 21 23 E 6 7443 N 125 3565 E 6 7443 125 3565 Malita Malita 3 5 118 197 883 37 341 07 130 3406 56 N 126 58 E 6 94 N 126 97 E 6 94 126 97 Padada Padada 0 9 29 878 83 00 32 05 360 9307 18 01 N 125 40 57 E 7 3004 N 125 6826 E 7 3004 125 6826 Panabo Panabo 6 3 209 230 251 23 97 00 830 2 1007 04 28 N 125 42 31 E 7 0744 N 125 7086 E 7 0744 125 7086 Samal Samal 3 5 116 771 301 30 116 33 390 1 0006 50 02 N 125 24 55 E 6 8340 N 125 4154 E 6 8340 125 4154 Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 3 0 101 125 319 91 123 52 320 8306 50 02 N 125 24 55 E 6 8340 N 125 4154 E 6 8340 125 4154 Santa Maria Santa Maria 1 7 57 526 175 00 67 57 330 8506 50 02 N 125 24 55 E 6 8340 N 125 4154 E 6 8340 125 4154 Santa Maria Sulop 1 1 35 151 155 26 59 95 230 6007 26 48 N 125 48 34 E 7 4468 N 125 8095 E 7 4468 125 8095 Tagum Tagum 8 9 296 202 195 80 75 60 1 500 3 900Metro Manila 13 484 462 633 11 244 45 21 000 54 000 Metropolitan Manila Development Authority14 39 26 N 120 59 03 E 14 6571 N 120 9841 E 14 6571 120 9841 Caloocan Caloocan 12 3 1 661 584 53 20 20 54 31 000 80 00014 28 50 N 120 58 55 E 14 4806 N 120 9819 E 14 4806 120 9819 Las Pinas Las Pinas 4 5 606 293 32 02 12 36 19 000 49 00014 33 24 N 121 01 25 E 14 5568 N 121 0235 E 14 5568 121 0235 Makati Makati 4 7 629 616 27 36 10 56 23 000 60 00014 40 31 N 120 57 26 E 14 6752 N 120 9573 E 14 6752 120 9573 Malabon Malabon 2 8 380 522 15 96 6 16 24 000 62 00014 34 39 N 121 02 00 E 14 5774 N 121 0334 E 14 5774 121 0334 Mandaluyong Mandaluyong 3 2 425 758 11 06 4 27 38 000 98 00014 35 26 N 120 58 48 E 14 5906 N 120 9799 E 14 5906 120 9799 Manila Manila 13 7 1 846 513 42 88 16 56 43 000 110 00014 37 59 N 121 05 57 E 14 6331 N 121 0993 E 14 6331 121 0993 Marikina Marikina 3 4 456 059 22 64 8 74 20 000 52 00015 42 47 N 120 54 15 E 15 7131 N 120 9041 E 15 7131 120 9041 Muntinlupa Muntinlupa 4 0 543 445 41 67 16 09 13 000 34 00014 39 25 N 120 56 52 E 14 6569 N 120 9478 E 14 6569 120 9478 Navotas Navotas 1 8 247 543 11 51 4 44 22 000 57 00014 30 03 N 120 59 29 E 14 5007 N 120 9915 E 14 5007 120 9915 Paranaque Paranaque 5 1 689 992 47 28 18 25 15 000 39 00014 32 37 N 120 59 43 E 14 5437 N 120 9954 E 14 5437 120 9954 Pasay Pasay 3 3 440 656 18 64 7 20 24 000 62 00014 33 38 N 121 04 36 E 14 5605 N 121 0767 E 14 5605 121 0767 Pasig Pasig 6 0 803 159 31 46 12 15 26 000 67 00014 32 32 N 121 03 55 E 14 5421 N 121 0654 E 14 5421 121 0654 Pateros Pateros 0 5 65 227 1 76 0 68 37 000 96 00014 39 03 N 121 02 55 E 14 6509 N 121 0486 E 14 6509 121 0486 Quezon City Quezon City 22 0 2 960 048 165 33 63 83 18 000 47 00014 36 17 N 121 01 48 E 14 6047 N 121 0299 E 14 6047 121 0299 San Juan San Juan 0 9 126 347 5 87 2 27 22 000 57 00014 31 36 N 121 04 28 E 14 5266 N 121 0744 E 14 5266 121 0744 Taguig Taguig 6 6 886 722 45 18 17 44 20 000 52 00014 42 28 N 120 56 46 E 14 7077 N 120 9462 E 14 7077 120 9462 Valenzuela Valenzuela 5 3 714 978 45 75 17 66 16 000 41 000Urban areas editAccording to Citypopulation de these are the largest urban areas of the Philippines based on the 2020 Census Name Province Region Island Group Population1 Manila Metro Manila National Capital Region Luzon 25 439 8182 Cebu City Cebu Central Visayas Visayas 2 565 1583 Angeles City Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 1 598 9554 Davao City Davao del Sur Davao Region Mindanao 1 579 3815 Cagayan de Oro Misamis Oriental Northern Mindanao Mindanao 827 6976 Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Peninsula Mindanao 689 8407 Bacolod Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 659 4558 General Santos South Cotabato Soccsksargen Mindanao 646 1729 Iloilo City Iloilo Western Visayas Visayas 604 19810 Baguio Benguet Cordillera Administrative Region Luzon 494 14811 Dagupan Pangasinan Ilocos Region Luzon 459 75412 Tanauan Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 406 48013 Batangas City Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 394 44514 Lipa Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 368 71215 Olongapo Zambales Central Luzon Luzon 367 58316 Cotabato City Maguindanao del Norte Bangsamoro Mindanao 359 80317 Guagua Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 340 20618 Lucena Quezon Calabarzon Luzon 325 52019 Iligan Lanao del Norte Northern Mindanao Mindanao 310 57720 Tacloban Leyte Eastern Visayas Visayas 298 15121 Tarlac City Tarlac Central Luzon Luzon 278 88422 Naga Camarines Sur Bicol Region Luzon 276 66123 Tagum Davao del Norte Davao Region Mindanao 267 64324 Legazpi Albay Bicol Region Luzon 255 21525 San Pablo Laguna Calabarzon Luzon 244 51826 Butuan Agusan del Norte Caraga Mindanao 233 15127 Cabanatuan Nueva Ecija Central Luzon Luzon 225 25128 Marawi Lanao del Sur Bangsamoro Mindanao 223 37329 Puerto Princesa Palawan Mimaropa Luzon 217 07730 Santa Cruz Laguna Calabarzon Luzon 209 52731 Dumaguete Negros Oriental Central Visayas Visayas 193 76332 Jolo Sulu Bangsamoro Mindanao 188 49033 Balanga Bataan Central Luzon Luzon 166 76034 Pagadian Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Peninsula Mindanao 163 92135 San Fernando La Union Ilocos Region Luzon 159 89336 Roxas City Capiz Western Visayas Visayas 152 72837 Digos Davao del Sur Davao Region Mindanao 150 37238 Tuguegarao Cagayan Cagayan Valley Luzon 146 47839 Naic Cavite Calabarzon Luzon 145 58140 Danao Cebu Central Visayas Visayas 141 03341 Taal Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 136 19342 Daet Camarines Norte Bicol Region Luzon 131 27043 Mariveles Bataan Central Luzon Luzon 130 82744 Koronadal South Cotabato Soccsksargen Mindanao 128 99745 Tagbilaran Bohol Central Visayas Visayas 127 47846 Dipolog Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga Peninsula Mindanao 121 87947 Santiago Isabela Cagayan Valley Luzon 120 89348 Kalibo Aklan Western Visayas Visayas 119 80449 Gapan Nueva Ecija Central Luzon Luzon 116 74750 Urdaneta Pangasinan Ilocos Region Luzon 112 18851 Ozamiz Misamis Occidental Northern Mindanao Mindanao 109 57452 Tagaytay Cavite Calabarzon Luzon 108 21453 Polomolok South Cotabato Soccsksargen Mindanao 106 01554 Ormoc Leyte Eastern Visayas Visayas 105 61755 Norzagaray Bulacan Central Luzon Luzon 104 71056 Lingayen Pangasinan Ilocos Region Luzon 102 68057 Floridablanca Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 102 06458 Iriga Camarines Sur Bicol Region Luzon 99 16859 Tabaco Albay Bicol Region Luzon 97 19260 Vigan Ilocos Sur Ilocos Region Luzon 95 71761 Dinalupihan Bataan Central Luzon Luzon 95 42262 Surigao City Surigao del Norte Caraga Mindanao 93 72863 Arayat Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 91 26664 Candelaria Quezon Calabarzon Luzon 90 45765 Sorsogon City Sorsogon Bicol Region Luzon 87 94366 Orani Bataan Central Luzon Luzon 86 54567 Valencia Bukidnon Northern Mindanao Mindanao 85 62768 Tanay Rizal Calabarzon Luzon 85 38069 Kidapawan Cotabato Soccsksargen Mindanao 83 62270 Padre Garcia Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 81 15871 Mati Davao Oriental Davao Region Mindanao 79 81172 Laoag Ilocos Norte Ilocos Region Luzon 79 62573 Carcar Cebu Central Visayas Visayas 79 24374 Silay Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 78 48075 Rosales Pangasinan Ilocos Region Luzon 78 43476 Limay Bataan Central Luzon Luzon 78 27277 Bongao Tawi Tawi Bangsamoro Mindanao 74 84578 Catbalogan Samar Eastern Visayas Visayas 74 60479 Isabela Basilan Bangsamoro Mindanao 74 41680 Porac Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 73 27181 Calapan Oriental Mindoro Mimaropa Luzon 73 05982 Pili Camarines Sur Bicol Region Luzon 72 37183 Cadiz Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 71 25784 Morong Rizal Calabarzon Luzon 71 15185 Victorias Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 70 49986 San Rafael Bulacan Central Luzon Luzon 69 95287 Calbayog Samar Eastern Visayas Visayas 69 23388 Toledo Cebu Central Visayas Visayas 69 05489 Concepcion Tarlac Central Luzon Luzon 68 87090 San Jose Nueva Ecija Central Luzon Luzon 67 50191 Calauan Laguna Calabarzon Luzon 65 23192 Malaybalay Bukidnon Northern Mindanao Mindanao 65 14393 San Jose Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 64 19794 Nasugbu Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 63 69695 Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya Cagayan Valley Luzon 63 12396 Balayan Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 62 52597 San Jose Occidental Mindoro Mimaropa Luzon 62 41398 Bislig Surigao del Sur Caraga Mindanao 61 42599 San Carlos Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 59 837100 Catarman Northern Samar Eastern Visayas Visayas 59 764101 Masbate CIty Masbate Bicol Region Luzon 59 397102 San Miguel Bulacan Central Luzon Luzon 59 124103 Ipil Zamboanga Sibugay Zamboanga Peninsula Mindanao 58 894104 San Simon Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 58 375105 Calaca Batangas Calabarzon Luzon 58 367106 San Carlos Pangasinan Ilocos Region Luzon 58 037107 Cauayan Isabela Cagayan Valley Luzon 56 612108 Oroquieta Misamis Occidental Northern Mindanao Mindanao 55 229109 Manaoag Pangasinan Ilocos Region Luzon 54 282110 Balamban Cebu Central Visayas Visayas 53 780111 Paniqui Tarlac Central Luzon Luzon 52 404112 Castillejos Zambales Central Luzon Luzon 51 342113 Baras Rizal Calabarzon Luzon 50 609114 Kabankalan Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 48 558115 Santo Tomas Davao del Norte Davao Region Mindanao 48 459116 Bago Negros Occidental Western Visayas Visayas 48 451117 Santa Ana Pampanga Central Luzon Luzon 47 275118 Bogo Cebu Central Visayas Visayas 46 744119 Gingoog Misamis Oriental Northern Mindanao Mindanao 46 717120 San Jose de Buenavista Antique Western Visayas Visayas 46 124121 San Ildefonso Bulacan Central Luzon Luzon 45 680122 Tayabas Quezon Calabarzon Luzon 45 541123 Isulan Sultan Kudarat Soccsksargen Mindanao 45 255124 Ternate Cavite Calabarzon Luzon 45 138History editIn 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 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 local government units LGUs it covers it has worked with the LGUs to solve issues that affect all of them such as traffic management The practice of creating an intercity board or agency to determine the limits of a metropolitan area has become common citation needed A number of proposals have been created to create similar metropolitan arrangements in other areas of the country In 1997 Cebu created the Metropolitan Cebu Development Council MCDC which was renamed the Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board MCDCB in 2011 In 2022 Baguio 12 and Davao created their own metropolitan boards Other proposed metropolitan boards include ones for Bulacan and Bataan Gallery edit nbsp Metro Manila nbsp Metro Cebu nbsp Metro DavaoSee also editList of cities in the Philippines List of metropolitan areas in Asia List of urban agglomerations in AsiaReferences edit a b Chapter 3 Overlay of Economic Growth Demographic Trends and Physical Characteristics PDF Philippine Development Plan 2017 2022 National Economic and Development Authority 37 38 2017 Archived from the original PDF on July 25 2020 Retrieved August 1 2020 Overlay of Economic Growth Demographic Trends and Physical Characteristics PDF National Economic Development Authority of the Philippines Building Globally Competitive Metro Areas in the Philippines PDF National Economic and Development Authority August 30 2007 Archived from the original PDF on October 4 2013 Retrieved February 6 2014 Zamboanga Peninsula Regional Development Plan 2023 2028 PDF Regional Development Council IX and National Economic and Development Authority Retrieved May 24 2023 Demographia World Urban Areas 12th Annual Edition 2016 04 PDF 2016 Archived from the original PDF on February 21 2017 Retrieved March 24 2017 Higher than other estimates which are largely limited to the National Capital Region Continuous urbanization extends into Cavite Laguna Bulucan sic and Rizal Census of Population 2020 Table B Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province City and Municipality By Region Philippine Statistics Authority Retrieved July 8 2021 Philippine Standard Geographic Code PSGC Interactive Quezon City Philippines Philippine Statistics Authority Archived from the original on July 6 2016 Retrieved September 9 2016 Philippine Standard Geographic Code PSGC Interactive Quezon City Philippines Philippine Statistics Authority Archived from the original on July 6 2016 Retrieved September 9 2016 What is MCDCB Mega Cebu Blog March 2 2014 Retrieved January 11 2017 Joviland Rita April 27 2022 Duterte OKs creation of Metropolitan Davao Development Authority GMA News Online Retrieved April 27 2022 Urban Population of the Philippines 2020 Census of Population and Housing Philippine Statistics Authority July 5 2022 Retrieved May 7 2023 Keith Gaby B Metro Baguio Devt Authority now a law The Manila Times Manila Times Publishing Corp Retrieved May 28 2023 External links editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines amp oldid 1197122333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
