Q2207
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city of the Philippines in the province of Camarines Sur
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Bicol Region
- Province
- Camarines Sur (geographically only)
- District
- 3rd district
- Founded
- 1573 (Spanish settlement)
- Township
- 1575 (as Nueva Caceres )
- Royal city charter
- 1595 (as Ciudad de Nueva Caceres)
- Renamed as naga
- 1919 (as a municipality)
- Cityhood
- June 18, 1948 (R.A. 305)
- Founded by
- Capt. Pedro de Chavez
- Barangays
- 27 (see Barangays )
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlungsod
- Mayor
- Leni Robredo
- Vice mayor
- Gabriel Bordado
- Representative
- Nelson S. Legacion
- City council
- Members Elmer S. Baldemoro Jessie R. Albeus Ghiel G. Rosales Vito C. Borja, II Gilda Gayle A. Gomez Melvin Ramon G. Buenafe Wilfredo Jude A. Diokno Francisco M. Mendoza Atty. Allan Reiz C. Macaraig David Casper Nathan A. Sergio Ma. Corazon M. Peñaflor (ex officio) Jefson Romeo B. Felix (ex officio)
- Electorate
- 121,773 voters ( 2025 )
- Independent component city
- 84.48 km (32.62 sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Naga
- Demonym
- nagueño
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Camarines Sur
- Population
- 210545
- Area
- 84.48
- Elevation
- 66
- Shares border with
- Magarao
- Official website
- naga.gov.ph
- Image
- Naga montage.jpg
- Households
- 45984
- Dialing code
- 54
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- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- postal code
- 4400
- topic's main category
- Category:Naga, Camarines Sur
- twinned administrative body
- Q235004
- Commons category
- Naga, Camarines Sur
- poverty incidence
- 21.37
- different from
- Naga
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1763527693.05
- total assets
- 6224553661.02
- total expenditure
- 1580463148.52
- total liabilities
- 1255836894.79
- electorate
- 121773
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Naga (officially the City of Naga; Central Bikol: Ciudad nin Naga; Rinconada Bikol: Ciudad ka Naga; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Naga; Spanish: Ciudad de Naga; or the Pilgrim City of Naga) is an independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 210,545 people. It is the most populous city in Camarines Sur and the smallest city in Bicol by land area.
The town was established in 1575 by order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande. The city, then named Nueva Cáceres (New Cáceres), was one of the Spanish royal cities in the Spanish East Indies, along with Manila, Cebu City, and Iloilo City, historically, the third oldest.
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