List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines

The Philippines has several metropolitan areas.

Cities and municipalities
of the Philippines
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  Highly urbanized cities
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  Component cities
  Municipalities
See also
world cities
world urban areas

Of these, three are officially listed by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) as metropolitan centers: Manila, Cebu and Davao due to their prominence, population, size and economy.[1][2]

Of all the metropolitan areas in the country, Metro Manila is the largest. Its territory comprises the City of Manila, 15 neighboring cities and a municipality. Metro Davao in Mindanao is the Philippines' second most populous urban area and the country's largest by total land area, while Metro Cebu in the Visayas is the third most populous.

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.[3]

There had been ten other metropolitan areas that were recognised by NEDA before. They were: Metro Angeles, Metro Bacolod, Metro Baguio, Metro Batangas, Metro Cagayan de Oro, Metro Dagupan, Metro Iloilo–Guimaras, Metro Naga, and Metro Olongapo. However with the release of the 2017–2022 Philippine Development Plan that was created by NEDA, these ten were not mentioned.[4]

List
Metro area [1] Population (2020) [5] Area [6][7] Density (2020) Managing agency
km2 sq mi /km2 /sq mi
Metro Cebu 3,165,799 1,053.19 406.64 3,000 7,800 Metro Cebu Development and Coordinating Board[8]
Carcar 4.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 136,453 116.78 45.09 1,200 3,100
Cebu City 30.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 964,169 315.00 121.62 3,100 8,000
Compostela 1.8%|| style="text-align:right" | 55,874 53.90 20.81 1,000 2,600
Consolacion 4.7%|| style="text-align:right" | 148,012 37.03 14.30 4,000 10,000
Cordova 2.2%|| style="text-align:right" | 70,595 17.15 6.62 4,100 11,000
Danao 4.9%|| style="text-align:right" | 156,321 107.30 41.43 1,500 3,900
Lapu-Lapu (Opon) 15.7%|| style="text-align:right" | 497,604 58.10 22.43 8,600 22,000
Liloan 4.8%|| style="text-align:right" | 153,197 45.92 17.73 3,300 8,500
Mandaue 11.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 364,116 25.18 9.72 14,000 36,000
Minglanilla 4.8%|| style="text-align:right" | 151,002 65.60 25.33 2,300 6,000
Naga 4.2%|| style="text-align:right" | 133,184 101.97 39.37 1,300 3,400
San Fernando 2.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 72,224 69.39 26.79 1,000 2,600
Talisay 8.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 263,048 39.87 15.39 6,600 17,000
Metro Davao 3,339,284 6,492.84 2,506.90 510 1,300 Metropolitan Davao Development Authority[9]
Carmen 2.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 82,018 166.00 64.09 490 1,300
Davao City 53.2%|| style="text-align:right" | 1,776,949 2,443.61 943.48 730 1,900
Digos 5.6%|| style="text-align:right" | 188,376 287.10 110.85 660 1,700
Hagonoy 1.7%|| style="text-align:right" | 56,919 114.28 44.12 500 1,300
Maco 2.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 83,237 342.23 132.14 240 620
Malalag 1.2%|| style="text-align:right" | 40,158 186.12 71.86 220 570
Malita 3.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 118,197 883.37 341.07 130 340
Mati 4.4%|| style="text-align:right" | 147,547 588.63 227.27 250 650
Padada 0.9%|| style="text-align:right" | 29,878 83.00 32.05 360 930
Panabo 6.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 209,230 251.23 97.00 830 2,100
Samal 3.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 116,771 301.30 116.33 390 1,000
Santa Cruz 3.0%|| style="text-align:right" | 101,125 319.91 123.52 320 830
Santa Maria 1.7%|| style="text-align:right" | 57,526 175.00 67.57 330 850
Sulop 1.1%|| style="text-align:right" | 35,151 155.26 59.95 230 600
Tagum 8.9%|| style="text-align:right" | 296,202 195.80 75.60 1,500 3,900
Metro Manila 13,484,462 633.11 244.45 21,000 54,000 Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
Caloocan 12.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 1,661,584 53.20 20.54 31,000 80,000
Las Piñas 4.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 606,293 32.02 12.36 19,000 49,000
Makati 4.7%|| style="text-align:right" | 629,616 27.36 10.56 23,000 60,000
Malabon 2.8%|| style="text-align:right" | 380,522 15.96 6.16 24,000 62,000
Mandaluyong 3.2%|| style="text-align:right" | 425,758 11.06 4.27 38,000 98,000
Manila 13.7%|| style="text-align:right" | 1,846,513 42.88 16.56 43,000 110,000
Marikina 3.4%|| style="text-align:right" | 456,059 22.64 8.74 20,000 52,000
Muntinlupa 4.0%|| style="text-align:right" | 543,445 41.67 16.09 13,000 34,000
Navotas 1.8%|| style="text-align:right" | 247,543 11.51 4.44 22,000 57,000
Parañaque 5.1%|| style="text-align:right" | 689,992 47.28 18.25 15,000 39,000
Pasay 3.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 440,656 18.64 7.20 24,000 62,000
Pasig 6.0%|| style="text-align:right" | 803,159 31.46 12.15 26,000 67,000
Pateros 0.5%|| style="text-align:right" | 65,227 1.76 0.68 37,000 96,000
Quezon City 22.0%|| style="text-align:right" | 2,960,048 165.33 63.83 18,000 47,000
San Juan 0.9%|| style="text-align:right" | 126,347 5.87 2.27 22,000 57,000
Taguig 6.6%|| style="text-align:right" | 886,722 45.18 17.44 20,000 52,000
Valenzuela 5.3%|| style="text-align:right" | 714,978 45.75 17.66 16,000 41,000

History

In 2020, 54% of the Philippine population lived in urban areas.[10] A lot of these urban areas are found in cities, of which the Philippines has 148. Some of them have grown so much that urbanization has long spilled outside their administrative borders and into the next municipalities.

Metro Manila was created in 1975 with the establishment of the Metro Manila Commission. This commission was later reorganized in 1986 as the Metro Manila Authority. Finally in 1995 the agency received its current name, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). While MMDA itself has no power over the different LGUs it covers, it has become an agency that works with the LGUs to solve issues that affect all of them such as traffic management. In addition, the practice of creating an intercity board or agency to determine the limits of a metropolitan area has become commonplace and somewhat expected.

Since then, a number of proposals have been created, to create similar metropolitan arrangements in other areas of the country. Cebu created their own equivalent in 1997 with the Metropolitan Cebu Development Council (MCDC) and renamed Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) in 2011. Even more recently in 2022, Davao and Baguio succeeded to create their own metropolitan boards as well.

Other proposed ones include Bulacan and Bataan.

  • Metro Manila
    Metro Manila
  • Metro Cebu
    Metro Cebu
  • Metro Davao
    Metro Davao

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Overlay of Economic Growth, Demographic Trends, and Physical Characteristics" (PDF). National Economic Development Authority of the Philippines.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. PSA. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. "Philippine Standard Geographic Code". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  7. "Philippine Standard Geographic Code". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  8. "What is MCDCB?". Mega Cebu Blog. March 2, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  9. Joviland Rita. "Duterte OKs creation of Metropolitan Davao Development Authority". GMA News Online. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  10. "Urban Population of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 5, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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