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Cabanatuan
Cabanatuan City, a first-class component city in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, chartered by RA 526 in 1950. Largest city in the province (343,672 in 2024), dubbed Tricycle Capital and Gateway of the North.
Cabuyao
Cabuyao, formerly the municipality of Tabuko, is a component city in Laguna, Philippines, on Laguna de Bay's southern shore; it attained cityhood in 2012 as Laguna's fifth city.
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro, also called CDO, is a highly urbanized city and regional capital of Northern Mindanao, Philippines; 728,402 people (2020), service-based economy, chartered 1950, flood-prone Cagayan de Oro River.
Cainta
Cainta, Rizal: a first-class urban municipality east of Metro Manila, founded 1571, population about 386,000, known as the Bibingka Capital of the Philippines with Sepoy heritage and flood-control challenges.
Calamba, Laguna
Calamba, Laguna: first-class lakeshore city in the Philippines, 539,671 people (2020), 54 barangays, terminus of the North-South Commuter Railway and site of major road and floating solar projects.
Caloocan
Caloocan, a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines, third most populous city (1,661,584 in 2020), uniquely split into non-contiguous North and South halves by Quezon City; Bonifacio monument, LRT-1 Monumento, severe Camanava flooding.
Cavite City
Cavite City is a coastal peninsula city in Cavite province, Philippines, founded as a Spanish port in 1571 and later a center of the Philippine Revolution.
Cebu City
Cebu City, Philippines: highly urbanized core of Metro Cebu, Central Visayas; site of the 1565 first Spanish settlement, Magellan's Cross, Santo Niño Basilica, and Colon Street; fastest-growing regional economy at 7.3%.
Cilegon
Cilegon (Kota Cilegon) is an industrial city in Banten, Indonesia, at Java's northwestern tip near the Merak ferry. Known as the steel city for Krakatau Steel, it faces industrial heat island and air pollution problems.
Cimahi
Cimahi (Kota Cimahi) is a landlocked garrison city in West Java, Indonesia, in the Bandung Metropolitan Area. Autonomous city since 2001; about 614,000 people on 42.43 km2, density 14,470 per km2; manufacturing leads its economy.
Cirebon
Cirebon is a coastal city in northeastern West Java, Indonesia, on the Java Sea near Central Java; 39.46 km², 356,629 people, 5 districts. Historic harbor of the Cirebon Sultanate founded under Pangeran Cakrabuana and Sunan Gunung Jati.
Concepcion, Central Luzon
Concepcion is a first-class municipality in Tarlac province, Central Luzon, Philippines (PSGC 0306905000). Population 178,549 (2024), 45 barangays, 234.67 km²; home town of the Aquino political family; mayor Noel Villanueva (NPC).
Cotabato City
Cotabato City, a highly urbanized city in Mindanao, Philippines, chartered in 1959 under RA 2364, is the regional seat of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which it joined in 2019 after twice voting against ARMM inclusion.
Curug, Banten
Curug is a town and district (kecamatan) in Tangerang Regency, Banten, on Java, Indonesia, near the Jakarta metropolitan area and named after the Sundanese word for waterfall.
Dasmariñas
Dasmariñas (City of Dasmariñas, Cavite) is a first-class component city in Cavite, Philippines, 75 barangays, 744,511 residents (2024), city since 2009, home of the Paruparo Festival, Cavite's richest LGU.
Davao City
Davao City, a highly urbanized Philippine city on Mindanao, third most populous with 1,848,947 people (2024), chartered 1936, premier Mindanao economic hub, named from Bagobo words for the Davao River.
Denpasar
Denpasar (Kota Denpasar) is the capital and largest city of Bali, Indonesia, provincial capital since 1958, population about 769,000 projected for 2026, site of the 1906 Puputan Badung, Bali Museum, and Bajra Sandhi Monument.
Depok
Depok is a city in West Java, Indonesia, south of Jakarta, made an autonomous city on 27 April 1999. Founded from Cornelis Chastelein's 1696 estate and its twelve freed families, it had 2,056,335 residents at the 2020 census and hosts the University of Indonesia.
Dili
Dili (Díli), capital and main port of Timor-Leste, founded by Portugal in October 1769 after abandoning Lifau; about 317,000 residents, roughly 40 percent with piped water, served by Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport.
Dumaguete
Dumaguete (Dakbayan sa Dumaguete), capital of Negros Oriental, Philippines; a coastal component city of about 142,000 (2024) known as the City of Gentle People, a university city centered on Silliman University, and a tourism and BPO hub.
Dumai
Dumai (Jawi دوماي, Chinese 杜迈) is a port and industrial city on Sumatra's east coast in Riau, Indonesia, 188 km from Pekanbaru; carved from Bengkalis Regency, made an administrative city in 1979 and an autonomous city by Law 16/1999 on 20 April 1999, grown from a Caltex oil port.
El Nido, Palawan
El Nido, Palawan: first-class Philippine municipality at northern Palawan, named for edible swiftlet nests, famed for Bacuit Bay limestone karst, over 640,000 annual tourists, and ongoing environmental rehabilitation and water infrastructure programs.
General Santos
General Santos (GenSan) is a highly urbanized city on Sarangani Bay, southern Mindanao, Philippines; the Tuna Capital with 722,059 residents (2024), a PhP 152.60 billion economy, and Asia-scale fish port.
George Town, Penang
George Town, Penang: Malaysian state capital founded 1786 by Francis Light as a British free port; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2008 with Melaka, known for shophouse townscape and multicultural heritage.
Iligan
Iligan, officially the City of Iligan, is a highly urbanized city on the northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines, known as the "City of Majestic Waterfalls."
Iloilo City
Iloilo City, capital of Iloilo province on Panay Island, Philippines; a highly urbanized city of 457,626 (2020) known as the Queen City of the South, with a service-driven economy that grew 10.5% in 2023.
Imus
Imus (Lungsod ng Imus) is a component city and de jure capital of Cavite, Philippines, with 481,949 residents (2024). Known as the Flag Capital of the Philippines for the 1898 Battle of Alapan, it became a city in 2012 under RA 10161.
Ipoh
Ipoh, capital of Perak, Malaysia, is a former tin-mining boom town known as the City that Tin Built. Declared a city on 27 May 1988, it had about 903,000 metro residents in 2026 and is governed by Ipoh City Council.
Jakarta
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia on northwest Java, formerly Sunda Kalapa, Jayakarta, and Batavia; world's most populous city at nearly 42 million (UN 2025), severely affected by land subsidence and flooding, and still the national capital pending relocation to Nusantara.
Jambi City
Jambi City (Kota Jambi), capital of Jambi Province, Sumatra, on the Batanghari River; former sultanate seat, Dutch colonial residency from 1906, provincial capital since 1958, population about 650,000.