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Threshold population for a town to be a city

Requested from PSA by G. Lagcao Jr at 02:19 PM on Nov 17, 2022.
Purpose: Research on urban development
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2022 - 11/17/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-555747453694

Lagcao Jr 02:19 PM, Nov 17, 2022 

Hi! I would like to request for information regarding: threshold population for a town to be a city.

Nisperos 03:48 PM, Jan 03, 2023 

January 3, 2023

Dear Gleford Lagcao Jr,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 17, 2022 02:19:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Threshold population for a town to be a city.

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to our published data as follows:

Philippine Standard Geographic Code 
https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/kmcd/PSGC-3Q-2022-Publication-Datafile.xlsx

You may also refer to the Technical Notes for Rural Urban Classification: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/2015%20POPCEN%20%20Special%20Release%20of%20Urban%20Population%20of%20the%20Philippines_Urban%20Rural_Explanatory%20Text.pdf

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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