Welcome, Welcome to the Naga City Property Forum where we will post Major Developments on Tourism, Infrastructure, and Real Estate Opportunities in Buying & Selling. Naga, officially called City of Naga (Central Bikol: Ciudad nin Naga; Rinconada Bikol: Syudad ka Naga; Filipino: Lungsod ng Naga; Spanish: Ciudad de Naga), or simply Naga City, is an independent component city in the Bicol Region (Reg
ion V) of the Philippines.[8] The town was established in 1575 on order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande, the city, then named Ciudad de Nueva Cรกceres (New Cรกceres City), earned its status as the third Spanish Royal City in the Spanish East Indies after Iloilo and Manila. As of the 2015 census, it has a population of 196,003,[9] and has 77,784 registered voters.[11] It has a labor force of 60,772 people, with 57,278 employed, and 3,494 are unemployed.[12] Majority of Naga City's population are 15 years and below. Naga City is the Bicol Region's trade,[13][14] business,[14] religious, cultural, industrial, commercial,[15] medical,[16][17] educational[15] and[18] financial center.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] It was awarded as the "Most Competitive Component City in the Philippines"[27][28] also being "the Center of Good Governance in the Philippines".[29]
Naga City is known as the "Queen City of Bicol",[30][31] and as the Heart of Bicol[32][33] due to its central location in the Bicol Peninsula; and as the Pilgrim City because Naga City is also home to the largest Marian pilgrimage in Asia, the Our Lady of Peรฑafrancia. Naga City is also known as One of the Seven Golden Cities of the Sun as stated by Nick Joaquin.[34][35]
The city is the seat of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres, which makes the city Bicol's religious center, whose jurisdiction includes all the suffragan sees of Bicol, the Dioceses of Daet, Legazpi, Libmanan, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Virac.[36]
Moreover, the city is also the seat of the widely venerated Our Lady of Peรฑafrancia, the Patroness of Bicol. The image is one of the most popular objects of devotion in the country.[36] The other important catholic symbol which is venerated in the region is the Santo Rostro, Veil of Veronica, introduced around 1880 in the region by Pedro de la Torre del Pozo, a priest from Osa de la Vega, Spain. Naga is the core of Metro Naga, an official designation given the city and 14 municipalities in the area administered by the Metro Naga Development Council.
