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A municipality may be created if it has an average annual income of at least P2.5 million for the last two consecutive years based on the 1991 constant prices; a population of at least 25,000; and a contiguous territory of at least 50 square kilometers. The requirement on land area does not apply where the municipality proposed to be created is composed of one or more islands. The territory need not be contiguous if it comprises two or more islands.
Each municipality has a mayor, a vice mayor, Sangguniang Bayan members, a secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan, a municipal treasurer, a municipal assessor, a municipal accountant, a municipal budget officer, a municipal planning and development coordinator, a municipal engineer/building official, a municipal health officer and a municipal civil registrar. In addition, the mayor may appoint a municipal administrator, a municipal legal officer, a municipal agriculturist, a municipal environment and natural resources officer, a municipal social welfare and development officer, a municipal architect, and a municipal information officer.
Cities
A municipality or a cluster of barangays may be converted into a component city if it has an average annual income of at least P20 million for the last two consecutive years based on 1991 constant prices and if it has either a contiguous territory of at least 100 square kilometers or a population of not less than 150,000. The requirement on land area does not apply where the city proposed to be created is composed of one or more islands. The territory need not be contiguous if it comprises two or more islands.
A city may either be component or highly urbanized.
A highly urbanized city has a minimum population of 200,000 and annual income of at least P50 million based on 1991 constant prices. Qualified voters of a highly urbanized city are excluded from voting for elective provincial officials.
A city that does not meet the two requirements is considered a component city of the province in which it is geographically located. If a component city is located within the boundaries of two or more provinces, the city is to be considered a component of the province of which it used to be a municipality.
An independent component city is independent of the province in which it is geographically located. Its charter prohibits its voters from voting for provincial elective officials.
Each city has a mayor, a vice mayor, Sangguniang Panlungsod members,
a secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, a city treasurer, a city
assessor, a city accountant, a city budget officer, a city planning
and development coordinator, a city engineer, a city health officer,
a city civil registrar, a city administrator, a city legal officer,
a city veterinarian, a city social welfare and development officer,
and a city general services officer. The city mayor may also appoint
a city architect, a city information officer, a city agriculturist,
a city population officer, a city environment and natural resources
officer, and a city cooperatives officer.
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