Metro Manila
metropolitan area and region of the Philippines
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Summary
Metro Manila is a metropolitan area[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of metropolitan area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,109 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Philippines[3]
- Country: Philippines[4]
- Instance of: region of the Philippines[5], capital region[6], megacity[7]
- Capital: Manila[8]
- Shares border with: Bulacan[9], Cavite[10], Laguna (province)[11], Rizal[12]
- Maintained by: Metropolitan Manila Development Authority[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Caloocan[14], Las Piñas[15], Makati[16], Malabon[17], Mandaluyong[18], Manila[19], Marikina[20], Muntinlupa[21], Navotas[22], Parañaque[23], Pasay[24], Pasig[25], Pateros[26], Quezon City[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Shanghai[28]
- Commons category: Metro Manila[29]
- Local dialing code: 2[30]
- Inception: November 7, 1975[31]
- Coordinate location: 14.583333333333, 121[32]
- Official website: https://mmda.gov.ph[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Metro Manila[34]
- Population: 328,939[35], 461,166[36], 993,889[37], 1,569,128[38], 2,462,488[39], 3,966,695[40], 4,970,006[41], 5,925,884[42], 7,948,392[43], 9,454,040[44], 9,932,560[45], 11,566,325[46], 11,855,975[47], 12,877,253[48]
- Topic has template: Template:Metro Manila[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Metro Manila[50]
- Number of households: 381,576[51], 601,767[52], 1,062,174[53], 1,435,365[54], 2,001,681[55], 1,794,364[56], 2,634,374[57], 2,968,651[58], 3,499,652[59]
- Demonym: granmanileña[60], granmanilense[61]
Why It Matters
Metro Manila has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]