Cities and municipalities
of the Philippines
"Map of the Philippines showing its cities and municipalities"
  Highly urbanized cities
  Independent component cities
  Component cities
  Municipalities
See also
world cities
world urban areas

The following is a list of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines.

Luzon

Visayas

Mindanao

See also

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