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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 ).
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 ).
The more than 140 cities in the Philippines as of 2022 have taken their names from a variety of languages both indigenous (Austronesian) and foreign (mostly Spanish).The majority of Philippine cities derive their names from the major regional languages where they are spoken including Tagalog (), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Pangasinense.
The Spaniards would repeat the word until they adopt the name of the community. From then on this place was called Balanga. [9] Baguio: Benguet (geographically only) Cordillera Administrative Region: Summer Capital of the Philippines During the American period, Baguio became a chartered city and was declared the Summer Capital of the Philippines.
Named after the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, Juan Alaminos y Vivar.) Angeles, Pampanga (contraction of its original Spanish name El Pueblo de los Angeles which means "The Town of Angels.") Cadiz, Negros Occidental (named after the Spanish city of Cádiz. [8]) Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental ("Golden Cagayan") Calaca, Batangas ...
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.
The following is a list of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines. Luzon. Adan → Adams [1] Alava → Sison; Albay → Legaspi (1925) [2] → Legazpi;
As a consequence of former American and, also earlier for a short period, British sovereignty over the islands that are now the Philippines, there are many places in the country with English names. English has been one of the country's two official languages since independence from the United States in 1946. As a result, many place names have ...