Malabon
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| Region : | Metro Manila | ||
| Barangays : | 21st | ||
| District: | 3. District of | ||
| PSGC : | 137502000 | ||
| Income class : | 1st income bracket | ||
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May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 365.525 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 23,267 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 15.71 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 14 ° 40 ′ N , 120 ° 59 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 1470 | ||
| Website: | www.malabon.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Malabon , Tagalog : Lungsod ng Malabon , is a Filipino community (Component City) in the metropolitan area of Metro Manila . According to the 2015 census, Malabon had 365,525 residents who lived in 21 barangays . It is classified as the first income class community in the Philippines and highly urbanized .
history
Malabon is an old settlement and was called Tambobong before the Spanish colonization . It was the settlement area of a tribe that was under the rule of the Rajah Sulayman . He was the cousin of Rajah Matanda, another ruler in the area. It is unclear in which year the Spaniards founded the city of Tambobong. Historians name 1571, 1600, 1607 or 1670 as possible founding years of an independent administrative unit. Records show that the area around Tambobong came under the administration of the Augustinian order on March 21, 1599 . In 1768 the Casa Regal de Tambobong was built, it served as the administrative center for Tambobong and Novatas. On January 6, 1906, the joint administration of Malabon and Navotas was separated and the name Malabon was introduced.
geography
Malabon's neighboring communities are Navotas in the west, Obando in the north, Valenzuela City in the northeast, Caloocan in the east and south. The topography of the city is characterized by the lowlands in the southeast of the central Luzon lowlands. To the east of the city is the Guadaloupe Plateau.
Land use
The land use in the big city is given as follows:
- Residential development: 597.29 hectares
- Commerce and Industry: 305.64 hectares
- Industrial settlement: 516.99 hectares
- Public institutions and administration: 99.19 hectares
- Parks: 14.62 hectares
- Agriculture: 20 hectares
- Cemeteries: 17.67 hectares
Colleges
Sons of the city
- Epifanio de los Santos (1871–1928), humanities scholar, lawyer
Barangays
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