Back Lungsod (Pilipinas) CEB Gemeinden auf den Philippinen German Localidades de Filipinas Spanish Munisipalitas di Filipina ID Dagiti ili ti Filipinas ILO Comuni delle Filippine Italian ფილიპინების მუნიციპალიტეტები Georgian Општини на Филипините Macedonian Filipijnse gemeente Dutch Ding balen ning Filipínas PAM
| Municipalities of the Philippines | |
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 Municipalities of the Philippines in white | |
| Category | Town (Local government unit) |
| Location | Philippines |
| Number | 1,493 (as of June 30, 2024) |
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| Populations | Smallest: 193 (Kalayaan) Largest: 443,954 (Rodriguez) |
| Areas | Smallest: 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) (Pateros) Largest: 2,188.8 km2 (845.1 sq mi) (Sablayan) |
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| Cities and municipalities of the Philippines |
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A municipality (Tagalog: bayan / munisipalidad / munisipyo / puweblo; Hiligaynon: banwa; Cebuano: lungsod; Pangasinan: baley; Kapampangan: balen / balayan; Central Bikol: banwaan; Waray: bungto; Ilocano: ili) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. It is distinct from city, which is a different category of local government unit. Provinces of the Philippines are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into barangays (formerly barrios) – villages. As of June 30, 2024[update], there are 1,493 municipalities across the country.[1]
A municipality is the official term for, and the official local equivalent of, a town,[2] the latter being its archaic term and in all of its literal local translations including Filipino.[3][4][5][6][7] Both terms are interchangeable.
A municipal district is a now-defunct local government unit; previously certain areas were created first as municipal districts before they were converted into municipalities.
- ^ "Regional Summary Number of Provinces, Cities, Municipalities and Barangays by Region" (PDF). Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG Philippines). Jun 30, 2024. Retrieved Sep 19, 2024.
- ^ Bernard Moses (1904). "Colonial Policy with Reference to the Philippines" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Political Science Association. 1: 103. doi:10.2307/3038324. JSTOR 3038324. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
- ^ "Tagalog Language Packet" (PDF). p. 51. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
- ^ "English to Filipino Meaning :: town". Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
- ^ "Visayan-English Dictionary by Gutenberg Project" (PDF). p. 286. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
- ^ "Cebuano For Beginners" (PDF). p. 33. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
- ^ "Ilocano Dictionary - Town". Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.