Also known as: Makati, Lungsod ng Makati
Makati City is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila (NCR), National Capital Region (NCR). Population 310K (PSA 2024 census), 23 barangays, land area 18.17 km².
Makati City is in the National Capital Region (NCR), also called Metro Manila.
Yes. Makati City is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, officially the National Capital Region (NCR).
Makati City is in the Fourth District of the National Capital Region, also known as the Southern Manila District, together with Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Pateros and Taguig. The Philippine Statistics Authority groups Metro Manila's cities and its one municipality into four such districts. They are a statistical and administrative grouping, not congressional districts.
Makati City had 309,770 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Makati City covers 18.17 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Makati City has 23 barangays.
Makati is the Philippines' financial and business capital — home to the Ayala Center business district, dozens of PEZA-registered IT buildings, and, per the city government's own 2023 figures, 43 embassies, 22 consulates, and nearly 4,800 banks and finance-related institutions operating within its borders. That density of corporate and diplomatic activity makes it one of the most demanding planning jurisdictions in the country per square kilometer, even though its land area is now among the smaller ones in NCR.
Makati's territory changed materially in 2023. A boundary dispute with Taguig over the Fort Bonifacio military reservation — running since 1993 — was decided with finality on April 3, 2023, when the Supreme Court denied Makati's motion for reconsideration and affirmed Taguig's jurisdiction over ten "Embo" barangays: Cembo, Comembo, Pembo, East Rembo, West Rembo, South Cembo, Pitogo, Post Proper Northside, Post Proper Southside, and Rizal. Political and territorial jurisdiction transferred to Taguig that year, and Makati's own planning office has since reported its statistics on a 23-barangay basis. That is why the city's population figures are not directly comparable across the boundary: the 2020 Census count of 629,616 describes the 33-barangay city as it was legally constituted at the time, while the 2024 Census count of 309,770 describes the current 23-barangay city. Makati's own 2023 "Basic Facts and Figures" bulletin corroborates the same trajectory, citing a restated 2020 baseline of 292,743 residents once the transferred barangays are excluded and a 2023 projection of 308,385 — a path consistent with the 2024 Census figure.
Makati also sits directly on the West Valley Fault, which factored into its pioneering 2013 CLUP. Planning teams comparing how NCR cities are handling territorial and jurisdictional change can see Taguig City's side of the same Fort Bonifacio transfer in the LGU directory. Officials can schedule a consultation to see how a compliance dashboard would handle a boundary change like this one.
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
Makati's 2023 loss of ten barangays to Taguig means its planning, tax, and land-use records all had to be reconciled to a smaller territory at the same time — exactly the kind of jurisdictional bookkeeping problem that manual, spreadsheet-based systems handle poorly. Nova Gov's platform is designed to help planning offices keep compliance records aligned with territory as it actually stands today, not as it stood before a boundary ruling.
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