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Parañaque
Parañaque (City of Parañaque), a highly urbanized city in southern Metro Manila, Philippines; cityhood by RA 8507 in 1998; 703,245 residents (2024), 46.57 sq km, GDP PhP 366.44 billion (2024), shares the Ramsar-listed Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park.
Pasay
Pasay, officially the City of Pasay (Lungsod ng Pasay), is a small but densely populated highly urbanized city on Manila Bay in Metro Manila, Philippines, home to SM Mall of Asia and NAIA Terminal 3.
Pasig
Pasig is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines, about 12 kilometers east of Manila on the Pasig River, with 803,159 residents recorded in the 2020 census.
Pasuruan
Pasuruan (Pasoeroean, Paravan) is a port city and regency on East Java's north coast; city of 213,469 in four kecamatan, founded as municipality 1918, regency anniversary 18 September 929.
Pekalongan
Pekalongan (Kota Batik), coastal city in Central Java, Indonesia; founded 1 April 1906, population 321,095 (2024); UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art (2014) producing about 70% of national batik, facing tidal flooding from land subsidence.
Pekanbaru
Pekanbaru, capital of Riau Province, Indonesia, on the Siak River; grew from the 1784 Senapelan market. Covers 632.26 km², 15 districts, about 1.03 million people (2024), HDI 84.91 (2025).
Pemalang
Pemalang is a regency on the northern coast of Central Java, Indonesia, with its seat at the town of Pemalang, founded in 1575 and known for tea plantations.
Pematangsiantar
Pematangsiantar (Siantar), city in North Sumatra, Indonesia; enclave of Simalungun Regency on the Trans-Sumatra highway. Area 79.97 km², population 274,056 (2022), third largest in the province, municipality since 1 July 1917.
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya (PJ), Selangor, Malaysia's first planned new town, established 1952 on the Effingham Estate as a Kuala Lumpur satellite city; city status 2006; 97.2 km2, over 807,879 residents (2024).
Pontianak
Pontianak is the capital city of West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, lying on the equator on Borneo at the confluence of the Kapuas, Kapuas Kecil, and Landak rivers, founded in 1771.
Puerto Princesa
Puerto Princesa, capital city of Palawan, Philippines (MIMAROPA). Founded 1872, chartered 1970; largest Philippine city by area at 253,982 ha; population 316,384 (2024); home of the UNESCO-listed Subterranean River National Park.
Punggol
Punggol is a planning area and HDB new town in Singapore's North-East Region, redeveloped from farmland into a smart eco-town of nearly 200,000 people, home to the 50-hectare Punggol Digital District, SIT campus, and Punggol Coast MRT station.
Purwokerto
Purwokerto is a large town in Central Java, Indonesia, the capital of Banyumas Regency at the base of Mount Slamet, and a busy transit point between Jakarta and Yogyakarta.
Quezon City
Quezon City (Lungsod Quezon), largest Philippine city by population (3.08 million in 2024) and Metro Manila land area, founded 1939, national capital 1948-1976, now hosts the Batasang Pambansa and major rail projects.
Rodriguez, Rizal
Rodriguez (Montalban), Rizal: Philippine municipality renamed Rodriguez in 1982 and back to Montalban by RA 11812 in 2022; largest Philippine municipality, 443,954 people in 2020, home of Wawa Gorge and Upper Wawa Dam.
Roxas City
Roxas City, capital of Capiz province on Panay Island, Philippines; formerly Municipality of Capiz, chartered May 12, 1951 (RA 603) and named for President Manuel Roxas. Known as the Seafood Capital of the Philippines, driven by aquaculture.
Samarinda
Samarinda, capital of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the Mahakam River; largest city in Kalimantan (893,385 recorded, 2025). Founded 1668 by Bugis Wajo migrants; GRDP Rp 106.62 trillion, HDI 83.53, first in the province.
San Fernando, Pampanga
San Fernando, Pampanga: first-class component city, provincial capital of Pampanga and administrative center of Central Luzon; founded 1754, cityhood 2001 (RA 8990), 354,666 people in 2020, home of the Giant Lantern Festival.
San Jose del Monte
San Jose del Monte is a component city in Bulacan, Philippines, about 42 km from Manila; Bulacan's first city (RA 8797, 2000) with 651,813 residents in 2020, a resettlement origin, a rejected 2023 HUC plebiscite, and a 2026 water crisis takeover.
San Juan, Metro Manila
San Juan, historically San Juan del Monte, is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines; the region's smallest, it became a city on June 16, 2007, with 126,347 people in 2020.
San Mateo, Rizal
San Mateo, Rizal: a first-class municipality in Rizal province, Philippines, northeast of Metro Manila; population 276,449 (2024), founded 1596, gateway to northern Rizal, flood-prone Marikina River town.
San Pablo, Calabarzon
San Pablo (City of San Pablo), a first-class component city in Laguna province, Calabarzon, Philippines; population 300,166 (2024); famed for its seven volcanic crater lakes, coconut-era heritage, and Jose Rizal Avenue heritage zone.
San Pedro, Calabarzon
San Pedro (Lungsod ng San Pedro) is a first-income-class component city in Laguna, CALABARZON, Philippines, just south of Metro Manila. 348,968 residents (2024), 27 barangays, 24.05 km², cityhood by RA 10420 in 2013, known for sampaguita and the SAPAL Cooperative.
Sandakan
Sandakan is a city on the northeast coast of Sabah, Malaysia, on Borneo, and the state's second-largest city after Kota Kinabalu. Founded in 1879 as a colonial trading port.
Santa Rosa, Laguna
Santa Rosa, Laguna: a first-class component city in the Philippines, 40 km south of Metro Manila, 18 barangays, 414,812 people (2020), industrial estates, Nuvali, and Laguna de Bay shoreline.
Santol, Central Luzon
Santol, Central Luzon: actually Santol, La Union, a landlocked fourth-class highland municipality in Ilocos Region, Philippines; 11 barangays, 14,877 residents (2024), township 1908, regular municipality 1949 by EO 214.
Semarang
Semarang, capital of Central Java, Indonesia, a coastal city of nearly 1.8 million people; its 2025 economy grew 6.49 percent, led by manufacturing, construction, and trade, with flood control and BRT transit shaping its urban development.
Serang
Serang (Kota Serang), capital of Banten Province, Indonesia, on western Java; autonomous city since 2007 split from Serang Regency; 266.16 km2, 6 districts, 759,929 people (2024); former center of the Banten Sultanate.
Shah Alam
Shah Alam is the capital city of Selangor, Malaysia, in the Klang Valley between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang. Formerly Sungai Renggam Plantation, it opened in 1963, became state capital in 1978, and gained city status in 2000.
Sibu
Sibu is a river town in central Sarawak, Malaysia, at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan rivers; district population about 257,100 (2026), third in Sarawak; Foochow-founded in 1901, timber-trade hub, now pursuing city status and a low-carbon economy.