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Naga city in the Philippines

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Naga
City
City of Naga
Naga Cebu.JPG
Official seal of Naga
Seal
Nickname(s): The Industrial Hub of Southern Cebu[1]
Map of Cebu with Naga highlighted
Map of Cebu with Naga highlighted
Naga is located in PhilippinesNagaNaga
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°13′N 123°45′ECoordinates: 10°13′N 123°45′E
Country Philippines
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Cebu
District 1st district of Cebu
Founded
Cityhood 1785‹The template Repeat is being considered for deletion.› 
2007
Barangay 
28 (see § Barangays)[show]
Government [2]
 • Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
 • Mayor Kristine Chiong (NP)
 • Vice mayor Othello Chiong
 • City Council 
Members[show]
 • Representative Gerald Gullas
Area[3]
 • Total 101.97 km2 (39.37 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[4]
 • Total 115,750
 • Density 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
 • Voter (2016)[5]  63,755
Demonym(s) Nagueño
Time zone UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP code 6037
IDD : area code  +63 (0)32
Income class 5th income city class
PSGC 072234000
Website www.cityofnagacebu.gov.ph
Naga, officially called the City of Naga and often referred to as Naga City, is a component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census it has a population of 115,750.[4] In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 63,755 registered voters.[5]

Naga City is bordered to the north by the town of Minglanilla, to the west is the city of Toledo, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the town of San Fernando.

The city of Naga lies within the Cebu metropolitan area.ing the 11th Congress (1998–2001), Congress enacted into law 33 bills converting 33 municipalities into cities. However, Congress did not act on a further 24 bills converting 24 other municipalities into cities.

During the 12th Congress (2001–2004), Congress enacted into law Republic Act No. 9009 (RA 9009), which took effect on 30 June 2001. RA 9009 amended Section 450 of the Local Government Code by increasing the annual income requirement for conversion of a municipality into a city from ₱20 million to ₱100 million. The rationale for the amendment was to restrain, in the words of Senator Aquilino Pimentel, "the mad rush" of municipalities to convert into cities solely to secure a larger share in the Internal Revenue Allotment despite the fact that they are incapable of fiscal independence.

After RA 9009 went into effect, the House of Representatives of the 12th Congress adopted Joint Resolution No. 29, which sought to exempt from the ₱100 million income requirement in RA 9009 the 24 municipalities whose cityhood bills were not approved in the 11th Congress. However, the 12th Congress ended without the Senate having approved Joint Resolution No. 29.

During the 13th Congress (2004–2007), the House of Representatives re-adopted former Joint Resolution No. 29 as Joint Resolution No. 1 and forwarded it to the Senate for approval. However, the Senate again failed to approve the Joint Resolution. Following the suggestion of Senator Aquilino Pimentel (Senate President), 16 municipalities filed, through their respective sponsors, individual cityhood bills. The 16 cityhood bills each contained a common provision exempting it from the ₱100 million income requirement of RA 9009 –

"Exemption from Republic Act No. 9009. — The City of x x x shall be exempted from the income requirement prescribed under Republ

It is one of the two Philippine cities named Naga, the other being Naga City in Camarines Sur. As such, the city is often confused by visitors coming primarily from Luzon and other parts of the country not near to Central Visayas with the city in Camarines Sur.

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