List of cities with the most skyscrapers
The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors[1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft).[2] Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s. The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th Century which allowed for taller buildings to be constructed.[1] The lists within this article uses the above definition and complements the list of cities with the most high-rise buildings.
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List of cities by number of completed skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft)
This is a list which ranks cities that have at least 10 completed skyscrapers as of January 2021 that are taller than 150 m (492 ft)[3]
Rank | City | Country | Image | Number of skyscrapers |
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1 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
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482 |
2 | Shenzhen | ![]() |
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297 |
3 | New York City | ![]() |
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290 |
4 | Dubai | ![]() |
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215 |
5 | Shanghai | ![]() |
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166 |
6 | Tokyo | ![]() |
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160 |
7 | Chicago | ![]() |
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130 |
8 | Chongqing | ![]() |
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127 |
9 | Guangzhou | ![]() |
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121 |
10 | Wuhan | ![]() |
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101 |
11= | Shenyang | ![]() |
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94 |
11= | Singapore | ![]() |
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94 |
13 | Bangkok | ![]() |
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92 |
14 | Jakarta | ![]() |
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91 |
15 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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84 |
16= | Seoul | ![]() |
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82 |
16= | Chengdu | ![]() |
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82 |
18 | Toronto | ![]() |
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68 |
19 | Busan | ![]() |
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62 |
20 | Nanjing | ![]() |
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60 |
21= | Nanning | ![]() |
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55 |
21= | Melbourne | ![]() |
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55 |
21= | Mumbai | ![]() |
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55 |
24= | Tianjin | ![]() |
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54 |
24= | Miami | ![]() |
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54 |
24= | Panama City | ![]() |
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54 |
27 | Changsha | ![]() |
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49 |
28 | Istanbul | ![]() |
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47 |
29= | Makati, Metro Manila | ![]() |
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45 |
29= | Moscow | ![]() |
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45 |
31= | Osaka | ![]() |
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43 |
31= | Beijing | ![]() |
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43 |
33 | Dalian | ![]() |
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41 |
34 | Incheon | ![]() |
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40 |
35= | Houston | ![]() |
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39 |
35= | Hangzhou | ![]() |
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39 |
37 | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
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38 |
38 | Sydney | ![]() |
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37 |
39 | Doha | ![]() |
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36 |
40 | Macau | ![]() |
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32 |
41 | Nanchang | ![]() |
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31 |
42= | Suzhou | ![]() |
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29 |
42= | Xiamen | ![]() |
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29 |
44 | Zhuhai | ![]() |
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28 |
45= | Jinan | ![]() |
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27 |
45= | Los Angeles | ![]() |
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27 |
47 | San Francisco | ![]() |
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26 |
48 | London | ![]() |
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25 |
49 | Mexico City | ![]() |
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24 |
50 | Liuzhou | ![]() |
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23 |
51= | Ningbo | ![]() |
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22 |
51= | Qingdao | ![]() |
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22 |
51= | Seattle | ![]() |
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22 |
51= | Hefei | ![]() |
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22 |
55= | Dallas | ![]() |
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21 |
55= | Wuxi | ![]() |
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21 |
57 | Boston | ![]() |
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20 |
58 | Riyadh | ![]() |
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19 |
59= | Kunming | ![]() |
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18 |
59= | Calgary | ![]() |
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18 |
61= | Taiyuan | ![]() |
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17 |
61= | Kuwait City | ![]() |
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17 |
61= | Frankfurt am Main | ![]() |
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17 |
61= | Atlanta | ![]() |
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17 |
61= | Fuzhou | ![]() |
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17 |
66= | Jersey City | ![]() |
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16 |
66= | Xi'an | ![]() |
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14 |
66= | Mandaluyong, Metro Manila | ![]() |
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16 |
66= | Ho Chi Minh City | ![]() |
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16 |
69= | Guiyang | ![]() |
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15 |
69= | Brisbane | ![]() |
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15 |
69= | São Paulo | ![]() |
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15 |
69= | Taichung | ![]() |
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15 |
69= | Tel Aviv | ![]() |
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15 |
74= | Pyongyang | ![]() |
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14 |
74= | Goyang | ![]() |
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14 |
74= | Las Vegas | ![]() |
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14 |
74= | Philadelphia | ![]() |
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14 |
74= | Balneario Camboriu | ![]() |
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14 |
74= | Taipei | ![]() |
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14 |
80= | Lanzhou | ![]() |
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13 |
80= | Courbevoie, Grand Paris | ![]() |
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13 |
80= | Manama | ![]() |
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13 |
83= | Bogotá | ![]() |
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12 |
83= | Sharjah | ![]() |
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12 |
83= | Pattaya | ![]() |
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12 |
83= | Kolkata | ![]() |
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12 |
88= | Nagoya | ![]() |
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11 |
88= | Buenos Aires | ![]() |
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11 |
88= | Sunny Isles Beach | ![]() |
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11 |
88= | Ankara | ![]() |
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11 |
88= | Montreal | ![]() |
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11 |
88= | Zhengzhou | ![]() |
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11 |
88= | Dongguan | ![]() |
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11 |
95= | Kawasaki | ![]() |
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10 |
95= | Daejeon | ![]() |
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10 |
95= | Colombo | ![]() |
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10 |
95= | Taguig, Metro Manila | ![]() |
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10 |
95= | Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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10 |
95= | Minneapolis | ![]() |
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10 |
List of cities by number of skyscrapers under construction taller than 150 m (492 ft)
This is a list which ranks cities that have at least 10 skyscrapers under construction that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of September 2020.[4]
Rank | City | Country | Image | No. of skyscrapers under construction |
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1 | Shenzhen | ![]() |
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81 |
2 | Dubai | ![]() |
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46 |
3 | Mumbai | ![]() |
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46 |
4 | Metro Manilaα | ![]() |
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36 |
5= | New York City | ![]() |
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34 |
5= | Guangzhou | ![]() |
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34 |
6 | Wuhan | ![]() |
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33 |
7 | Tel Aviv | ![]() |
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31 |
8= | Toronto | ![]() |
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30 |
8= | Shenyang | ![]() |
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30 |
9 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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29 |
10 | Nanning | ![]() |
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21 |
11= | Shanghai | ![]() |
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21 |
11= | Melbourne | ![]() |
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19 |
11= | Guiyang | ![]() |
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19 |
12 | London | ![]() |
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17 |
13= | Jakarta | ![]() |
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16 |
13= | Chongqing | ![]() |
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16 |
14= | Bangkok | ![]() |
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15 |
14= | Nanjing | ![]() |
15 | |
15= | Chicago | ![]() |
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13 |
15= | Ningbo | ![]() |
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13 |
15= | Hangzhou | ![]() |
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13 |
16= | Sydney | ![]() |
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12 |
16= | Busan | ![]() |
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12 |
17= | Balneário Camboriú | ![]() |
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11 |
17= | Xi'an | ![]() |
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11 |
17= | Changsha | ![]() |
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11 |
18= | Riyadh | ![]() |
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10 |
18= | Miami | ![]() |
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Cities with at least 50 skyscrapers above 150m
Included in this chart are cities with skyscrapers of known heights that are completed or under construction, as of August 2020.
Rank | City | ≥800m | ≥700m | ≥600m | ≥500m | ≥450m | ≥400m | ≥350m | ≥300m | ≥250m | ≥200m | ≥150m |
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1 | ![]() |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 51 | 144 | 370 |
2 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 67 | 356 |
3 | ![]() |
— | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 103 | 316 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 71 | 126 | 247 |
5 | ![]() |
— | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 71 | 184 |
6 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 33 | 166 |
7 | ![]() |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 54 | 152 |
8 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | 91 | 151 |
9 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 56 | 142 |
10 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 133 |
11 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 131 |
12 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 115 |
13 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 60 | 107 |
13 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 20 | 53 | 107 |
13 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 107 |
14 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 19 | 50 | 97 |
14 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 31 | 97 |
15 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 34 | 95 |
16 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 92 |
17 | ![]() |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 83 |
18 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 29 | 75 |
19 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 74 |
19 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 74 |
20 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 73 |
21 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 13 | 62 |
22 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 62 |
23 | ![]() |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 60 |
24 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 24 | 56 |
25 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 15 | 23 | 52 |
25 (=) | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 52 |
26 | ![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 51 |
Cities with at least 1 skyscraper above 300m
This is a list which ranks cities with at least 1 skyscraper (under construction and on-hold inclusive) above 300m (i.e. about 75–80 floors).
City | ≥700m | ≥600m | ≥500m | ≥450m | ≥400m | ≥350m | ≥300m |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 34 |
![]() | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
![]() | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
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Notes
- ^α Manila is a metropolitan city composed of 17 administrative areas (16 cities and 1 municipality) also known as Metro Manila making it one of the largest megacities in the world.[40] Formally called the National Capital Region, the city encompasses an area of 613.14 square kilometers, which is comparable to the areas covered by other cities on the list such as Seoul, Singapore, and Mumbai. This is not to be confused with the City of Manila which is only 42.88 square kilometers and is the historic core that formerly governed the whole metropolis, like the City of London in London. Its number of completed skyscrapers combined is 89 (44 in Makati, 16 in Mandaluyong, 10 in Taguig, 8 in Pasig, 7 in the City of Manila, 2 in Quezon City[41] and 2 in San Juan[42]) tied at 13th with Singapore.
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