![]() ![]() As corporate entities, cities have the power to take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property for its general interests, condemn private property for public use ( eminent domain), contract and be contracted with, sue and exercise all the powers conferred to it by Congress. As of July 8, 2023, there are 149 cities.Ī city is entitled to at least one representative in the House of Representatives if its population reaches 250,000. All Philippine cities are chartered cities ( Filipino: nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies their administrative structure and powers. ![]() ![]() A city ( Filipino: lungsod/siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. ![]()
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