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Also known as New Caceres, Naga City, City of Naga

city of the Philippines in the province of Camarines Sur

Key facts

Country: Philippines
Region: Bicol Region
Province: Camarines Sur (geographically only)
District: 3rd district
Founded: 1573 (Spanish settlement)
Township: 1575 (as Nueva Caceres )
Royal city charter: 1595 (as Ciudad de Nueva Caceres)
Renamed as naga: 1919 (as a municipality)
Cityhood: June 18, 1948 (R.A. 305)
Founded by: Capt. Pedro de Chavez
Barangays: 27 (see Barangays )
Type: Sangguniang Panlungsod
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Naga (officially the City of Naga; Central Bikol: Ciudad nin Naga; Rinconada Bikol: Ciudad ka Naga; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Naga; Spanish: Ciudad de Naga; or the Pilgrim City of Naga) is an independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 210,545 people. It is the most populous city in Camarines Sur and the smallest city in Bicol by land area.

The town was established in 1575 by order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande. The city, then named 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, the third oldest.