The List of Cities & Towns in Philippines

Cities, Towns

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The City of Talisay used to be an Agustinian estate in 1648 but only became a municipality in 1849 with Silverio Fernandez as its first gobernadorcillo and Pedro Labuca as capitan. Some accounts trace...

Dipolog's earliest recorded history started in 1834 when a civil government was organized by the Spanish Provincial government of Misamis, under whose jurisdiction we then belonged, with the appointme...

The department traces its beginnings to 23 June 1898 when the Department of the Navy and Commerce was created. Today, what now appears to the contemporary Filipino as an unlikely functional pairing ha...

The province of Iloilo is approximately 24.4% of the regional area and 1.55% of the total land area of the entire country. It occupies the southern and north eastern portion of Panay Island and is loc...

Cities, Towns, Local Government

Cities, Towns, Local Government

The Municipality is located approximately 40.3 kms. southwest of Cebu City and is known to be the gateway to the South and Southwestern part of the Island of Cebu. It is bounded on the North by the Mu...

Originally named after its Patron Saint, Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226, the municipality of General Trias was founded in December 13, 1748. The original name of the town was changed to General Trias in...

A settler, named Miguel

The Ati-Atihan town of Kalibo is the capital of the province of Aklan and socio-economic center of northern Panay Island. Learn more about Aklan, the oldest province in the Philippines.

Regions, Cities/Towns

Tacloban City is the capital of the province of Leyte and it is located at the heart of Eastern Visayas. Learn more about Tacloban's history, its local government, places of interest and tourist attra...

The City of Roxas, once known as the municipality of Capiz is the capital of the province of Capiz. In 1569, Captain Diego de Artieda who was sent by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi from Cebu, landed on the t...

The City of Roxas, once known as the municipality of Capiz is the capital of the province of Capiz. In 1569, Captain Diego de Artieda who was sent by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi from Cebu, landed on the t...

Sagnay is an old town established in the late 17th century by the Spanish friars. The Franciscans established the mission of Sagnay in 1684. Like the town of Lagonoy, Sagnay previously formed part of ...

Santa, formerly called Santa Catalina de Alexandria, Virgen y Martir, is one of the thirty four (34) municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Sur in the northern part of the Philippines. It is the sec...

This website, San Pablo City, was conceived while I was walking around Sampalok Lake with my wife and kids more than seven (7) years ago. With a digital camera at hand, I took hundreds of photos of Sa...

The Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment, Inc. (Sibuyan ISLE) is a Philippine multi-sectoral people