Province |
Population
|
Area
|
Caloocan |
1,378,856 |
53.33 |
Las Piñas |
532,330 |
41.54 |
Makati |
510,383 |
27.36 |
Malabon |
363,681 |
15.76 |
Mandaluyong |
305,576 |
11.26 |
Manila |
1,660,714 |
38.55 |
Marikina |
424,610 |
33.97 |
Muntinlupa |
452,943 |
46.70 |
Navotas |
245,344 |
10.77 |
Parañaque |
552,660 |
47.69 |
Pasay |
403,064 |
19.00 |
Pasig |
617,301 |
31.00 |
Pateros |
61,940 |
2.10 |
Quezon City |
2,679,450 |
161.12 |
San Juan |
124,187 |
5.94 |
Taguig |
613,343 |
47.88 |
Valenzuela |
568,928 |
44.58 |
General Information
On paper, Manila is the designated capital and seat of the Philippine government, but in practice, the seats of government are all around Metro Manila. The executive and administrative seat of government is in Manila, so is the judiciary. The upper house of the legislature (Senate of the Philippines) is in Pasay City, and the lower house (House of Representatives of the Philippines) in Quezon City
The term Metro Manila should not be confused with the metro rail system of the region, and the word metro itself always describes the metropolitan area (as in the metro). The railways are called by their abbreviations, such as the LRT and the MRT, also known as Light Rail Transit and Metro Rail Transit, respectively.
Economy/Resources
Metro Manila (statistically designated as the National Capital Region or NCR) is the financial, commercial and industrial center of the Philippines. It accounts for 32% of the Philippines' GDP; around US$124 billion (PPP) in 2007. It has a third of the country's bank offices but over two thirds of its deposits.
The seaport of Manila
The GDP of Metro Manila reaches $178 billion if calculated by Demographia's estimated
total population of 19,150,000 and the average $9,347 GDP per capita of the NCR region.
Climate
Weather condition in Manila is more or less the same as those prevailing in other cities. Due to its lower elevation, the temperature is generally higher, humidity and wind velocity are proportional higher.
Manila experiences the highest amount of rainfall in the months as early as the second week of May to October. The number of storms passing the city is the same as those prevailing in the Metro Manila area.
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