List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines

The Philippines has three metropolitan areas, as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

Metro Manila is the largest conurbation or urban agglomeration in the country, and its territory comprises the City of Manila, 15 neighboring cities, and the municipality of Pateros. Metro Davao in Mindanao is the Philippines' second most populous urban area and the country's largest by total land area, while Metro Cebu in the Visayas is the third most populous.

The official definition of each area does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization. For example, the built-up area of Metro Manila has long spilled out of its borders into the adjacent provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal.

The number of metropolitan areas in the Philippines was reduced from 12 in 2007 to the current 3 based from the 2017–2022 Philippine Development Plan by NEDA. The other 10 metropolitan areas were: Metro Angeles, Metro Bacolod, Metro Baguio, Metro Batangas, Metro Cagayan de Oro, Metro Dagupan, Metro Iloilo–Guimaras, Metro Naga, and Metro Olongapo.

List

	Metro area	Population (2020)		Area		Density (2020)		Managing agency
				km2	sq mi	/km2	/sq mi
	Metro Cebu	3,165,799		1,053.19	406.64	3,000	7,800	Metro Cebu Development and Coordinating Board
	Carcar	4.3%	136,453	116.78	45.09	1,200	3,100
	Cebu City	30.5%	964,169	315.00	121.62	3,100	8,000
	Compostela	1.8%	55,874	53.90	20.81	1,000	2,600
	Consolacion	4.7%	148,012	37.03	14.30	4,000	10,000
	Cordova	2.2%	70,595	17.15	6.62	4,100	11,000
	Danao	4.9%	156,321	107.30	41.43	1,500	3,900
	Lapu-Lapu (Opon)	15.7%	497,604	58.10	22.43	8,600	22,000
	Liloan	4.8%	153,197	45.92	17.73	3,300	8,500
	Mandaue	11.5%	364,116	25.18	9.72	14,000	36,000
	Minglanilla	4.8%	151,002	65.60	25.33	2,300	6,000
	Naga	4.2%	133,184	101.97	39.37	1,300	3,400
	San Fernando	2.3%	72,224	69.39	26.79	1,000	2,600
	Talisay	8.3%	263,048	39.87	15.39	6,600	17,000
	Metro Davao	3,339,284		6,492.84	2,506.90	510	1,300	Metropolitan Davao Development Authority
	Carmen	2.5%	82,018	166.00	64.09	490	1,300
	Davao City	53.2%	1,776,949	2,443.61	943.48	730	1,900
	Digos	5.6%	188,376	287.10	110.85	660	1,700
	Hagonoy	1.7%	56,919	114.28	44.12	500	1,300
	Maco	2.5%	83,237	342.23	132.14	240	620
	Malalag	1.2%	40,158	186.12	71.86	220	570
	Malita	3.5%	118,197	883.37	341.07	130	340
	Mati	4.4%	147,547	588.63	227.27	250	650
	Padada	0.9%	29,878	83.00	32.05	360	930
	Panabo	6.3%	209,230	251.23	97.00	830	2,100
	Samal	3.5%	116,771	301.30	116.33	390	1,000
	Santa Cruz	3.0%	101,125	319.91	123.52	320	830
	Santa Maria	1.7%	57,526	175.00	67.57	330	850
	Sulop	1.1%	35,151	155.26	59.95	230	600
	Tagum	8.9%	296,202	195.80	75.60	1,500	3,900
	Metro Manila	13,484,462		633.11	244.45	21,000	54,000	Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
	Caloocan	12.3%	1,661,584	53.20	20.54	31,000	80,000
	Las Piñas	4.5%	606,293	32.02	12.36	19,000	49,000
	Makati	4.7%	629,616	27.36	10.56	23,000	60,000
	Malabon	2.8%	380,522	15.96	6.16	24,000	62,000
	Mandaluyong	3.2%	425,758	11.06	4.27	38,000	98,000
	Manila	13.7%	1,846,513	42.88	16.56	43,000	110,000
	Marikina	3.4%	456,059	22.64	8.74	20,000	52,000
	Muntinlupa	4.0%	543,445	41.67	16.09	13,000	34,000
	Navotas	1.8%	247,543	11.51	4.44	22,000	57,000
	Parañaque	5.1%	689,992	47.28	18.25	15,000	39,000
	Pasay	3.3%	440,656	18.64	7.20	24,000	62,000
	Pasig	6.0%	803,159	31.46	12.15	26,000	67,000
	Pateros	0.5%	65,227	1.76	0.68	37,000	96,000
	Quezon City	22.0%	2,960,048	165.33	63.83	18,000	47,000
	San Juan	0.9%	126,347	5.87	2.27	22,000	57,000
	Taguig	6.6%	886,722	45.18	17.44	20,000	52,000
	Valenzuela	5.3%	714,978	45.75	17.66	16,000	41,000

Gallery

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  Metro Manila

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  Metro Cebu

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  Metro Davao

See also

• List of cities in the Philippines
• List of metropolitan areas in Asia
• List of urban agglomerations in Asia