Republic Act 8528 repealed this statute transforming it back to a component city.
It embraces within its domain 27 municipalities and a component city.
San Pablo was the other component city at the time.
The provinces are organized into component cities and municipalities.
Passi became the first component city of Iloilo in 1998.
It became the sixth component city of Cebu province.
It is bounded by a series of coastal towns and a component city.
The idea of converting Dasmariñas into a component city was again proposed for the third time after failure in 1997 and 2000.
It consists of 20 municipalities, 1 component city and 550 barangays.
Each province, and their component cities, has their own separate plebiscite.