Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Muntinlupa is GeoNames ID 1699076. Its recorded administrative path is Province of Rizal → Calabarzon → Philippines, and GeoNames classifies the place as a third-order administrative seat. Muntinlupa 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 2026-05-06; 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, Muntinlupa ranks 1,007 by recorded population. Inside the 22 selected Philippines entries it ranks 18; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 534. Its 552,225 population value is 0.69 times the 797,334 median for the country cohort and 0.55 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Muntinlupa sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Philippines entries. Muntinlupa's recorded value is materially below the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Muntinlupa's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Las Piñas at 9.67 km with 615,549 recorded people; Paranaque City at 10.652 km with 703,245 recorded people; Imus at 12.716 km with 481,949 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 3.046 km. Compared with Las Piñas, Muntinlupa's recorded population is 0.90 times as large. Against Muntinlupa, Las Piñas follows Southern Manila District → National Capital Region → Philippines in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Philippines cohort, uses the shared Asia/Manila identifier, and carries the same third-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Muntinlupa's. Against Muntinlupa, Paranaque City follows Southern Manila District → National Capital Region → Philippines in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Philippines cohort, uses the shared Asia/Manila identifier, and carries the same third-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Muntinlupa's. Against Muntinlupa, Imus follows Province of Cavite → Calabarzon → Philippines in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Philippines cohort, uses the shared Asia/Manila identifier, and carries the same third-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Muntinlupa's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 149 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Muntinlupa's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter 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 1699076, the coordinate pair 14.3903 / 121.0475, country rank 18 of 22, and neighbor GeoNames 1707174 at 9.67 km bind Muntinlupa 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
Muntinlupa's reference point is 14.3903° north and 121.0475° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Manila is shared by 22 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA3 is shared by 60 rows. Muntinlupa's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Muntinlupa's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Muntinlupa's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Muntinlupa, 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
- Muntinlupa · GeoNames 1699076 · no verified Wikidata entity
- Name scope
- Muntinlupa · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Province of Rizal · Calabarzon · Philippines
- Coordinate signature
- 14.3903° N · 121.0475° E
- Population snapshot
- 552,225 · atlas rank 1,007 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Philippines rank 18 of 22 · median 797,334 · ratio 0.69×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 534 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.55×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Manila · 22 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA3 third-order administrative seat · 60 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Muntinlupa · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Las Piñas · 9.67 km · population 615,549 · atlas rank 907
- Second reference
- Paranaque City · 10.652 km · population 703,245 · atlas rank 780
- Third reference
- Imus · 12.716 km · population 481,949 · atlas rank 1,192
- Neighbour geometry
- Muntinlupa · nearest-distance rank 149 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 3.046 km
- Source dates
- Muntinlupa row updated 2026-05-06 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04