2.  The National Capital Region in the
Philippines is best or commonly known
as Metro Manila and as far as its
population goes, it is huge, with more
than 11 million people in only 636
square kilometres.

3.  Is the main financial, commercial and
educational centre of the Philippines
and is the region where nearly all who
travel here has to pass through.

4.  The National Capital Region not only
contains the Philippines capital city
manila, but also thirteen other cities and
three municipalities so it is no wonder
that it is the most populous region in the
Philippines.

5.  The region is the
political, economic, social, cultural, an
d educational center of the Philippines.
As proclaimed by Presidential Decree
No. 940, Metro Manila as a whole is the
Philippines' seat of government while
the City of Manila is the capital. The
largest city in the metropolis is Quezon
City, while the largest business
district is the Makati Central Business
District.

6. The area is bounded by Bulacan to the
north, Rizal to the east, Laguna to the
south and Cavite to the southwest. The
swampy isthmus on which the
western metropolitan area partly lies
has an average elevation of 10 meters.
The eastern area lies on a ridge
gradually rising towards the foothills of
the Sierra Madre and overlooks
the Marikina River valley, which is part
swamp.

7.  Metro Manila is split between a tropical wet
and dry climate and a tropical monsoon
climate. Manila, which features less rainfall
than Quezon City, has a tropical wet and dry
climate while Quezon City features a tropical
monsoon climate. Together with the rest of
the Philippines, Metro Manila lies entirely
within the tropics. Its proximity to
the equator means that the temperature
range is very small, rarely going lower than
20C or higher than 38C. However, humidity
levels are usually very high which makes it
feel much warmer. It has a distinct, relatively
short dry season from January through April,

8.  The City of Manila proper is the national
capital of the Philippines. The wider
Metropolitan Manila area is the seat of
government. The executive and judicial
branches of government are based in Manila
as represented by Malacañan Palace, the
official office and residence of the President
of the Philippines, and the buildings of
the Supreme Court of the
Philippines respectively. However, the upper
house of the legislature, the Senate of the

11.  In terms of local governance, Metro Manila
cannot properly be considered a single political
entity. The cities and municipality comprising it
are considered the highest level of local
government with each having their own set of
separately elected officials. While the cities and
municipality are independent from each other
politically, several basic public services, such as
traffic and flood control, are handled collectively
by the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority (MMDA). The MMDA is headquartered
in Makati and is headed by the MMDA
Chairman, an appointee of the President of the
Philippines, who holds cabinet rank. The
mayors of the cities and municipality belong to

12. Transportation

14.  Electricity
Metro Manila's electricity is generated by
the state-owned National Power
Corporation (Napocor) and other
independent power producers across the
island of Luzon. It is transmitted by the
privately-owned National Grid Corporation of
The Philippines (NGCP) through high tension
wires. It is distributed by the Manila Electric
Company (Meralco), the company that holds
the franchise to distribute electricity to the

15.  Water
Metro Manila and its surrounding areas are
divided into two water concessionaires:
Maynilad Water (red) and Manila
Water (blue).
Metro Manila's tap water is sourced from
the Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan. It is
stored in the Novaliches Reservoir and
filtered in the La Mesa Dam, both in
northeast Quezon City. Metro Manila's water
distribution and sewerage system used to be
managed by the Metropolitan Water and

17.  Communications
For a long time since its founding in 1925,
the Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Company (PLDT) was the Philippines' only
phone carrier.

18.  Garbage
Metro Manila produces about 8,400 to 8,600
tons of garbage each day which is equivalent
to 25% of the national waste generation.
Paper wastes account for 17% of the daily
total while 16% are plastics. Efforts to reduce
pollution is one of the metropolis' major
public management concerns especially with
the closure of some garbage dump sites in
Greater Manila.

19. The cities and municipalities within the
NCR are grouped into the four districts
as follows:
# Alternate Name City/Cities
1 The Capital District Manila
Mandaluyong, Marikina, P
2 Eastern Manila District asig, Quezon City, and San
Juan
Las
Piñas, Makati, Muntinlupa,
3 Southern Manila District
Parañaque, Pasay, Pateros
, and Taguig
Caloocan, Malabon, Navot
4 CAMANAVA District
as, and Valenzuela

20. It is composed of 14
cities,  Pasay
 Manila  Pasig
 Caloocan  Parañaque
 LasPiñas  Quezon City
 Makati  Taguig
 Malabon  Valenzuela
 Mandaluyong
 Marikina
 Muntinlupa

21. Municipalities:
 Municipality of Pateros
 Navotas
 San Juan

22.  City Of Manila is a Philippine highly
urbanized city in First District in
Region National Capital Region which
be-longs to the Luzon group of islands.
City Of Manila is the capital of the
Philippines.

24.  The landmark of the father of the
Philippine Revolution, Andres
Bonifacio is here.
 The Only Divided City in the
Philippines.

27.  Home of the Bamboo Organ, City of Love
and Progress, Salt Center of Metro
Manila, Lantern Capital of Metro Manila.
 Las Piñas City is home to unique festivals
like the "Bamboo Organ Festival",
"Waterlily Festival", "Bamboo Festival"
and "Parol (Lantern) Festival".

33.  The Financial Capital of the Philippines,
the Wall Street of the Philippines.
 The Philippines centre of finance and
commerce with the odd mega shopping
centre.
 Makati became the financial center of the
Philippines during the 1960s. Makati is
home of the Philippine Stock
Exchange and the Makati Business Club.

35.  The City of Malabon is one of the cities
and municipalities that make up Metro
Manila in the Philippines. Located just
north of Manila, the city has a population
of 353,337 as of 2010.

36.  Malabon City is famous for the array of food
delights it offers. Most notable of these is
Pancit Malabon, a stir-fried noodle dish
with a distinct yellow-orange color sauce
that includes patis (fish sauce) and bagoong
(shrimp paste).

40.  Home of one of the largest shopping centres in
Asia – SM Megamall.
 The City of Mandaluyong is one of
the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro
Manila in the Philippines. Located at the
approximate geographical centre of Metro
Manila, it is bordered on the west by the
country's capital, Manila, to the north by San
Juan City, to the east by Quezon City and Pasig
City, and by Makati City to the south. Its
nicknames are "Tiger City of the Philippines",
"Metro Manila's Heart", and the "Shopping Mall

42.  A robust and dynamic shoe industry, no
wonder it is called the Shoe Capital of the
Philippines

44.  This where a lot of the rich and famous in
the National Capital live.
 This city has recently acquired the status
“most competitive city” and “most
improve city” in the philippines..

46.  Dubbed as the "Fishing Capital of the
Philippines", Navotas is considered to be a
very important fishing community with
70% of its population deriving their
livelihood directly or indirectly from fishing
and its related industries like fish trading

49.  Pasay City was one of the original four
cities of Metro Manila. Due to its
proximity to Manila, it quickly became
an urban town during the American
Period.

51.  Large commercial organizations are
setting up shop here, the Ortigas Center
is becoming the “in” place for
businesses.

52.  With seating for 2,000 people and
capacity for another 9,000 to stand, it is
no wonder the Baclaran Church is the
most attended in Asia.

54.  Quezon City is the site of many government
offices, including the Batasang Pambansa
Complex, the seat of the House of
Representatives, which is the lower chamber
in the Philippine Congress. The main
campuses of two noteworthy universities,
the Ateneo de Manila University and the
country's national university, the University of
the Philippines Diliman, are located in the
city.

57.  San Juan
Make sure you come here during the
feat of St John the Baptist. You
guessed it the feast involves lots of
water, usually over everyone!

58.  The City of San Juan Philippines in
Metro Manila is named after St. John
the Baptist who was the person that
supposedly baptized Jesus Christ
himself with water. So to commemorate
this, every June 24, which is the Feast
Day of St. John the Baptist, people of
San Juan, Manila celebrate this by
wetting everyone they see!

61.  Taguig City
Nestled on the shores of
Laguna de Bay, has a large
residential population.

64. For all you beer lovers, this is home to
the San Miguel Brewery.

65.  The Putong Polo Festival features the
famous putong polo, a native delicacy
in the town of Polo. The food festival is
part of the San Diego de Alcala Feast
Day.

67.  If you enjoy balut then you need to come
here.