Philippines

Administrative units

region province/city	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1995-09-01 census	population 2000-05-01 census	population 2007-08-01 census
source: National Statistics Office, Philippines. note: Several cities have become Highly Urbanized Cities (HUC) and seem to be separate from the province they used to belong to.
Region I (Ilocos Region)	San Fernando City	12,840	3,803,890	4,200,478	4,545,906
Ilocos Norte	Laoag	3,399	482,651	514,241	547,284
Ilocos Sur	Vigan	2,580	545,385	594,206	632,255
La Union	San Fernando	1,493	597,442	657,945	720,972
Pangasinan	Lingayen	5,368	2,178,412	2,434,086	2,645,395
Region II (Cagayan Valley)	Tuguegarao City	26,838	2,536,035	2,813,159	3,051,487
Batanes	Basco	209	14,180	16,467	15,974
Cagayan	Tuguegarao City	9,003	895,050	993,580	1,072,571
Isabela	Ilagan	10,665	1,160,721	1,287,575	1,401,495
Nueva Vizcaya	Bayombong	3,904	334,965	366,962	397,837
Quirino	Cabarroguis	3,057	131,119	148,575	163,610
Region III (Central Luzon)	City of San Fernando	21,470	7,092,191	8,204,742	9,720,982
Angeles City	Angeles City		234,011	263,971	314,493
Aurora	Baler	3,240	159,621	173,797	187,802
Bataan	Balanga	1,373	491,459	557,659	662,153
Bulacan	Malolos	2,625	1,784,441	2,234,088	2,826,926
Nueva Ecija	Palayan	5,284	1,505,827	1,659,883	1,853,853
Olangapo City	Olangapo City		179,754	194,260	227,270
Pampanga	San Fernando	2,181	1,401,756	1,618,759	1,911,951
Tarlac	Tarlac	3,053	945,810	1,068,783	1,243,449
Zambales	Iba	3,714	389,512	433,542	493,085
Region IV-A (Calabarzon)	Calamba City	16,229	7,750,204	9,320,629	11,743,110
Batangas	Batangas City	3,166	1,658,567	1,905,348	2,245,869
Cavite	Trece Martires City	1,288	1,610,324	2,063,161	2,856,765
Laguna	Santa Cruz	1,760	1,631,082	1,965,872	2,473,530
Lucena City	Lucena City		177,750	196,075	236,390
Quezon	Lucena City	8,707	1,359,992	1,482,955	1,646,510
Rizal	Pasig	1,309	1,312,489	1,707,218	2,284,046
Region IV-B (Mimaropa)	Calapan City	27,456	2,033,271	2,299,229	2,559,791
Marinduque	Boac	959	199,910	217,392	229,636
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	5,880	339,605	380,250	421,952
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan	4,365	608,616	681,818	735,769
Palawan	Puerto Princesa	14,896	510,909	593,500	682,152
Puerto Princesa City	Puerto Princesa City		129,577	161,912	210,508
Romblon	Romblon	1,356	244,654	264,357	279,774
Region V (Bicol)	Legazpi City	17,632	4,325,307	4,674,855	5,109,798
Albay	Legazpi City	2,553	1,005,315	1,090,907	1,190,823
Camarines Norte	Daet	2,113	439,151	458,840	513,785
Camarines Sur	Pili	5,267	1,432,598	1,551,549	1,693,821
Catanduanes	Virac	1,512	202,464	215,356	232,757
Masbate	Masbate	4,048	707,668	707,668	768,939
Sorsogon	Sorsogon	2,141	650,535	650,535	709,673
Region VI (Western Visayas)	Iloilo City	20,223	5,776,938	6,211,038	6,843,643
Aklan	Kalibo	1,818	410,539	451,314	495,122
Antique	San Jose de Buenavista	2,522	431,713	472,822	515,265
Bacolod City	Bacolod City		402,345	429,076	499,497
Capiz	Roxas City	2,633	624,469	654,156	701,664
Guimaras	Jordan	605	126,470	141,450	151,238
Iloilo	Iloilo	4,719	1,415,022	1,559,182	1,691,878
Iloilo City	Iloilo City		334,539	366,391	418,710
Negros Occidental	Bacolod City	7,926	2,031,841	2,136,647	2,370,269
Region VII (Central Visayas)	Cebu City	14,951	5,014,588	5,706,953	6,398,628
Bohol	Tagbilaran	4,117	994,440	1,139,130	1,230,110
Cebu	Cebu City	5,088	1,890,357	2,160,569	2,439,005
Cebu City	Cebu City		662,299	718,821	798,809
Lapu-Lapu City	Lapu-Lapu City		173,744	217,019	292,530
Mandaue City	Mandaue City		194,745	259,728	318,575
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete	5,402	1,025,247	1,130,088	1,231,904
Siquijor	Siquijor	344	73,756	81,598	87,695
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)	Tacloban City	21,432	3,366,917	3,610,355	3,912,936
Biliran	Naval	556	132,209	140,274	150,031
Eastern Samar	Borongan	4,340	362,324	375,822	405,114
Leyte	Tacloban City	5,713	1,511,251	1,592,336	1,722,036
Northern Samar	Catarman	3,498	454,195	500,639	549,759
Samar (Western)	Catbalogan	5,591	589,373	641,124	695,149
Southern Leyte	Maasin	1,735	317,565	360,160	390,847
Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	Pagadian City	14,811	2,567,651	2,831,412	3,230,094
Isabela City	Isabela City	141	68,557	73,032	87,985
Zamboanga City	Zamboanga City		511,139	601,794	774,407
Zamboanga del Norte	Dipolog	6,618	770,697	823,130	907,238
Zamboanga del Sur	Pagadian	4,964	766,918	836,217	914,278
Zamboanga Sibugay	Ipil	3,088	450,340	497,239	546,186
Region X (Northern Mindanao)	Cagayan de Oro City	17,125	3,197,059	3,505,708	3,952,437
Bukidnon	Malaybalay	8,294	940,403	1,060,265	1,190,284
Cagayan de Oro City	Cagayan de Oro City		428,314	461,877	553,966
Camiguin	Mambajao	230	68,039	74,232	81,293
Iligan City	Iligan City		273,004	285,061	308,046
Lanao del Norte	Tubod	3,092	440,783	473,062	538,283
Misamis Occidental	Oroquieta	1,939	458,965	486,723	531,680
Misamis Oriental	Cagayan de Oro City	3,570	587,551	664,338	748,885
Region XI (Davao Region)	Davao City	19,672	3,288,824	3,676,163	4,156,653
Compostela Valley	Nabunturan	4,667	520,110	580,244	637,366
Davao City	Davao City		1,006,840	1,147,116	1,363,337
Davao del Norte	Tagum	3,463	671,333	743,811	847,440
Davao del Sur	Digos	6,378	677,069	758,801	822,406
Davao Oriental	Mati	5,164	413,472	446,191	486,104
Region XII (Soccsksargen)	Koronadal City	18,433	2,846,966	3,222,169	3,829,081
Cotabato (North C.)	Kidapawan	6,566	862,666	958,643	1,121,974
Cotabato City	Cotabato City	176	146,779	163,849	259,153
General Santos City (Dadiangas)	General Santos City		327,173	411,822	529,542
Sarangani	Alabel	2,980	367,006	410,622	475,514
South Cotabato	Koronadal	3,996	621,155	690,728	767,254
Sultan Kudarat	Isulan	4,715	522,187	586,505	675,644
Region XIII (Caraga)	Butuan City	18,847	1,942,687	2,095,367	2,293,480
Agusan del Norte	Butuan City	2,591	267,411	285,570	314,027
Agusan del Sur	Prosperidad	8,966	514,736	559,294	609,447
Butuan City	Butuan City		247,074	267,279	298,378
Dinagat Islands	San Jose	802	100,537	106,951	120,813
Surigao del Norte	Surigao City	1,937	341,666	374,465	409,468
Surigao del Sur	Tandag	4,552	471,263	501,808	541,347
ARMM - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	Cotabato City	12,695	2,362,300	2,803,045	4,120,795
Basilan	Isabela City	1,234	227,008	259,796	408,520
Lanao del Sur	Marawi City	3,873	686,193	800,162	1,138,544
Maguindanao	Shariff Aguak	4,900	352,751	435,254	710,829
Shariff Kabunsuan			309,429	365,848	562,886
Sulu	Jolo	1,600	536,201	619,668	849,670
Tawi-tawi	Panglima Sugala	1,087	250,718	322,317	450,346
CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	Baguio City	18,294	1,254,838	1,365,220	1,520,743
Abra	Bangued	3,992	195,964	209,491	230,953
Apayao	Kabugao	4,083	83,660	97,129	103,633
Baguio	Baguio City	49	226,883	252,386	301,926
Benguet	La Trinidad	2,607	313,833	330,129	372,533
Ifugao	Lagawe	2,518	149,598	161,623	180,711
Kalinga	Tabuk	3,120	154,145	174,023	182,326
Mountain Province	Bontoc	2,097	130,755	140,439	148,661
NCR - National Capital Region (Metro Manila)	Manila	636	9,454,040	9,932,560	11,553,427
First District	Manila		1,654,761	1,581,082	1,660,714
City of Manila		38	1,654,761	1,581,082	1,660,714
Second District	Quezon City		3,228,782	3,466,213	4,152,275
Mandaluyong, City of			286,870	278,474	305,576
Marikina, City of			357,231	391,170	424,610
Pasig, City of			471,075	505,058	617,301
Quezon City			1,989,419	2,173,831	2,679,450
San Juan, City of			124,187	117,680	125,338
Third District	Callocan City		2,036,847	2,232,295	2,556,809
Kalookan City			1,023,159	1,177,604	1,378,856
Malabon, City of			347,484	338,855	363,681
Navotas, City of			229,039	230,403	245,344
ValenzuelaCity of			437,165	485,433	568,928
Fourth District	Pasay City		2,533,650	2,626,458	3,126,663
Las Piñas, City of		42	413,086	472,780	532,330
Makati, City of			484,176	444,867	510,383
Muntinlupa, City of		44	399,846	379,310	452,943
Paranaque, City of		47	391,296	449,811	552,660
Pasay City		14	408,610	354,908	403,064
Pateros			55,286	57,407	61,940
Taguig City			381,350	467,375	613,343
total		300,000	68,616,536	76,506,928	88,574,614

Main cities

name	population 2000-05-01 census	population 2007-08-01 census
Quezon City	2,173,831	2,679,450
Manila, City of	1,581,082	1,660,714
Kalookan City	1,177,604	1,378,856
Davao City	1,147,116	1,363,337
Cebu City	718,821	798,809
Zamboanga City	601,794	774,407
Antipolo, City of	470,866	633,971
Pasig, City of	505,058	617,301
Taguig City	..	613,343
Valenzuela, City of	485,433	568,928
Cagayan De Oro City	461,877	553,966
Parañaque, City of	449,811	552,660
Las Piñas, City of	472,780	532,330
General Santos City (Dadiangas)	411,822	529,542
Makati, City of	444,867	510,383
Bacolod City	429,076	499,497
Muntinlupa, City of	379,310	452,943
San Jose Del Monte, City of	315,807	439,090
Marikina, City of	391,170	424,610
Iloilo City	365,820	418,710
Pasay City	354,908	403,064
Malabon, City of	338,855	363,681
Calamba, City of	281,146	360,281
Mandaue City	259,728	318,575
Angeles City	263,971	314,493
Tarlac, City of	262,481	314,155
Iligan City	285,061	308,046
Mandaluyong, City of	278,474	305,576
Baguio City	252,386	301,926
Butuan City	267,279	298,378
Batangas City	247,588	295,231
Lapu-Lapu City (Opon)	217,019	292,530
San Fernando, City of	221,857	269,365
Santa Rosa, City of	..	266,943
Lipa City	218,447	260,568
Cabanatuan City	222,859	259,267
Cotabato City	150,450	259,153
Navotas, City of	..	245,344
San Pablo City	207,927	237,259
Lucena City	196,075	236,390
Olongapo City	194,260	227,270
Malolos, City of	..	223,069
Tacloban City	178,639	217,199
Tagum, City of	179,531	215,967
Puerto Princesa City	161,912	210,508
Meycauayan, City of	..	196,569
Legazpi City	157,010	179,481
Talisay, City of	148,110	179,359
Ormoc City	154,297	177,524
Marawi City	131,090	177,391
Kabankalan, City of	149,769	166,970
Calbayog City	147,187	163,657
Valencia, City of	147,924	162,745
San Carlos City	154,264	161,884
Pagadian City	142,515	161,312
Naga City	137,810	160,516
Bago City	141,721	159,933
Panabo, City of	133,950	154,329
Toledo City	141,174	152,960
Sorsogon, City of	92,512	151,454
Cadiz City	141,954	150,750
Koronadal, City of	133,786	149,622
Dagupan City	130,328	149,554
Roxas City	126,352	147,738
Digos, City of	125,171	145,514
Malaybalay, City of	123,672	144,065
Tanauan, City of	117,539	142,537
Sagay City	129,765	140,511
Surigao City	118,534	132,151
San Carlos City	118,259	129,809
Tuguegarao City	120,645	129,539
Santiago, City of	110,531	126,244
San Juan, City of	..	125,338
Tabaco, City of	107,166	123,513
Ozamis City	110,420	123,137
San Jose City	108,254	122,353
Mati, City of	..	122,046
Urdaneta	111,582	120,785
Silay City	107,722	120,365
Kidapawan, City of	101,205	117,610
Calapan	105,910	116,976
Dumaguete City	102,265	116,392
San Fernando	102,082	114,813
Cauayan, City of	103,952	114,254
Dipolog City	99,862	113,118
Gingoog City	102,379	112,247
Bayawan, City of (Tulong)	101,391	110,250
Danao City	98,781	109,354
Cavite City	99,367	104,581
Baybay, City of	..	102,526
Laoag City	94,466	102,457
Himamaylan, City of	88,684	102,014
Bislig, City of	97,860	102,009
Ligao, City of	90,603	101,179
Carcar, City of	..	100,632
Gapan, City of	89,199	98,795
Iriga City	88,893	97,983
Talisay, City of	79,146	96,444
Naga, City of	..	95,163
Bayugan, City of	..	95,032
Catbalogan, City of	..	92,454
Tagbilaran City	77,700	92,297
Escalante, City of	79,098	92,035
Guihulngan, City of	..	91,358
Island Garden City of Samal	82,609	90,291
Trece Martires City	41,653	90,177
Victorias, City of	81,743	88,149
Isabela, City of	73,032	87,985
Tabuk, City of	..	87,912
Tayabas, City of	..	87,252
Balanga	71,088	84,105
Tacurong, City of	76,354	82,546
Lamitan, City of	..	82,074
Masbate, City of	71,441	81,585
Alaminos	73,448	79,788
Maasin, City of	71,163	79,737
Tanjay, City of	70,169	78,539
Passi, City of	69,601	76,045
Bais City	68,115	74,702
Dapitan City	68,178	72,792
Science City of Muñoz	65,586	71,669
Bogo, City of	..	69,123
Sipalay, City of	62,063	67,211
Oroquieta City	59,843	65,349
La Carlota City	56,408	63,584
Tagaytay City	45,287	61,623
Cabadbaran, City of	NaN	61,564
Borongan, City of	..	59,354
Tangub City	49,695	56,644
Candon	50,564	56,270
Tandag, City of	..	50,459
Canlaon City	46,548	50,208
Vigan	45,143	47,246
El Salvador, City of	..	41,905
Palayan City	31,253	33,506
source: National Statistics Office, Philippines

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