Greater Manila generally refers to the contiguous urbanization surrounding Metro Manila. Greater Manila spills into the neighboring provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga and Batangas. Greater Manila hugs Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in Luzon. Not all the cities and towns of these provinces are urbanized, and some urban zones are independent cities that are not contiguously built up with Manila. There is no official sub-provincial based definition for Greater Manila (see Mega Manila), nevertheless, localities can be categorized by population density. Mega Manila is a more commonly used term than Greater Manila, but has multiple definitions. To get an idea of the density, Manila's locality-based contiguous 1,000+ people per square km zone occupies 4,863 sq km with 21.4 million people, while Greater New York City's CMSA in 2007 occupies 30,671 sqkm with 21.9 million,^[1] 6.3 times more area.

Population densities of Batangas localities, 1,000 people/km2 or more in red, 950-1000 in brown

Population densities of Bulacan localities, 1,000 people/km2 or more in red, 950-1000 in brown

Population densities of Cavite localities, 1,000 people/km2 or more in red, 950-1000 in brown

Population densities of Laguna localities, 1,000 people/km2 or more in red

Population densities of Pampanga localities, 1,000 people/km2 or more in red

Population densities of Rizal localities, 1,000 people/km2 or more in red

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Table 1: Localities which are have at least 1,000 people per square kilometer AND are in a contiguous 1,000+ people/km2 density zone with Metro Manila:

References: Philippine Census Bureau Tables, 2007 National Census

Notes:

• This city is included because its current population is projected to exceed 1,000 people per square km and completely surrounded by localities that match this criteria, as well as possibility of an undercount.
• Localities densities of 1,000 people/km2 in a contiguous 1,000+ people/km2 density zone with Metro Manila

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Table 2:Localities not contiguous with Metro Manila's 1000+ people/km2 density zone, but with a density over 1000:

References: Philippine Census Bureau Tables, 2007 National Census

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[edit] See also

• Mega Manila