Naga, Camarines Sur
Naga | |
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| City of Naga | |
San Francisco Church and Quince Martires Plaza Naga City Hall Malabsay Falls Peñafrancia Festival | |
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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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Location within the Philippines | |
| 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 | Maria Leonor G. Robredo |
| • Vice Mayor | Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr. |
| • Representative | Nelson S. Legacion |
| • City Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 121,773 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
| 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) | |
| 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 |
| • HDI | 0.767 (High) |
| • Revenue | ₱ 1,764 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 6,225 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 1,580 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 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 |
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Naga, officially the City of Naga (Central Bikol: Siyudad nin Naga; Rinconada Bikol: Siyudad ka Naga; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Naga; Spanish: Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres), or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is an independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Naga has a population of 209,170 people. It is the most populous city in Camarines Sur and the second most populous city in the Bicol Region, following Legazpi in Albay and the smallest city in Bicol Region in terms of land area.
The town was established in 1575 by order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande. The city, then Nueva Cáceres (New Cáceres), was one of the Spanish royal cities in the Spanish East Indies, along with Manila, Cebu City, and Iloilo City, historically to be the third oldest.
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, business, religious, cultural, industrial, commercial, medical, educational, and financial center.
Naga is known as the "Queen City of Bicol" due to the historical significance of Naga in the Bicol Region; as the "Heart of Bicol", 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. Naga is described as "One of the Seven Golden Cities of the Sun" by Nick Joaquín.
It is one of the two Philippine cities named Naga, the other being in Cebu.