Naga | |
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| City of Naga | |
 (From top, left to right) Universidad de Santa Isabel, Holy Rosary Seminary, Ateneo de Naga University, Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Naga Metropolitan Cathedral, Naga City Hall, Malabsay Falls, Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine, Peñafrancia Festival, Carmelite Monastery | |
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| Motto(s): Naga Na, Uswag Pa! (Naga Now, Prosper More!) | |
| Anthem: Heart of Bicol March | |
 Map of Camarines Sur with Naga highlighted | |
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| Coordinates: 13°37′28″N 123°11′11″E / 13.6244°N 123.1864°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[1] |
| • Vice Mayor | Cecilia V. de Asis[1] |
| • Representative | Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr. |
| • City Council | Members |
| • 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 (R.A. 11964) |
| • Poverty incidence | 21.37 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 1,362 million (2020), 703.3 million (2012), 770.2 million (2013), 822.6 million (2014), 993.1 million (2015), 1,068 million (2016), 1,205 million (2017), 1,267 million (2018), 1,401 million (2019), 1,395 million (2021), 1,764 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 5,536 million (2020), 2,222 million (2012), 2,365 million (2013), 2,191 million (2014), 2,621 million (2015), 4,043 million (2016), 4,675 million (2017), 5,074 million (2018), 5,488 million (2019), 5,559 million (2021), 6,225 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 1,294 million (2020), 562 million (2012), 593.7 million (2013), 553.1 million (2014), 740.1 million (2015), 882.1 million (2016), 954 million (2017), 993.4 million (2018), 1,118 million (2019), 1,318 million (2021), 1,580 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 718.8 million (2020), 671.3 million (2012), 738.8 million (2013), 559 million (2014), 602.6 million (2015), 594.7 million (2016), 632 million (2017), 593.9 million (2018), 836.8 million (2019), 673.8 million (2021), 1,256 million (2022) |
| 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 |
| Feast date | Third Saturday and Third Sunday of September |
| Catholic diocese | Archdiocese of Caceres |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Peñafrancia |
| Website | naga |
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. According to the 2020 census, Naga has a population of 209,170 people.[4] The most populous in Camarines Sur and the second most populous following Legazpi City in Albay.
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, historically to be the third oldest.[6]
Geographically and statistically classified, as well as legislatively represented within Camarines Sur, but administratively independent of the provincial government, Naga is considered 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.
Naga is known as the "Queen City of Bicol" due to the historical significance of Naga in the Bicol Region;[14] as the "Heart of Bicol",[15][16] due to its central geographical location on the Bicol Peninsula; and as "Pilgrim City," since 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.[17] Naga is described as "One of the Seven Golden Cities of the Sun" by Nick Joaquín.[18]
It is one of the two Philippine cities named Naga, the other being Naga, Cebu in Visayas.
- ^ a b "Welcome to the City of Naga!". Naga City. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ City of Naga | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "The oldest royal city in the Philippines". City Government of Naga Official Website. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Perez, Jose B. (February 27, 2015). "Bicol's Boom Town: Bongat sees bullish Naga". Bicol Mail. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ a b The Philippine Island World: A Physical, Cultural, and Regional Geography, p. 415, at Google Books
- ^ a b Orbita, Erlinda Hospicia V. (April 25, 2010). "Naga City, the Heart of Bicol: 'An Maogmang Lugar [The Happy Place]'". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "Home". Bicol Medical Center. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "Bicol Medical Center Modernization". Naga City Deck. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "Education". Naga City. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Number of Schools in Naga City". Naga City Government. February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ Hermoso, Christina I. (September 13, 2013). "Naga City set for traslacion". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Llorin, Jean N. (June 27, 2010). "Learning from 'The Heart of Bicol'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Naga City: Where Bicol's heart is". GMA News. September 19, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ Abella, D. The Bikol Annals. Manila
- ^ "The Naga We Know to be launched Aug. 31". Likhaan: The UP Institute of Creative Writing. August 26, 2018. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2019.