Talk:Cities of the Philippines

message: "There are three metropolitan areas in the Philippines. Metro Manila is the largest conurbation or urban agglomeration in the country. It is composed of the city of Manila plus 16 neighboring cities and municipalities. The second is Metro Cebu in Cebu province. It is composed of Cebu City plus Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu City. The third is Metro Naga in Camarines Sur province. It is composed of Naga City plus 14 neighboring municipalities, including the provincial capital, Pili."
---The factuality and neutrality of the above paragraph is compromised---there are only two metropolitan areas in the Philippines: Manila and Cebu. Naga City and/or Metro Naga fitting the description of "large conurbation or urban agglomeration" is unlikely. One crude definition of a metro region is this: an area composed of two or more neighboring cities with the preponderance of the urban landscape having a continuous built-up environment.--- unsigned comment by User:Jordz, 01:22, 1 February 2006
:I agree that "Metro Naga" probably does not fit the definition of a metropolitan area-- but then again, the term "metropolitan area" is so informally defined that the argument can go around in circles. People even throw around terms like "Metro Dumaguete" and "Metro Bacolod" very lightly. I'm open to any suggestions you might have about rewriting that paragraph. Coffee 18:35, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Metropolitan areas

message: I changed the table format for the largest cities section to be similar to the Cities of China and Cities of South Korea articles.  It looks kind of bad right now, but with more pictures and information it should be quite nice.  If you wish to undo it, that's ok too.
DaronDierkes (talk) 10:09, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Largest Cities

message: Infobox completion list — bold text means that an infobox is present as of 2006-05-29. Please update accordingly when you create an infobox.
::I added a completion list for the regions as well. Can someone incorporate the seal of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao in the ARMM Infobox, just like how it shows in the Provincial Infoboxes? I'm not good with HTML, I don't know how to go about with that. Or does ARMM have to have an infobox of its own, since it's the only region with a seal? How do you also add a footnote in the regional infobox to explain that Cotabato City being the regional center is not part of the ARMM? -- Scorpion prinz | talk, 02:44, 03 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox completion list 

message: For independent cities (in other words, cities tagged with [a] and [c]:
--Howard the Duck 06:23, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok I'l now confused. AmI supposed to removed "Angeles" from  or should I leave it there? --Howard the Duck 06:34, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New template 

message: I was wondering why the Metro Naga article was deleted. Metro Naga is an officially-defined metropolitan area by virtue of Executive Order 102 in June 1993. It even has its own website, officially recognized by the government.
Other relevant documents: 
*Primer on Metro Naga Development Council
*Naga City document giving the date of the signing of E.O. 102
*Philippine Institute on Development Studies - this document also lists eight metro areas that currently exist or are being planned: Manila, Cebu, Davao, Naga, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Calasiao-Mangaldan-Dagupan (CAMADA) and Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tuba (BLIST).
So far, according the third document listed above, only three metropolitan areas have 'policy and management structures in place': Manila, Naga and Davao. -- Dakilang Isagani 06:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metro Naga 

message: All cities are chartered by the way. With the advent of the Local Government Code of 1991, they are now classified as Highly Urbanized, Independent Component, and Component. Representation in Congress is just a matter of population requirement. --Scorpion prinz (Talk | contribs) 08:04, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chartered Cities

message: How do you say the following city types in Filipino/Tagalog? jlog3000 (talk) 17:30, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of names of types of cities

message: I've taken the liberty of adding a lot of new content as well as reorganizing the information in the article. I especially added a lengthy discussion on the status of independent cities to clear up the air regarding what they are and how they are supposed to fit in the grand scheme of things. Improvements are always welcome and much appreciated! Dakilang Isagani (talk) 11:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massive overhaul 

message: 16 new cities were demoted, losing their cityhood, in November 2008."The 16 municipalities are Baybay, Leyte; Bogo, Carcar and Naga in Cebu; Catbalogan, Samar; Borongan, Eastern Samar; Tandag, Surigao del Sur; Tayabas, Quezon; Lamitan, Basilan; Tabuk, Kalinga; Bayugan, Agusan del Sur; Batac, Ilocos Norte; Mati, Davao Oriental; Guihulngan, Negros Oriental; Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte; and El Salvador, Misamis Oriental." Someone should make sure that the status of all 16 is correct in the various Wikipedia articles and templates. I'd do it but I don't fully understand the municipal system.   ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 01:36, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008 demotions 

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message: A few days ago, in this edit, I revised the "10 largest cities in the country in terms of population, ordered according to their 2007 census population" table in this article to agree with a National Statistics Office document which contained such a list. Unfortunately, I seem to have screwed up the supporting cite.
Today, this edit modified the list, saying "restored Antipolo in the 10 most populous cities". The edit did not provide a supporting source but, grubbing around on the web, I found this NCSB web page which does support the Antipolo figure. That page, though it seems to come from a reliable enough source, isn't at all the same thing as "10 largest cities in the country in terms of population, ordered according to their 2007 census population", so I've changed the characterization of the table. I've also cited the two sources mentioned above along with one additional source which I ran across while trying to figure this out. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 04:08, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Basically, "Ten most populous cities in the Philippines" = "10 largest cities in the country in terms of population, ordered according to their 2007 Census population". The NSO agrees. I don't know what NSO document omits Antipolo from the Top 10, but that's clearly a mistake. Or maybe the mentioned Top 10 list only includes highly urbanized cities, which would bump up Las Piñas but leave out Antipolo (the most populous component city). Dakilang Isagani (talk) 05:38, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: My objective in the relevant edits was to correct what I saw as a nonconformance which this article had with Wikipedia's verifiability policy. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 01:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Largest cities (yet again)

message: This is pretty confusing. I checked both the Constitution and the Local Government Code and neither mentions anything about "first-level" or "second-level" terminology. They only mention that the National Government manages the local governments through a succession/hierarchy of subcomponents. Using the term "first-level" only confuses things because it implies that barangays are either "second-level" and "third-level" LGUs depending on whether their parent LGUs is independent of a province or not. I suggest we fix the articles such that while there's a hierarchy, it does not imply that provinces are equated in stature, governance, supervision, etc. to independent cities. --seav (talk) 03:23, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I used "first-level" in the article to describe the relationship that the president (as head of the central government) exercises over provinces and independent cities. While it might not necessarily be the best word to use, I found that it describes well the positions of independent cities within the local government hierarchy: if no other unit supervises independent cities, then they are on the first level. I guess the "first-level" describes the vertical relationships, and the labels (province, independent city, component city, municipality, barangay) serve as the horizontal qualifiers, determining what their capacities are regardless of their relative place in the hierarchy. Dakilang Isagani (talk) 04:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independent cities as first-level administrative subdivisions 

message: Under the "Income Classification" the units must be wrong.  A million PHP is roughly $23,000 USD.  There is no way that the cities make that much.  Following the link, I see that they used the designation "M" in the cited source.  This must refer to THOUSANDS, not MILLIONS.  Would someone confirm and make the change?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.254.21 (talk) 07:30, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  City Income Classification 

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message: can i ask, Largest Cities in terms of what?
i think, the table should clearly specify "largest by Population" or "Largest by Area"
like Zamboanga City, 6th Largest Cities in terms of Population and 3rd Largest City in terms of Territorial Sovereignty or Land Area.
--Soy Un Orgulloso Latino Zamboangueño 15:08, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: "Largest city" almost always refers to population, not land area. –HTD 16:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Largest Cities

message: Is it when the cityhood was signed by the president or when it is ratified by the people via a plebiscite? Currently, some "city articles" awaiting plebiscites style themselves as cities already, complete with infoboxes, categories and even article titles. –HTD 16:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: When does a city become a city?

message: Income requirement is now raised from 100 million to 200 million pesos according to this news: http://www.negroschronicle.com/web-archives/top-of-the-week/Valencia%20cityhood%20no%20longer%20possible.html Jher 02:59, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Increased Income Requirement

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message: Even the lowest bracket says an average income of 80,000,000 pesos, which would convert to almost 1.5 million USD. There's no way that the average income in the Philippines is that. Alex of Canada (talk) 08:54, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Income classification seems... odd 

message: "Cities are allowed to use a common seal."
If that is to be included in the lede (it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the body of the article) it would probably be a good idea to include an explanation of what 'seal' means in this context. Harfarhs (talk) 13:52, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common seal 

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