Malabon
Malabon City, Tagalog: Lungsod ng Malabon, is a Filipino Component City in the capital region Metro Manila. According to the census of 2010 Malabon City had 353 337 inhabitants living in 21 barangays. It is classified as a church of the first income class in the Philippines and as a highly urbanized.
History
Malabon City is an old settlement site and was called before the Spanish colonization Tambobong. This 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. In which year, the Spaniard is the city Tambobong founded, however, unclear, historians call 1571, 1600, 1607 or 1670 as a possible formative years, as an independent administrative unit. Records show that the area around Tambobong came under the administration of the Augustinian Order on March 21, 1599. 1768 Casa de Tambobong shelf was built, it served as the administrative headquarters for Tambobong and Novatas. On January 6, 1906, the Co-Management of Malabon and Navotas was separated and the name Malabon introduced.
Geography
Malabon City `s neighboring municipalities are Navotas City in the west, Obando in the north, Valenzuela City in the northeast, Caloocan City in the east and south. The topography of the city is characterized by the flat land in the southeast of the central Luzon plain. To the east of the city lies the Guadaloupe plateau.
Land use
The land use in the city is given as follows:
- Residential development: 597.29 acres
- Trade and Commerce: 305.64 acres
- Industrial settlement: 516.99 acres
- Public institutions and administration: 99.19 acres
- Parks: 14.62 acres
- Agriculture: 20 acres
- Cemeteries: 17.67 acres
Universities
- A campus of Arellano University
Sons of the city
Barangays
- Acacia
- Baritan
- Bayan- Bayanan
- Catmon
- Concepcion
- Dampalit
- Flores
- Hulong Duhat
- Ibaba
- Longos
- Maysilo
- Muzon
- Niugan
- Panghulo
- Potrero
- San Agustin
- Santolan
- Tanong
- Tinajeros
- Tonsuya
- Tugatog