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 #*Manila City (#2 most populous city) is the capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila. It is independent of any province in the Philippines.
 #[[Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines|Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines]]
-#*Marawi City is a city in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. It is the capital city of Lanao del Sur. Marawi City is part of the [http://www.zamboanga.com/armm/ Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or ARMM] as is the entire province of Lanao del Sur.
+#*Marawi City is a city in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. It is the capital city of Lanao del Sur. Marawi City is part of the [https://zamboanga.com/armm/ Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or ARMM] as is the entire province of Lanao del Sur.
 #[[Marikina City, Philippines|<font color="green">Marikina City, Philippines</font>]] - One of the Cities of the Philippines within the [[Cities of the philippines in Metro Manila|National Capital Region - Metro Manila]]
 #[[Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines]] - Within [[Cities of the philippines in Region V|Region V]]
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 The representation of a city in the House of Representatives of the Philippines(or lack thereof) is not a criterion for its independence from a province, as Congress is for national legislation and is part of national (central) government.
-Being part of an administrative region different from the province's own does not make a city independent. The city of [[Isabela_City%2C_Basilan%2C_Philippines|Isabela]] functions as a component city of [[Basilan_Province%2C_Philippines|Basilan]]: its tax revenues are shared with the provincial government, its residents are eligible to vote and run for provincial offices, and it is served by the provincial government and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with regard to provincially-devolved services. However, by opting to remain within [[Cities_of_the_philippines_in_Region_IX|Region IX]], Isabela City's residents are not eligible to elect and be elected to ''regional'' offices of the expanded [http://www.zamboanga.com/armm Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao - ARMM] which now includes the rest of Basilan. Services that are administered regionally are provided to Isabela City through the offices of Region IX based in [[Pagadian_City%2C_Zamboanga_del_Sur%2C_Philippines|Pagadian City]]; the rest of Basilan is served by the [http://www.zamboanga.com/armm ARMM] and the regional government based in [[Cotabato_City%2C_Philippines|Cotabato City]]. Isabela City is not independent from its province, rather it is simply outside the jurisdiction of the ARMM, the region to which the other component units of Basilan belongs. It must be noted that regions are not the primary subnational administrative divisions of the Philippines, but rather the [[Provinces_of_the_Philippines|provinces]].
+Being part of an administrative region different from the province's own does not make a city independent. The city of [[Isabela_City%2C_Basilan%2C_Philippines|Isabela]] functions as a component city of [[Basilan_Province%2C_Philippines|Basilan]]: its tax revenues are shared with the provincial government, its residents are eligible to vote and run for provincial offices, and it is served by the provincial government and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with regard to provincially-devolved services. However, by opting to remain within [[Cities_of_the_philippines_in_Region_IX|Region IX]], Isabela City's residents are not eligible to elect and be elected to ''regional'' offices of the expanded [https://zamboanga.com/armm Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao - ARMM] which now includes the rest of Basilan. Services that are administered regionally are provided to Isabela City through the offices of Region IX based in [[Pagadian_City%2C_Zamboanga_del_Sur%2C_Philippines|Pagadian City]]; the rest of Basilan is served by the [https://zamboanga.com/armm ARMM] and the regional government based in [[Cotabato_City%2C_Philippines|Cotabato City]]. Isabela City is not independent from its province, rather it is simply outside the jurisdiction of the ARMM, the region to which the other component units of Basilan belongs. It must be noted that regions are not the primary subnational administrative divisions of the Philippines, but rather the [[Provinces_of_the_Philippines|provinces]].
 Many government agencies, as well as Philippine society in general, still continue to classify many independent philippine cities outside Metro Manila as part of provinces due to historical and cultural ties, especially if these cities were, and are still, important economic, cultural and social activity centers within the geographic bounds of the provinces to which they previously belonged. Furthermore, most maps of the Philippines showing provincial boundaries almost always never separate independent cities from the provinces in which they are geographically located for cartographic convenience. Despite being first-level administrative divisions (on the same level as provinces, as stated in Section 25 of the LGC), independent cities are still treated by many to be on the same level as municipalities and component cities (second-level administrative divisions) for educational convenience and reduced complexity.