Editing Independent city (section)

===Philippines===
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Many major cities in the Philippines are independent cities, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities. These cities are administratively and legally not subject to a [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]], and thus do not share their tax revenues with any province. In practise, most cities outside of [[Metro Manila|Metropolitan Manila]] are often still grouped with provinces that they were [[partition (politics)|partitioned]] from for the sake of convenience and simplicity. The national government and its agencies serve these cities through sub-offices for each [[Regions of the Philippines|region]], to which the cities are indirectly subject. There are 38 such cities, with 16 being located in [[Metro Manila]] (including the [[City of Manila]], the national capital); eight in the rest of [[Luzon]] and its surrounding islands; seven in the [[Visayas]] island group; and seven in [[Mindanao]] and its surrounding islands.