Philippines Guide and Reference for Filipino Culture, Society, People, Humanities, Places, Travel & Destinations
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Philippines: Capitals and Major Centers Metro Manila, in Luzon, is the capital and principal centre of government, business, commerce and education. Metro Manila is composed of four cities and 13 municipalities which cover 630 square kilometres.
It is composed of 167 islands and Cebú
is the province's capital. Davao is the capital of Mindanao
and is one of the largest cities in the world in terms of land area.
Travel Quotes: Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. Italo Calvino
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Baguio
is located in the Cordillera Mountains in northern Luzon five hours
from Manila and is the summer capital of the country. 
The
island province of Cebú is
the second gateway to the Philippines and lies in the middle of the
Visayans island group. 