Malabon (original) (raw)

Highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines

Highly urbanized city in National Capital Region, Philippines

Malabon
Highly urbanized city
From top, left to right: San Bartolome Church, Malabon City Hall, Hulong Duhat Market, Malabon People's Park, Malabon Zoo, Oreta Sports Center
Official seal of MalabonSeal
Motto: Malabon Ahon!
Anthem: Ang Bagong Malabon (The New Malabon)
Map of Metro Manila with Malabon highlightedMap of Metro Manila with Malabon highlighted
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Malabon is located in PhilippinesMalabonMalabonLocation within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°40′N 120°58′E / 14.66°N 120.96°E / 14.66; 120.96
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
Province none
District Lone district
Founded May 21, 1599
Chartered June 11, 1901
Cityhood and HUC April 21, 2001
Barangays 21 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
• Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
Mayor Jeannie Ng-Sandoval (Nacionalista)
Vice Mayor Bernard C. Dela Cruz (NUP)
Representative Josephine Veronique "Jaye" R. Lacson-Noel (NPC)
Councilors List **1st District:Regino Federico "Niño" NoelJohn Anthony "Jap" GarciaMaricar TorresPaulo OretaGenaro "Gerry" BernardoMa. Anna Lizza "Leslie" Yambao2nd District:Diosdado "Dado" CunananEdward NolascoJasper Kevin CruzEdralin "Len" YangaProspero Alfonso "Peng" MañalacNadja Marie VicencioABC President:Ejercito B. AquinoSK Federation President:**Buboy Dimagiba
Electorate 258,115 voters (2022)
Area[2]
• Total 15.71 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Elevation 23 m (75 ft)
Highest elevation 274 m (899 ft)
Lowest elevation −2 m (−7 ft)
Population (2020 census)[3]
• Total 380,522
• Density 24,000/km2 (63,000/sq mi)
Households 94,241
Economy
Income class 1st city income class
Poverty incidence 2.90% (2021)[4]
Revenue ₱ 2,056 million (2020)
Assets ₱ 4,064 million (2020)
Expenditure ₱ 1,860 million (2020)
Liabilities ₱ 1,363 million (2020)
Service provider
Electricity Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
PSGC 137502000
IDD : area code +63 (0)02
Native languages Tagalog
Major religions Catholic
Catholic diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan
Patron saint St. Bartholomew, Immaculate Conception
Website malabon.gov.ph

Malabon, officially the City of Malabon (Filipino: Lungsod ng Malabon), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 380,522 people.[3]

Located just north of the city of Manila, it is primarily a residential and industrial area, and is one of the most densely populated cities in the metropolis. It has a total land area of 15.96 square kilometers (6.16 sq mi).

Malabon is part of the sub-region of Metro Manila informally called CAMANAVA, an area which derives its name from the first syllable of its component cities: Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela. 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.

The name Malabon is from Tagalog word malabon, meaning "having many silt deposits". The name was previously also used for two other places in Cavite during the early Spanish colonial period: Santa Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza) and San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias).[5] It is previously named as Tambobong, after the rural Tagalog word tambúbong, which translates to barn.[6]

Originally called Tambobong, Malabon was founded as a visita (hamlet) of Tondo by the Augustinians on May 21, 1599.[_citation needed_] It remained under the administrative jurisdiction of the Province of Tondo (renamed to Manila in 1859) 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.

In 1859, three barrios—San Jose, Navotas, and Bangkulasi—were separated from Tambobong to form a new town that is now Navotas.[7]

The newspaper La Independencia was first printed in Malabon's Asilo de Huérfanos (Orphanage), where children orphaned by the Plague of 1882 were housed.[8][9]

The first Mayor of Malabon was Don Agustín Salamante, a Spanish _mestizo_[_citation needed_] originally from Cavite. The first Filipino Mayor of Malabon was Don Vicente P. Villongco, in 1899 during the onset of the American regime.[_citation needed_]

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.[10] From 1903 to 1906, Navotas was returned to Malabon to form a single municipality.[11][12]

Since independence and cityhood

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Malabon remained a municipality of Rizal until November 7, 1975, when Malabon became a part of the National Capital Region or Metro Manila by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824.[13]

Malabon became a highly urbanized city on April 21, 2001, under Republic Act No. 9019, 407 years after its founding.[14]

The permanently flooded area at the Artex Compound in Barangay Dampalit

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.[15]

Climate data for Malabon
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29(84) 30(86) 32(90) 34(93) 33(91) 31(88) 30(86) 29(84) 29(84) 30(86) 30(86) 29(84) 31(87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20(68) 20(68) 21(70) 23(73) 24(75) 25(77) 24(75) 24(75) 24(75) 23(73) 22(72) 21(70) 23(73)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 7(0.3) 7(0.3) 9(0.4) 21(0.8) 101(4.0) 152(6.0) 188(7.4) 170(6.7) 159(6.3) 115(4.5) 47(1.9) 29(1.1) 1,005(39.7)
Average rainy days 3.3 3.5 11.1 8.1 18.9 23.5 26.4 25.5 24.5 19.6 10.4 6.4 181.2
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[16]

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).

Malabon is divided into 21 barangays.

Barangays District Population[17] Area (ha)[18] Density (/ha) Zip Code
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 1470
Maysilo 1st 11,213 126.53 88.62 1477
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
Santulan[19] 1st 15,872 46.85 338.78 1478
Tañong (Poblacion) 1st 14,620 33.83 432.16
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

Population census of Malabon

YearPop.±% p.a.1903 20,136— 1918 21,695+0.50%1939 33,285+2.06%1948 46,455+3.77%1960 76,438+4.24%1970 141,514+6.35%1975 174,878+4.34%1980 191,001+1.78% YearPop.±% p.a.1990 280,027+3.90%1995 347,484+4.13%2000 338,855−0.54%2007 363,681+0.98%2010 353,337−1.04%2015 365,525+0.65%2020 380,522+0.79%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[20][21][22][23]

Immaculate Conception Parish in Concepcion, Malabon

Santo Rosario Church in Dampalit, Malabon

Malabon belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan under the episcopal seat of Bishop Pablo Virgilio David. Almost 80% of the people here adhere to this religion. Today there are eight Roman Catholic Parishes in Malabon.

Malabon bears the old images of San Bartolome in the Poblacion and the La Inmaculada Concepcion, canonically crowned since 1986 during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.

List of Roman Catholic Parishes in Malabon

Parish Date of Establishment Barangay
San Bartolome Parish May 17, 1614 San Agustin
Immaculate Conception Parish September 8, 1907 Concepcion
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish November 6, 1960 Tugatog
Sts. Peter and John Parish August 9, 1963 Potrero
Santo Rosario Parish March 15, 1983 Dampalit
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish December 9, 1988 Maysilo
San Antonio de Padua Parish July 1, 1989 Tonsuya
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Parish September 26, 1994 Hulong Duhat
Sta. Clare of Assisi Parish August 15, 2017 Longos
Holy Trinity Quasi Parish December 7, 2018 Tinajeros

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.

Rufina Patis & Bagoong Factory

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Poverty incidence of Malabon

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).

On April 21, 2008, Malabon's newly constructed 11-story 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."[32]

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.[33]

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, the next mayor of Malabon.[34]

The Malabon Zoo and Aquarium, located in Potrero, is a small zoo that features an array of caged animals, along with an aquarium and gardens.

Malabon is considered as the local Venice, due to year-long floods and gradual sinking. It is a place famous for its Pancit Malabon and its predominantly Atlantic ambience. It is also famous for other variety of foods (kakanin), such as puto sulot, puto bumbong, sapin-sapin, broas, bibingka and camachile. The culinary delights are abundant in its specialty eateries.

Its most famous festival is the "Pagoda-Caracol", a fluvial procession with street dancing to commemorate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception every December 8.[35][36][37]

Raymundo Ancestral House in Barangay Ibaba

Malabon houses several old homes of historical value: the Dionisio family home, the Rivera house, the Villongco house, the Luna house, the Pascual house, the Chikiamco house, the Rojas-Borja house, the (Teodoro) Luna house, the Santos-Lapus house, the Pantaleon Bautista house, the Syjuco (formerly Gaza) house, and the Raymundo house, considered to be the oldest located along C. Arellano Street. Other old but well-preserved heritage houses in Malabon include the Asilo de Huérfanos, the Paez House, and the Nepomuceno House.[38]

A jeepney plying Paterio Aquino Avenue

There are various modes of transportation that people use to go in and out of the city and to the barangays.

Ferry terminals which uses boats include the Badeo Cuatro, connecting Flores to San Roque, Navotas; and Badeo Tres, connecting Concepcion to Daanghari, Navotas.

Malabon National High School, the pilot secondary school of the city

City of Malabon University

The city of Malabon is home for famous personalities in different sectors including businessmen, celebrities, politicians, among others.

Arts, science, and academia

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Government, politics and society

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Loren Legarda, Filipino senator and environmentalist was born in Malabon in 1960.

Loren Legarda, Filipino senator and environmentalist was born in Malabon in 1960.

* Jessica Marasigan - Model and former beauty queen who represent Malabon at Binibining Pilipinas 2019

Sports and athletics

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