Cities of the Philippines

A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. Cities are in the same heirarchical level as municipalities, but under the Local Government Code of 1991, cities are given special treatment in terms of bigger share from the internal revenue allotment (IRA) which forms part of the city's budget. Cities, like municipalities, are composed of barangays and are governed by elective officials such as Mayor as Local Chief Executive, Vice-Mayor, and councilors as well as appointive officials heading the different local offices under them.

A number of cities in the country act independently from their provinces and are largely self-governing. They are classified as chartered cities. They have their own representatives in the Congress. Examples of these are Tagaytay City and Valenzuela City. A significant proportion of these chartered cities are also classified as HUCs, or Highly Urbanized cities. Manila, Quezon City, and Baguio are examples of these cities. The second type of cities are component cities, which are part of a province are are thus governed as part of the latter. They do not enjoy much autonomy and representation in the Congress as chartered cities. They depend on their mother provincial government for support and representation. Examples are Tarlac City in Tarlac province, and Palayan City, in Nueva Ecija province. There are, however, some component cities that are somewhat independent, like Ormoc City in Leyte.

Quezon City, in Metro Manila is the most populous city in the Philippines with over 2,000,000 residents. Davao City, is one of the largest cities in the world in terms of land area, occupying more than 2,500 square kilometers.

Table of contents

1 League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) 2 List of Cities 2.1 Alphabetical 2.2 By province 3 External links

League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP)

The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) is a non-profit organization and is not a government agency. It has a membership of 84 cities and was founded in 1988. The organization was formed to help coordinate efforts to improve governance and local autonomy and to tackle issues such as preserving the environment and improving public works.

List of Cities

As of December 2004, there are 117 cities in the Philippines.

Note: Independent cities are listed below with the provinces in which they used to be part of, such as Baguio City in Benguet, Zamboanga City in Zamboanga del Sur, Angeles City in Pampanga, and Davao City in Davao del Sur.

Alphabetical Alaminos City, Pangasinan Angeles City, Pampanga Antipolo City, Rizal Bacolod City, Negros Occidental Bago City, Negros Occidental Baguio City, Benguet Bais City, Negros Oriental Balanga City, Bataan Batangas City, Batangas Bayawan City, Negros Oriental Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Butuan City, Agusan del Norte Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija Cadiz City, Negros Occidental Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Calamba City, Laguna Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro Calbayog City, Samar Candon City, Ilocos Sur Canlaon City, Negros Oriental Cauayan City, Isabela Cavite City, Cavite Cebu City, Cebu Cotabato City, Maguindanao Dagupan City, Pangasinan Danao City, Cebu Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte Davao City, Davao del Sur Digos City, Davao del Sur Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Escalante City, Negros Occidental Gapan City, Nueva Ecija General Santos City, South Cotabato Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental Iligan City, Lanao del Norte Iloilo City, Iloilo Iriga City, Camarines Sur Isabela City, Basilan Island Garden City of Samal, Davao Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental Kalookan City, Metro Manila Kidapawan City, Cotabato Koronadal City, South Cotabato La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Laoag City, Ilocos Norte Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Las Piñas City, Metro Manila Legazpi City, Albay Ligao City, Albay Lipa City, Batangas Lucena City, Quezon Maasin City, Southern Leyte Makati City, Metro Manila Malabon City, Metro Manila Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Malolos City, Bulacan Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila Mandaue City, Cebu Manila, Metro Manila Marawi City, Lanao del Sur Marikina City, Metro Manila Masbate City, Masbate Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila Naga City, Camarines Sur Olongapo City, Zambales Ormoc City, Leyte Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur Palayan City, Nueva Ecija Panabo City, Davao Parañaque City, Metro Manila Pasay City, Metro Manila Pasig City, Metro Manila Passi City, Iloilo Puerto Princesa City, Palawan Quezon City, Metro Manila Roxas City, Capiz Sagay City, Negros Occidental San Carlos City, Negros Occidental San Carlos City, Pangasinan San Fernando, La Union San Fernando, Pampanga San Jose City, Nueva Ecija San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan San Pablo City, Laguna Santa Rosa City, Laguna Santiago City, Isabela Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija Silay City, Negros Occidental Sipalay City, Negros Occidental Sorsogon City, Sorsogon Surigao City, Surigao del Norte Tabaco City, Albay Tacloban City, Leyte Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat Tagaytay City, Cavite Tagbilaran City, Bohol Taguig City, Metro Manila Tagum City, Davao Talisay City, Cebu Talisay City, Negros Occidental Tanauan City, Batangas Tangub City, Misamis Occidental Tanjay City, Negros Oriental Tarlac City, Tarlac Toledo City, Cebu Trece Martires City, Cavite Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Valencia City, Bukidnon Valenzuela City, Metro Manila Victorias City, Negros Occidental Vigan City, Ilocos Sur Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur

By province Metro Manila Caloocan City Las Piñas City Makati City Malabon City Mandaluyong City Manila Marikina City Muntinlupa City Parañaque City Pasig City Pasay City Quezon City Taguig City Valenzuela City Agusan del Norte Butuan City Albay Ligao City Tabaco City Legazpi City Basilan Isabela City Bataan Balanga City Batangas Batangas City Tanauan City Lipa City Benguet Baguio City Bohol Tagbilaran City Bukidnon Malaybalay City Valencia City Bulacan Malolos City San Jose del Monte City Cagayan Tuguegarao City Camarines Sur Iriga City Naga City Capiz Roxas City Cavite Cavite City Tagaytay City Trece Martires City Cebu Cebu City Danao City Lapu-Lapu City Mandaue City Talisay City Toledo City Cotabato Kidapawan City Davao Island Garden City of Samal Panabo City Tagum City Davao del Sur Davao City Digos City Ilocos Norte Laoag City Ilocos Sur Candon City Vigan City Iloilo Iloilo City Passi City Isabela Cauayan City Santiago City La Union San Fernando Laguna Calamba City San Pablo City Santa Rosa City Lanao del Norte Iligan City Lanao del Sur Marawi City Leyte province Ormoc City Tacloban City Maguindanao Cotabato City Masbate Masbate City Misamis Occidental Oroquieta City Ozamis City Tangub City Misamis Oriental Cagayan de Oro City Gingoog City Negros Occidental Bacolod City Bago City Cadiz City Escalante City Himamaylan City Kabankalan City La Carlota City Sagay City San Carlos City Silay City Sipalay City Talisay City Victorias City Negros Oriental Bais City Bayawan City Canlaon City Dumaguete City Tanjay City Nueva Ecija Cabanatuan City Gapan City Palayan City San Jose City Science City of Muñoz Oriental Mindoro Calapan City Palawan Puerto Princesa City Pampanga Angeles City City of San Fernando Pangasinan Alaminos City Dagupan City San Carlos City Urdaneta City Quezon Lucena City Rizal Antipolo City Samar Calbayog City Sorsogon Sorsogon City South Cotabato General Santos City Koronadal City Southern Leyte Maasin City Sultan Kudarat Tacurong City Surigao del Norte Surigao City Surigao del Sur Bislig City Tarlac Tarlac City Zambales Olongapo City Zamboanga del Norte Dapitan City Dipolog City Zamboanga del Sur Pagadian City Zamboanga City

External links

• League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP)
• Philippine Clean Cities Project
• Location map of the largest cities (World Gazeteer) (somewhat inaccurate)

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