Naga, Camarines Sur
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Naga, officially the City of Naga (Central Bikol: Syudad nin Naga; Rinconada Bikol: Syudad ka Naga; Filipino: Lungsod ng Naga), Spanish: Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres, or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is a 1st class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 209,170 people.[4]
Naga
Nueva Cáceres | |
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City of Naga | |
Nicknames:
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Motto(s): Naga, Na! (Naga, Now!) | |
Anthem: Heart of Bicol March | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°37′28″N 123°11′11″E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bicol Region |
Province | Camarines Sur (geographically only) |
District | 3rd district |
Founded (as Ciudad de Nueva Caceres) | 1575 |
Royal City-Charter | 1595 |
Renamed as Naga | 1919 |
Cityhood | June 18, 1948 |
Founded by | Capt. Pedro de Chavez |
Barangays | 27 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Nelson S. Legacion[2] |
• Vice Mayor | Cecilia V. de Asis[2] |
• Representative | Gabriel H. Bordado Jr. |
• City Council | Members
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• Electorate | 117,481 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Independent component city | 84.48 km2 (32.62 sq mi) |
• Urban | 225.79 km2 (87.18 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,342 km2 (518 sq mi) |
Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,864 m (6,115 ft) |
Lowest elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Independent component city | 209,170 |
• Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
• Urban | 342,769 |
• Urban density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
• Metro | 858,414 |
• Metro density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
• Households | 45,984 |
Demonym(s) | Nagueño (masculine) Nagueña (feminine) Nagueñians (English, unofficial) |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st city income class |
• Poverty incidence | 9.12 |
• Revenue | ₱ 1,362 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 5,536 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 1,294 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 718.8 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Camarines Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (CASURECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4400 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)54 |
Native languages | Central Bikol Tagalog |
Feast date | Third Saturday and Third Sunday of September |
Catholic diocese | Archdiocese of Caceres |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Peñafrancia |
Website | naga |
The town was established in 1575 by order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande. The city, then named Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres (New Cáceres City), was one of the Spanish royal cities in the Spanish East Indies, along with Manila, Cebu, and Iloilo, the third oldest to be exact.[6]
Geographically and statistically classified, as well as legislatively represented within Camarines Sur, but administratively independent of the provincial government, Naga is considered by some sources to be the Bicol Region's trade,[7][8] business,[8] religious, cultural, industrial, commercial,[9] medical,[10][11] educational,[9][12][13] and financial center.[14][15][16][17][18][19][excessive citations]
Naga is known as the "Queen City of Bicol" due to the historical significance of Naga in the Bicol Region;[20] as the "Heart of Bicol",[21][22] due to its central location on the Bicol Peninsula; and as the "Pilgrim City," as Naga is also the destination of one of the largest Marian pilgrimages in Asia to the shrine of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, an image that is one of the country's most popular objects of devotion.[23] Naga is also known as "One of the Seven Golden Cities of the Sun" as stated by Nick Joaquín.[24]
It is one of the two Philippine cities named Naga, the other being Naga, Cebu in Visayas.