Vincent Atienza Cifra, TESDA regional director told the Philippine News Agency, that there should be a district office here, being a highly
urbanized city, and they are pushing for its creation either before the year ends or early next year.
Guillermo Eleazar saidthe drug menace is expected to persist in a highly
urbanized region such as Metro Manila.
In 2007, through a proclamation signed by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Puerto Princesa was converted into a highly
urbanized city, paving the way for the local city government to attain its development as a self-reliant community.
Under the Local Government Code of 1991, the reclassification for highly
urbanized city 'limits to a maximum of the percentage of the total agricultural land of a city to fifteen percent (15%).'
This city was behind only three Metro Manila cities in the top competitive highly
urbanized cities, keeping its consistent form in the top 5 list since 2015.
The City of Manila was named anew as the Second Overall Most Competitive Highly
Urbanized City in the Philippines by the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).
A Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of one or more counties that contain a city of at least 50,000 residents or have an
urbanized area of at least 0,000 residents, according to the U.S.
The Minister said that section from Havelian to Mansehra is getting
urbanized very quickly to redress traffic jam related issues.
The campaign is intended to maintain the
urbanized outlook of the city, and ensure public health & safety in an environment free from any practices breaching municipal laws.
The sixth population census carried out by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) observed an increase in the urban-rural ratio in all administrative units except Islamabad, which nonetheless remains the second most
urbanized unit of the country.
Land Use###Urbanized Area 2006 (acres)###% of Total
Urbanized Area###KSDP 2020 Plan Area (acres)###% of Total Plan Area
urbanized - made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics; "the urbanized Eastern states"