Iligan

Iligan is a highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines, officially the City of Iligan. The 2024 census counted 368,132 residents. It is the largest city in the province of Lanao del Norte in both population and land area, and the second largest city in Northern Mindanao after Cagayan de Oro, but it is administered independently of the province although the Philippine Statistics Authority groups it there. It was once part of Central Mindanao until the province moved to Northern Mindanao in 2001. Iligan is about 90 kilometres from the provincial capital Tubod and has a land area of 813.37 square kilometres, which makes it one of the 10 largest cities of the Philippines by land area. Among the 33 highly urbanized cities it is the third least dense.