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Each city is governed by both the Local Government Code of 1991 [2] and the city's own municipal charter, under the laws of the Philippines. Quezon City, the most populous. Palayan, the least populous. Manila, the capital and most densely populated. Puerto Princesa, the most sparsely populated.
Hispanicized form of bakolod, an old Hiligaynon word for "hill" in reference to the hilly area in the city that is now the barangay of Granada. Bacoor. Cavite. Hispanicized form of bacood, derived from the Tagalog word which means "fence." [1] Bago. Negros Occidental. from bago-bago, a local shrub. Baguio.
Cities are classified under the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160) into three categories: highly urbanized cities, independent component cities, and component cities. Cities are governed by their own municipal charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies their administrative structure and powers.
There have been several names of the Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, [pɪlɪˈpinɐs]; Spanish: Filipinas) in different cultures and at different times, usually in reference to specific island groups within the current archipelago. Even the name Philippines itself was originally intended to apply only to Leyte, Samar, and nearby islands.
ISO 3166-2:PH is the entry for the Philippines in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1 . Currently for the Philippines, ISO 3166-2 codes are ...
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Website. www .boston .gov .ph. Boston ( [ˈboston] ), officially the Municipality of Boston, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,618 people. [3] It is the northernmost and least populated municipality of Davao Oriental .
Website. www .trento .gov .ph. Trento, officially the Municipality of Trento ( Cebuano: Lungsod sa Trento; Tagalog: Bayan ng Trento ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,492 people.