Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Budta is GeoNames ID 1723510. Its recorded administrative path is Maguindanao del Norte → Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao → Philippines, and GeoNames classifies the place as a populated place. Budta occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2025-04-23; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Budta ranks 399 by recorded population. Inside the 22 selected Philippines entries it ranks 6; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 235. Its 1,273,715 population value is 1.60 times the 797,334 median for the country cohort and 1.26 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Budta falls between the leading tenth and quarter of this atlas's Philippines population cohort. Budta's recorded value is above the country-cohort median but remains below twice that benchmark. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Budta's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Malingao at 6.195 km with 1,121,974 recorded people; Davao City at 130.246 km with 1,848,947 recorded people; Cagayan de Oro at 143.939 km with 741,617 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 137.744 km. Compared with Malingao, Budta's recorded population is 1.14 times as large. Against Budta, Malingao follows Cotabato → Soccsksargen → Philippines in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Philippines cohort, uses the shared Asia/Manila identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is below Budta's. Against Budta, Davao City follows Province of Davao del Sur → Davao Region → Philippines in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Philippines cohort, uses the shared Asia/Manila identifier, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is above Budta's. Against Budta, Cagayan de Oro follows Province of Misamis Oriental → Northern Mindanao → Philippines in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Philippines cohort, uses the shared Asia/Manila identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is below Budta's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 83 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Budta's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the tightest tenth of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1723510, the coordinate pair 7.2042 / 124.4397, country rank 6 of 22, and neighbor GeoNames 1978681 at 6.195 km bind Budta to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Budta's reference point is 7.2042° north and 124.4397° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Manila is shared by 22 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPL is shared by 243 rows. Budta's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Budta's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Budta's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Budta, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Budta · GeoNames 1723510 · Q31515760
- Name scope
- Budta · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Maguindanao del Norte · Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao · Philippines
- Coordinate signature
- 7.2042° N · 124.4397° E
- Population snapshot
- 1,273,715 · atlas rank 399 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Philippines rank 6 of 22 · median 797,334 · ratio 1.60×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 235 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 1.26×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Manila · 22 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPL populated place · 243 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Budta · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Malingao · 6.195 km · population 1,121,974 · atlas rank 480
- Second reference
- Davao City · 130.246 km · population 1,848,947 · atlas rank 231
- Third reference
- Cagayan de Oro · 143.939 km · population 741,617 · atlas rank 742
- Neighbour geometry
- Budta · nearest-distance rank 83 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 137.744 km
- Source dates
- Budta row updated 2025-04-23 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04