Municipalities of the Philippines

Municipalities of the Philippines
Municipalities of the Philippines in white
CategoryTown (Local government unit)
LocationPhilippines
Number1,493 (as of June 30, 2024)
Possible status
  • First–sixth class municipalities
PopulationsSmallest: 193 (Kalayaan)
Largest: 443,954 (Rodriguez)
AreasSmallest: 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) (Pateros)
Largest: 2,188.8 km2 (845.1 sq mi) (Sablayan)
Subdivisions

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, 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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Tagalog Language Packet" (PDF). p. 51. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "English to Filipino Meaning :: town". Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Visayan-English Dictionary by Gutenberg Project" (PDF). p. 286. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Cebuano For Beginners" (PDF). p. 33. Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "Ilocano Dictionary - Town". Retrieved Oct 6, 2021.

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