Malabon

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Malabon

Highly urbanized city

City of Malabon

Malabon City Hall

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Anthem: Ang Bagong Malabon (The New Malabon)

 Map of Metro Manila with Malabon highlighted

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Malabon

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:  14°40′N 120°58′ECoordinates:  14°40′N 120°58′E

Country  Philippines
Region National Capital Region (NCR)
Province none
District Lone district

Founded May 21, 1599

Chartered June 11, 1901
Cityhood and April 21, 2001
HUC

Barangays 21 (see Barangays)

Government
 [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
 • Mayor Antolin A. Oreta III (LP)
 • Vice Mayor Bernard C. Dela Cruz (NUP)
 • Congresswoman Josephine Veronique "Jaye" R. Lacson-
Noel (NPC)
 • Councilors
List[show]
 • Electorate 222,350 voters (2019)

Area
 [2]
 • Total 15.71 km2 (6.07 sq mi)

Population
 (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 365,525
 • Density 23,000/km2 (60,000/sq mi)
 • Households 81,724

Economy
 • Income class 1st city income class
 • Poverty 4.52% (2015)[4]
incidence
 • Revenue ₱1,133,792,091.89 (2016)

Time zone UTC+8 (PST)

ZIP code 1470–1480

PSGC 137502000

IDD : area code  +63 (0)02

Climate type tropical monsoon climate

Native languages Tagalog
English
 Website www.malabon.gov.ph

Malabon, officially the City of Malabon (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Malabon), is a 1st

class highly urbanized city in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. According to the 2015
census, it has a population of 365,525 people. [3]
Located just north of Manila, it is primarily a residential and industrial town and is one of
the most densely populated cities in the metropolis. It has a total land area of 15.96
square kilometers.
Malabon is part of the sub-region of Metro Manila informally called CAMANAVA, which
consists of CAloocan, MAlabon, NAvotas, and VAlenzuela cities. Caloocan lies to the
south and east, Navotas to the west, and Valenzuela to the north. Malabon also borders
the town of Obando in the province of Bulacan to the northwest.

Contents

 1History
 2Geography
o 2.1Climate
o 2.2Barangays
 3Demographics
o 3.1Religion
 4Economy
 5Local government
 6Tourism
 7Culture
o 7.1Heritage houses
 8Transportation
o 8.1Jeepney Routes
 9Notable people
o 9.1Arts, science, and academia
o 9.2Government, politics and society
o 9.3Media and entertainment
o 9.4Sports and athletics
 10Education
o 10.1Tertiary level
o 10.2Secondary schools
 11Sister cities
o 11.1Local
o 11.2International
 12References
 13External links

History[edit]
Legend considers the city's name to be a contraction of the Tagalog phrase maraming
labóng ("plenty of bamboo shoots"), as the place once abounded in this edible root.
Originally called Tambobong (an early Tagalog word for barn made of bamboo [5]),
Malabon was founded as a visita (hamlet) of Tondo by the Augustinians on May 21,
1599. It remained under the administrative jurisdiction of the Province of Tondo from
1627 to 1688.
Malabon played an important economic role in the late 19th century with the founding
of La Princesa Tabacalera tobacco company in 1851 and the Malabon Sugar
Company in 1878. La Princesa was under the corporate umbrella of Compañia General
de Tabacos de Filipinas (owned by the Spanish Crown), while the latter pioneered
the refined sugar industry in the Philippines.
The newspaper La Independencia was first printed in Malabon's Asilo de
Huérfanos (Orphanage), where children orphaned by the Plague of 1882 were housed. [6]
[7]

Malabon was officially made a municipality of the newly created Province of Rizal on

June 11, 1901 by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 137. [8] When Act No. 942 was
promulgated, Malabon was united with Navotas under a new government.[9] On January
16, 1906, Act No. 1441 partitioned Malabon from Navotas into two separate
municipalities of Rizal. The first Mayor of Malabon was Don Agustín Salamante, a
Spanish mestizo originally from Cavite. The first Filipino Mayor of Malabon was Don
Vicente P. Villongco. This was in 1899 at the onset of the American regime.
Malabon remained a municipality of Rizal until November 7, 1975, by virtue of
Presidential Decree No. 824, when Malabon became a part of the National Capital
Region or Metro Manila.[10] Malabon became a highly urbanized city on April 21, 2001,
under Republic Act No. 9019, 407 years after its founding. [11]
In 2020, the city and the entire metropolitan Manila was placed under
community quarantine for one month starting March 15 due to the 2020 coronavirus
pandemic.

Geography[edit]
Malabon is one of the most densely populated cities in the Philippines and its low-lying,
flat terrain makes it prone to frequent flooding, especially during high tides, heavy rains
and when river and dams overflow. The four cities in CAMANAVA are commonly
affected by interconnected rivers, one of which is the Tullahan River.
The river system used to be navigable and fishing was the major livelihood activity in
the area. The river used to be wider and deeper with better quality water, and was a
regular source of different species of fish, an important food source for local residents.
Also, trees and crops like palay (rice) and vegetables used to be grown along the
riverbanks. However, these agricultural plots have been replaced by industrial yards,
which also became home to thousands of informal settlers who built makeshift dwellings
without legal claim to the land.
Floods have worsened in recent years, occurring more frequently and reaching depths
of several feet. Most affected are families in the communities that are along or near the
riverbanks. The river has become narrower and shallower over the years, and its
capacity to hold water has decreased. With more frequent intense rains, the riverbanks
flood regularly and flooding reaches farther into low-lying and densely populated areas
of the city.[12]
Climate[edit]
hideClimate data for Malabon City
Ma Ap Ma Au No
Month Jan Feb Jun Jul Sep Oct Dec Year
r r y g v
29 30 32 34 33 31 30 29 29 30 30 29 31
Average high °C (°F)
(84) (86) (90) (93) (91) (88) (86) (84) (84) (86) (86) (84) (87)
20 20 21 23 24 25 24 24 24 23 22 21 23
Average low °C (°F)
(68) (68) (70) (73) (75) (77) (75) (75) (75) (73) (72) (70) (73)
1,00
7 7 9 21 101 152 188 170 159 115 47 29
Average precipitation  5
(0.3 (0.3 (0.4 (0.8 (4.0 (6.0 (7.4 (6.7 (6.3 (4.5 (1.9 (1.1
mm (inches) (39.7
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
)
11. 18. 23. 26. 25. 24. 19. 10. 181.
Average rainy days 3.3 3.5 8.1 6.4
1 9 5 4 5 5 6 4 2
Source: Meteoblue [13]

Barangays[edit]

Political map of Malabon

Before the present-day Malabon, the town was originally composed of sitios (barangay)
and others were further divided into two or more purok (zone).

 Baritan
 Bayan-bayanan
 Concepcion
 Dampalit
 Hulong Duhat
 Flores
 Ibaba
 Maysilo
 Panghulo
 Santulan
 San Agustin
 Tañong
 Tonsuya
 Niugan
 Longos
 Tinajeros
 Catmon
 Potrero
Malabon City is now divided into 21 barangays.

Distric Density (/km²
Barangays Population[14] Area (km²)[15] Zip Code
t )

Baritan 1st 11,476 33.01 347.65

Bayan-bayanan 1st 7,326 8.46 865.96

Catmon 1st 36,450 97.77 372.81 1470

Concepcion 1st 11,806 33.97 347.54

Dampalit 1st 11,245 261.90 42.94 1480

Flores 1st 4,282 9.00 475.78 1471

Hulong Duhat 1st 10,466 56.61 184.88

Ibaba 1st 7,630 16.56 460.75

Maysilo 1st 11,213 126.53 88.62 1477

 Distric Density (/km²
Barangays Population[14] Area (km²)[15] Zip Code
t )

Muzon 1st 5,689 49.71 114.44 1479

Niugan 1st 5,936 31.38 189.17

Panghulo 1st 12,772 121.53 105.09

San Agustin 1st 11,156 31.59 353.14

Santolan 1st 15,872 46.85 338.78 1478

Tañong
1st 14,620 33.83 432.16
(Poblacion)

Acacia 2nd 5,735 19.54 293.50 1474

Longos 2nd 48,039 89.99 533.83 1472

Potrero 2nd 41,407 302.71 136.79 1475

Tinajeros 2nd 17,901 84.78 211.15

Tonsuya 2nd 39,354 59.40 662.53 1473

Tugatog 2nd 22,960 55.40 414.44

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Malabon
Year Pop. ±% p.a. Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1903 20,136 —     1980 191,001 +1.78%
 1918 21,695 +0.50% 1990 280,027 +3.90%
1939 33,285 +2.06% 1995 347,484 +4.13%
1948 46,455 +3.77% 2000 338,855 −0.54%
1960 76,438 +4.24% 2007 363,681 +0.98%
1970 141,514 +6.35% 2010 353,337 −1.04%
1975 174,878 +4.34% 2015 365,525 +0.65%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][16][17][18]

Religion[edit]

La Inmaculada Concepcion de Malabon Parish

See also: Religion in the Philippines and List of Roman Catholic churches in Metro

Manila
Malabon belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan under the episcopal seat
of Bishop Pablo Virgilo David. Almost 80% of the people here adhere to this religion.
Today there are eight Roman Catholic Parishes in Malabon.
Other religions in Malabon include Iglesia Filipina Independiente (belongs to the
Diocese of Rizal and Pampanga, Parish of La Purisima Concepcion de Malabon),
Baptists, Jesus the Living Stone International Assembly of God, Iglesia ni
Cristo or Church of Christ, Members of the Church of God International, Jesus Is Lord
Church, IEMELIF and Seventh-day Adventist.

Economy[edit]

Rufina Patis & Bagoong Factory

Malabon industries include sugar refinery, patis- (fish sauce) making, cigar-making,
candle production, fishing and ilang-ilang flower-extract production (the distilled perfume
is exported).

Local government[edit]
On April 21, 2008, Malabon City's newly constructed 11-storey city hall building along F.
Sevilla Blvd. in Barangay San Agustin, was inaugurated by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on
Malabon's 7th City anniversary. It was dubbed as a "potential business center of the
city," a one-stop shop for government transactions, due to its state-of-the-art facilities
such as 3 high-speed elevators and the new city hall building and its offices' "digital
system."[19][20]

Tourism[edit]
The Malabon City Tourism Office launched the Malabon Tricycle Tours in December
2014. The tours take visitors to eight heritage sites including the newly renovated 400-
year-old San Bartolome Church as well as to notable heritage houses like the
Raymundo House and Ibaviosa House.[21]
On March 14, 2015, the tours started to offer visitors a unique gastronomic experience
through visits to the city's home-based eateries. This culinary aspect was the brainchild
of current Mayor Antolin Oreta III's wife Melissa Oreta, who is a chef by profession. [22]
The Malabon Zoo and Aquarium, located in Potrero, is a small, humble zoo that
features an array of caged animals, along with an aquarium and gardens.