Metro Manila is divided into seventeen primary local government units (LGU) that consist of sixteen cities and one municipality.
Due to population growth especially in the suburbs of Manila, the number of barangays now seem disproportionate.
The number of barangays in other local government units in Metro Manila range from 9 in Muntinlupa to 38 in Taguig.
[5] Manila has also attempted to bring down the number of barangays from 897 to 150 in 1996 through Ordinance 7907 [6] but failed to hold a plebiscite.
This list covers all barangays sorted alphabetically with the exception of Manila, Caloocan and Pasay.