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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.
Quezon City, the most populous. Palayan, the least populous. Manila, the capital and most densely populated. Puerto Princesa, the most sparsely populated. Davao City, the largest in terms of land area. San Juan, the smallest in terms of land area. Carmona, the newest city. Cebu City, the oldest city.
IFI – Iglesia Filipina Independiente. INC – Iglesia ni Cristo. JIL – Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide. JIOSWM – Jesus Is Our Shield Worldwide Ministries (Oras ng Himala) JMC – Jesus Miracle Crusade. KJC – Kingdom of Jesus Christ. LAMP – Lighthouse Apostolic Ministry of Pentecost. MCGI – Members Church of God International.
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 ).
A city (Filipino: lungsod / siyudad / lunsod) 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 earliest recorded history of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, dates back to the year 900 AD, as recorded in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.By the thirteenth century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter near the mouth of the Pasig River, the river that bisects the city into the north and south.
Manila Port Area. Acronym for "Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company," owner of the dockyard where the settlement was founded. Batis. San Juan. Filipino term for "rivulet" or "creek" which dominated the area. [8] Bayanihan. Quezon City. Filipino word for "community brotherhood."
Angeles ( locally [ˈaŋhɛlɛs] ), officially the City of Angeles ( Kapampangan: Ciudad/Lakanbalen ning Angeles; Filipino: Lungsod ng Angeles ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 462,928 people.