List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines

The Philippines has twelve metropolitan areas as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority.^[1]

Metro Manila is the largest conurbation or urban agglomeration in the country, and its official metropolitan area is composed of the city of Manila plus 15 neighboring cities and a municipality. Other metropolitan areas are centered on the cities of Angeles, Bacolod, Baguio, Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Naga and Olongapo.^[1]

The official definition of each area does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization. For example, Metro Manila's urban development has long spilled out of its officially defined borders into the adjacent provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Pampanga and Zambales. Meanwhile, the definition of Metro Cagayan de Oro includes some large municipalities in Bukidnon whose populations and economies are largely rural and agricultural, and are not in contiguity to the built-up urban area of the core city. In addition, not all the identified metropolitan areas have policy and management structures in place. If they do have them, the capacities of the structures, funding support, and degree of cooperation among member local governments can differ vastly between each metropolitan arrangement.^[2]

List

The twelve metropolitan areas of the Philippines as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)

Metro Angeles Metro Bacolod Metro Baguio Metro Batangas Metro Cagayan de Oro Metro Cebu Metro Dagupan Metro Davao Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Metro Manila Metro Naga Metro Olongapo
	Metro area [1]	Population (2015) [3]		Area [4][5]		Density (2015)		Managing agency
				km^2	sq mi	/km^2	/sq mi
	Metro Angeles	1,132,933		596.89	230.46	1,900	4,900	—
15°08′24″N 120°35′16″E / 15.1399°N 120.5879°E	Angeles	36.3%	411,634	60.27	23.27	6,800	18,000
14°59′47″N 120°39′05″E / 14.9965°N 120.6513°E	Bacolor	3.5%	39,460	71.70	27.68	550	1,400
15°13′22″N 120°34′24″E / 15.2228°N 120.5733°E	Mabalacat	22.1%	250,799	83.18	32.12	3,000	7,800
15°04′20″N 120°32′28″E / 15.0723°N 120.5411°E	Porac	11.0%	124,381	314.00	121.24	400	1,000
15°01′45″N 120°41′34″E / 15.0292°N 120.6928°E	San Fernando	27.1%	306,659	67.74	26.15	4,500	12,000
	Metro Bacolod	791,019		578.65	223.42	1,400	3,600	—
10°40′34″N 122°57′05″E / 10.6762°N 122.9513°E	Bacolod	71.0%	561,875	162.67	62.81	3,500	9,100
10°47′52″N 122°58′23″E / 10.7977°N 122.9730°E	Silay	16.0%	126,930	214.80	82.93	590	1,500
10°44′14″N 122°58′02″E / 10.7372°N 122.9673°E	Talisay	12.9%	102,214	201.18	77.68	510	1,300
	Metro Baguio (BLISTT)	611,316		1,081.43	417.54	570	1,500	—
16°24′43″N 120°35′36″E / 16.4120°N 120.5933°E	Baguio	56.5%	345,366	57.51	22.20	6,000	16,000
16°21′34″N 120°40′38″E / 16.3595°N 120.6773°E	Itogon	9.8%	59,820	449.73	173.64	130	340
16°27′42″N 120°35′19″E / 16.4617°N 120.5885°E	La Trinidad	21.1%	129,133	70.04	27.04	1,800	4,700
16°29′45″N 120°29′17″E / 16.4959°N 120.4880°E	Sablan	1.9%	11,457	105.63	40.78	110	280
16°23′34″N 120°33′44″E / 16.3927°N 120.5622°E	Tuba	7.8%	47,648	295.97	114.27	160	410
16°28′30″N 120°37′58″E / 16.4751°N 120.6329°E	Tublay	2.9%	17,892	102.55	39.59	170	440
	Metro Batangas	486,595		386.97	149.41	1,300	3,400	—
13°45′22″N 121°03′28″E / 13.7561°N 121.0577°E	Batangas City	67.8%	329,874	282.96	109.25	1,200	3,100
13°47′33″N 121°00′27″E / 13.7925°N 121.0076°E	Bauan	18.8%	91,297	53.31	20.58	1,700	4,400
13°47′04″N 121°01′49″E / 13.7844°N 121.0302°E	San Pascual	13.4%	65,424	50.70	19.58	1,300	3,400
	Metro Cagayan de Oro	1,376,343		4,323.16	1,669.18	320	830	—
8°34′13″N 124°28′16″E / 8.5704°N 124.4711°E	Alubijid	2.2%	29,724	85.56	33.03	350	910
8°18′45″N 124°41′14″E / 8.3125°N 124.6871°E	Baungon	2.5%	34,336	328.34	126.77	100	260
8°29′03″N 124°38′50″E / 8.4842°N 124.6472°E	Cagayan de Oro	49.1%	675,950	412.80	159.38	1,600	4,100
8°36′44″N 124°53′34″E / 8.6123°N 124.8929°E	Claveria	3.6%	48,906	579.63	223.80	84	220
8°33′40″N 124°31′28″E / 8.5611°N 124.5244°E	El Salvador	3.6%	50,204	106.15	40.98	470	1,200
8°35′40″N 124°24′21″E / 8.5944°N 124.4057°E	Gitagum	1.2%	16,373	43.40	16.76	380	980
8°39′06″N 124°45′13″E / 8.6516°N 124.7535°E	Jasaan	4.0%	54,478	77.02	29.74	710	1,800
8°34′29″N 124°26′27″E / 8.5747°N 124.4408°E	Laguindingan	1.8%	24,405	44.23	17.08	550	1,400
8°20′05″N 124°44′37″E / 8.3346°N 124.7435°E	Libona	3.2%	43,969	374.37	144.55	120	310
8°32′11″N 124°52′45″E / 8.5363°N 124.8792°E	Malitbog	1.8%	24,453	581.85	224.65	42	110
8°21′57″N 124°51′49″E / 8.3659°N 124.8637°E	Manolo Fortich	7.3%	100,210	413.60	159.69	240	620
8°31′16″N 124°34′29″E / 8.5212°N 124.5747°E	Opol	4.5%	61,503	175.13	67.62	350	910
8°19′37″N 124°58′40″E / 8.3270°N 124.9779°E	Sumilao	2.0%	27,660	196.95	76.04	140	360
8°32′21″N 124°45′14″E / 8.5391°N 124.7538°E	Tagoloan	5.3%	73,150	117.73	45.46	620	1,600
8°13′56″N 124°36′13″E / 8.2322°N 124.6035°E	Talakag	5.2%	71,644	786.40	303.63	91	240
8°35′09″N 124°46′13″E / 8.5859°N 124.7704°E	Villanueva	2.9%	39,378	48.80	18.84	810	2,100
	Metro Cebu	2,849,213		1,053.19	406.64	2,700	7,000	Metropolitan Cebu Development Coordination Board
10°06′12″N 123°38′26″E / 10.1033°N 123.6405°E	Carcar	4.2%	119,664	116.78	45.09	1,000	2,600
10°18′32″N 123°53′35″E / 10.3090°N 123.8930°E	Cebu City	32.4%	922,611	315.00	121.62	2,900	7,500
10°27′26″N 124°00′37″E / 10.4571°N 124.0104°E	Compostela	1.7%	47,898	53.90	20.81	890	2,300
10°22′35″N 123°57′26″E / 10.3765°N 123.9572°E	Consolacion	4.6%	131,528	37.03	14.30	3,600	9,300
10°15′05″N 123°57′00″E / 10.2515°N 123.9499°E	Cordova	2.1%	59,712	17.15	6.62	3,500	9,100
10°31′14″N 124°01′37″E / 10.5205°N 124.0270°E	Danao	4.8%	136,471	107.30	41.43	1,300	3,400
10°18′39″N 123°56′58″E / 10.3109°N 123.9494°E	Lapu-Lapu (Opon)	14.3%	408,112	58.10	22.43	7,000	18,000
10°24′01″N 123°59′57″E / 10.4002°N 123.9993°E	Liloan	4.2%	118,753	45.92	17.73	2,600	6,700
10°19′28″N 123°56′34″E / 10.3245°N 123.9428°E	Mandaue	12.7%	362,654	25.18	9.72	14,000	36,000
10°14′42″N 123°47′47″E / 10.2450°N 123.7964°E	Minglanilla	4.6%	132,135	65.60	25.33	2,000	5,200
10°12′33″N 123°45′24″E / 10.2093°N 123.7567°E	Naga	4.1%	115,750	101.97	39.37	1,100	2,800
10°09′51″N 123°42′21″E / 10.1643°N 123.7058°E	San Fernando	2.3%	66,280	69.39	26.79	960	2,500
10°14′41″N 123°50′50″E / 10.2446°N 123.8473°E	Talisay	8.0%	227,645	39.87	15.39	5,700	15,000
	Metro Dagupan (CAMADA)	372,756		134.06	51.76	2,800	7,300	—
16°00′32″N 120°21′26″E / 16.0089°N 120.3571°E	Calasiao	25.5%	95,154	48.36	18.67	2,000	5,200
16°02′33″N 120°20′15″E / 16.0424°N 120.3375°E	Dagupan	45.9%	171,271	37.23	14.37	4,600	12,000
16°04′00″N 120°24′04″E / 16.0666°N 120.4010°E	Mangaldan	28.5%	106,331	48.47	18.71	2,200	5,700
	Metro Davao	2,516,216		3,964.95	1,530.88	630	1,600	Davao Regional Development Council
7°21′20″N 125°42′16″E / 7.3556°N 125.7045°E	Carmen	3.0%	74,679	166.00	64.09	450	1,200
7°03′50″N 125°36′30″E / 7.0639°N 125.6083°E	Davao City	64.9%	1,632,991	2,443.61	943.48	670	1,700
6°44′39″N 125°21′23″E / 6.7443°N 125.3565°E	Digos	6.7%	169,393	287.10	110.85	590	1,500
7°18′01″N 125°40′57″E / 7.3004°N 125.6826°E	Panabo	7.3%	184,599	251.23	97.00	730	1,900
7°04′28″N 125°42′31″E / 7.0744°N 125.7086°E	Samal	4.1%	104,123	301.30	116.33	350	910
6°50′02″N 125°24′55″E / 6.8340°N 125.4154°E	Santa Cruz	3.6%	90,987	319.91	123.52	280	730
7°26′48″N 125°48′34″E / 7.4468°N 125.8095°E	Tagum	10.3%	259,444	195.80	75.60	1,300	3,400
	Metro Iloilo-Guimaras	946,146		1,105.53	426.85	860	2,200	Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council
10°41′49″N 122°38′52″E / 10.6970°N 122.6479°E	Buenavista	5.3%	50,437	128.26	49.52	390	1,000
10°52′49″N 122°28′53″E / 10.8803°N 122.4815°E	Cabatuan	6.2%	58,442	112.90	43.59	520	1,300
10°42′09″N 122°34′08″E / 10.7024°N 122.5690°E	Iloilo City	47.3%	447,992	78.34	30.25	5,700	15,000
10°39′40″N 122°35′27″E / 10.6611°N 122.5909°E	Jordan	3.8%	36,096	126.11	48.69	290	750
10°47′11″N 122°35′21″E / 10.7863°N 122.5892°E	Leganes	3.4%	32,480	32.20	12.43	1,000	2,600
10°31′35″N 122°32′23″E / 10.5265°N 122.5396°E	Nueva Valencia	4.2%	39,810	137.12	52.94	290	750
10°41′37″N 122°28′38″E / 10.6936°N 122.4773°E	Oton	9.4%	89,115	86.44	33.37	1,000	2,600
10°46′29″N 122°32′31″E / 10.7748°N 122.5419°E	Pavia	5.9%	55,603	27.15	10.48	2,000	5,200
10°35′29″N 122°42′09″E / 10.5913°N 122.7024°E	San Lorenzo	2.8%	26,112	93.04	35.92	280	730
10°46′51″N 122°27′54″E / 10.7807°N 122.4650°E	San Miguel	2.9%	27,686	31.97	12.34	870	2,300
10°49′38″N 122°31′53″E / 10.8272°N 122.5314°E	Santa Barbara	6.4%	60,215	131.96	50.95	460	1,200
10°30′10″N 122°37′49″E / 10.5028°N 122.6304°E	Sibunag	2.3%	22,158	120.04	46.35	180	470
	Metro Manila	12,877,253		633.11	244.45	20,000	52,000	Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
14°39′26″N 120°59′03″E / 14.6571°N 120.9841°E	Caloocan	12.3%	1,583,978	55.80	21.54	28,000	73,000
14°28′50″N 120°58′55″E / 14.4806°N 120.9819°E	Las Piñas	4.6%	588,894	32.69	12.62	18,000	47,000
14°33′24″N 121°01′25″E / 14.5568°N 121.0235°E	Makati	4.5%	582,602	21.57	8.33	27,000	70,000
14°40′31″N 120°57′26″E / 14.6752°N 120.9573°E	Malabon	2.8%	365,525	15.71	6.07	23,000	60,000
14°34′39″N 121°02′00″E / 14.5774°N 121.0334°E	Mandaluyong	3.0%	386,276	9.29	3.59	42,000	110,000
14°35′26″N 120°58′48″E / 14.5906°N 120.9799°E	Manila	13.8%	1,780,148	38.55	14.88	46,000	120,000
14°37′59″N 121°05′57″E / 14.6331°N 121.0993°E	Marikina	3.5%	450,741	21.52	8.31	21,000	54,000
15°42′47″N 120°54′15″E / 15.7131°N 120.9041°E	Muntinlupa	3.9%	504,509	39.75	15.35	13,000	34,000
14°39′25″N 120°56′52″E / 14.6569°N 120.9478°E	Navotas	1.9%	249,463	8.94	3.45	28,000	73,000
14°30′03″N 120°59′29″E / 14.5007°N 120.9915°E	Parañaque	5.2%	665,822	46.57	17.98	14,000	36,000
14°32′37″N 120°59′43″E / 14.5437°N 120.9954°E	Pasay	3.2%	416,522	13.97	5.39	30,000	78,000
14°33′38″N 121°04′36″E / 14.5605°N 121.0767°E	Pasig	5.9%	755,300	48.46	18.71	16,000	41,000
14°32′32″N 121°03′55″E / 14.5421°N 121.0654°E	Pateros	0.5%	63,840	10.40	4.02	6,100	16,000
14°39′03″N 121°02′55″E / 14.6509°N 121.0486°E	Quezon City	22.8%	2,936,116	171.71	66.30	17,000	44,000
14°36′17″N 121°01′48″E / 14.6047°N 121.0299°E	San Juan	0.9%	122,180	5.95	2.30	21,000	54,000
14°31′36″N 121°04′28″E / 14.5266°N 121.0744°E	Taguig	6.3%	804,915	45.21	17.46	18,000	47,000
14°42′28″N 120°56′46″E / 14.7077°N 120.9462°E	Valenzuela	4.8%	620,422	47.02	18.15	13,000	34,000
	Metro Naga	799,955		1,258.54	485.93	640	1,700	Metro Naga Development Council
13°41′11″N 123°11′59″E / 13.6865°N 123.1998°E	Bombon	2.1%	16,512	28.73	11.09	570	1,500
13°28′13″N 123°16′48″E / 13.4702°N 123.2801°E	Bula	8.7%	69,430	167.64	64.73	410	1,100
13°42′30″N 123°13′00″E / 13.7083°N 123.2167°E	Calabanga	10.4%	83,033	163.80	63.24	510	1,300
13°37′14″N 123°09′49″E / 13.6206°N 123.1636°E	Camaligan	3.0%	24,109	4.68	1.81	5,200	13,000
13°38′51″N 123°10′14″E / 13.6475°N 123.1705°E	Canaman	4.3%	34,210	43.27	16.71	790	2,000
13°36′47″N 123°07′52″E / 13.6130°N 123.1310°E	Gainza	1.4%	11,262	14.75	5.70	760	2,000
13°39′36″N 123°10′48″E / 13.6601°N 123.1800°E	Magarao	3.2%	25,694	44.97	17.36	570	1,500
13°35′49″N 123°10′50″E / 13.5969°N 123.1805°E	Milaor	3.9%	31,150	33.64	12.99	930	2,400
13°34′15″N 123°11′06″E / 13.5708°N 123.1851°E	Minalabac	6.5%	52,390	126.10	48.69	420	1,100
13°37′26″N 123°11′06″E / 13.6240°N 123.1850°E	Naga	24.5%	196,003	84.48	32.62	2,300	6,000
13°33′49″N 123°22′21″E / 13.5635°N 123.3724°E	Ocampo	5.7%	45,934	118.33	45.69	390	1,000
13°35′31″N 123°04′57″E / 13.5920°N 123.0826°E	Pamplona	4.5%	36,390	80.60	31.12	450	1,200
13°30′35″N 123°02′39″E / 13.5096°N 123.0441°E	Pasacao	6.1%	49,035	149.54	57.74	330	850
13°33′15″N 123°16′29″E / 13.5543°N 123.2747°E	Pili	11.2%	89,545	126.25	48.75	710	1,800
13°33′50″N 123°08′37″E / 13.5640°N 123.1436°E	San Fernando	4.4%	35,258	71.76	27.71	490	1,300
	Metro Olongapo	337,811		472.16	182.30	720	1,900	Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
14°49′53″N 120°17′01″E / 14.8314°N 120.2835°E	Olongapo	69.0%	233,040	185.00	71.43	1,300	3,400
14°52′39″N 120°14′04″E / 14.8774°N 120.2344°E	Subic	31.0%	104,771	287.16	110.87	360	930

Gallery

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  Metro Angeles

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  Metro Bacolod

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  Metro Baguio (BLISTT)

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  Metro Batangas

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  Metro Cagayan de Oro

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  Metro Cebu

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  Metro Dagupan (CAMADA)

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  Metro Davao

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  Metro Iloilo-Guimaras

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  Metro Manila

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  Metro Naga

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  Metro Olongapo

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See also

• List of Philippine cities and municipalities by population
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of agglomerations by population
• List of urban areas by population

References

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