Mandaluyong City

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City of Mandaluyong

Location
Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Mandaluyong
Government
Region	Metro Manila (National Capital Region)
Province	—
District	Lone District of Mandaluyong City
Barangays	27
Income class:	1st class; urban
Mayor	Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II (Lakas-CMD)
Founded	1841
Cityhood	February 9, 1994
Official Website	www.mandaluyong.gov.ph
Physical characteristics
Area	21.26 km²
Population      Total (2000)      Density	278,474 13,098/km²
Coordinates	14°37'N 121°2'E

The City of Mandaluyong (Filipino: Lungsod ng Mandaluyong) is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the west by the country's capital, Manila, to the north by the municipality of San Juan, to the east by Quezon City and Pasig City, and by Makati City to the south. At present, it is widely considered the "Tiger City of the Philippines", "Metro Manila's Heart", and the "Shopping Mall Capital of the Philippines".

Mandaluyong City is located right at the center of Metro Manila. Among the many attractions in the city is the western half of the Ortigas Center, one of the major centers of business and commerce in the metropolis (the eastern half is in Pasig City). Found within the Mandaluyong portion of the Ortigas Center is the main headquarters of the Asian Development Bank and the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation, the Southeast Asia's largest food and beverage company. SM Megamall, one of the biggest shopping malls in Asia and the premiere mall of the largest chain of shopping malls in the country, can be found here, as well as the Shangri-la Plaza Mall and Star Mall. Just beside the Shangri-la Plaza Mall is Lourdes School of Mandaluyong, a Franciscan-Marian all boys school. Slightly west of Ortigas Center is the Wack-Wack Golf and Country Club, north of which is the La Salle Greenhills (LSGH), a famous all-boys high school. Mandaluyong also exhibits another exclusive all-boys school which is the Don Bosco Technical College (DBTC) a Salesian school and also called the Motherhouse of Salesian works in the Philippines. The Shaw Boulevard Station of the MRT is a mall in itself, besides the fact that the station is connected to three other malls (Star Mall, Shangri-La Plaza and the newly renovated Edsa Central).

Among locals, Mandaluyong City is often used in jokes pertaining to a person's mental health (e.g., a person whose mental well-being is suspect is often labelled as coming from Mandaluyong, the joke going "sa loob o sa labas?, which translated, means "inside or outside?"). This is because the National Center for Mental Health is found in the city. Also found in Mandaluyong is "Welfareville" a large slum-area divided in many "blocks".

Contents 1 Origin 2 History 3 Barangays 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Origin

Mandaluyong City got its name from the Tagalog mga which means many and daluy which means flowing. This is in reference to the many tall grasses that used to grow in the area, the grasses seemed to 'flow' in the wind.

[edit] History

Mandaluyong formed part of what was once the Kingdom of Sapa of the Great Majapahit Empire around 1300. More than a century later, around 1470, it expanded and was called the Kingdom of Namayan. The vast kingdom comprised what are now Quiapo, San Miguel, Sta. Mesa, Paco, Pandacan, Malate and Sta. Ana in Manila, and Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati, Pasay, Pateros, Taguig, Parañaque, and portions of Pasig and Quezon City up to Diliman.

During the Spanish era, Mandaluyong (then San Felipe Neri) was established when it was separated from Santa Ana de Sapa in 1841.

During the American period, San Felipe Neri was consolidated with the municipality of San Juan del Monte For several months in 1904, San Felipe Neri became the capital of Rizal province.

However in 1907, San Felipe Neri became an independent municipality with its separation from San Juan. It was also renamed its town to its present name.

[edit] Barangays

Mandaluyong is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. An interactive map of Mandaluyong City showing the different barangays is available at http://www.onthemap.com.ph.

District	Barangay	Land Area (has.)	Population (2000)
1	Addition Hills	121.19	69,885
1	Bagong Silang	14.26	4,162
2	Barangka Drive	24.54	12,670
2	Barangka Ibaba	16.92	8,943
2	Barangka Ilaya	47.45	4,461
2	Barangka Itaas	17.21	10,811
2	Buayang Bato	7.26	1,083
1	Burol	2.78	2,634
1	Daang Bakal	17.34	2,797
1	Hagdan Bato Itaas	18.36	9,769
1	Hagdan Bato Libis	15.48	6,204
1	Harapin Ang Bukas	4.89	3,981
1	Highway Hills	105.12	12,131
2	Hulo	29.30	20,585
2	Mabini-J. Rizal	11.88	6,418
2	Malamig	29.52	5,853
1	Mauway	60.06	16,877
2	Namayan	30.60	4,889
1	New Zaniga	21.96	5,555
2	Old Zaniga	42.48	5,843
1	Pag-Asa	12.60	3,847
2	Plainview	115.92	24,608
1	Pleasant Hills	20.33	6,115
1	Poblacion	24.12	14,751
2	San Jose	3.18	6,227
2	Vergara	15.12	4,153
1	Wack-Wack Greenhills	294.48	3,222

[edit] References

• Mandaluyong City, Philippines (Official Website). Retrieved on April 28, 2006.
• Metro Manila Cities Interactive Maps. Retrieved on Sept 8, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Official Homepage of the Mandaluyong City Government
• Interactive Map of the City of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Mandaluyong.info - Mandaluyong City Aggregated News and Information Portal