Metropolises in the Philippines
There are twelve metropolises in the Philippines , which have been defined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
Goal setting
The authority wants to achieve that these regions are better able to cope with the global challenges. The main focus should be directed to a better competitiveness of the metropolises, which should be achieved through the following strategies: social housing, improved electricity and water supply, expansion of public transport, waste disposal, environmental and disaster control, simplification of bureaucratic processes and the fight against corruption .
Demarcation
The most populous metropolis is Metro Manila with 12.88 million inhabitants (as of 2015). However, the urbanized area of this metropolis has long since outgrown its borders and now extends over large parts of the provinces Bulacan , Rizal and Cavite as well as the northern part of Batangas' with an estimated population of (2015) more than 23 million.
The urbanized area of what is currently the fifth largest metropolis, Metro Angeles , extends beyond the defined area into the municipalities of Magalang , Mexico and Santo Tomas .
In other metropolises, however, the boundaries were defined very generously; the urbanized area of the Metro Cagayan de Oro and that of the Metro Davao cover around 15% of the respective land area. Metro Iloilo-Guimaras also includes the entire, predominantly rural island province of Guimaras , to which there is no connection by land.
List of metropolises
The following table contains all metropolises defined by the NEDA and their population figures from the 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2015 censuses .
| metropolis | VZ 1990 | VZ 2000 | VZ 2010 | VZ 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLISST | 352,681 | 428.744 | 551.764 | 611.316 |
| CAMADA | 251.160 | 289.509 | 353,690 | 372.756 |
| Metro Angeles | 651.125 | 753.697 | 970,807 | 1,132,933 |
| Metro Bacolod | 528.471 | 622.480 | 730.390 | 791.019 |
| Batangas Metro | 278.857 | 369.233 | 446,556 | 486,595 |
| Metro Cagayan de Oro | 721.199 | 958.701 | 1,233,051 | 1,376,343 |
| Metro Cebu | 1,453,595 | 1,930,999 | 2,551,100 | 2,849,213 |
| Davao Metro | 1,354,035 | 1,787,692 | 2,262,518 | 2,516,216 |
| Metro Iloilo-Guimaras | 577.275 | 695.858 | 823.671 | 887.704 |
| Metro Manila | 7,948,392 | 9,932,560 | 11,855,975 | 12,877,253 |
| Metro Naga | 502.299 | 614.816 | 741.925 | 799.955 |
| Metro Olongapo | 238.256 | 257.279 | 310.902 | 337.811 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Economic and Development Authority: Building Globally Competitive Metro Areas in the Philippines ( Memento of October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Provincial Population Data: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2015
- ↑ Philippine Statistics Authority: 2010 Census of Population
- ↑ Philippine Statistics Authority: 2015 Census of Population