Valenzuela, Metro Manila

Valenzuela
Flag of Valenzuela
Official seal of Valenzuela
Nickname(s): 
"Northern Gateway to Metropolitan Manila"; "The Vibrant City"; "The City of Discipline"
Motto(s): 
"Tayo na, Valenzuela!"
"Valenzuela, May Disiplina"
Anthem: Himig Valenzuela
Valenzuela Hymn
Map of Metro Manila with Valenzuela highlighted
Map of Metro Manila with Valenzuela highlighted
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Valenzuela is located in Philippines
Valenzuela
Valenzuela
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°42′N 120°59′E / 14.7°N 120.98°E / 14.7; 120.98
CountryPhilippines
RegionNational Capital Region
Provincenone
District 1st and 2nd district
FoundedNovember 12, 1623[1][2]
Cityhood and HUCDecember 30, 1998[3]
Founded byJuan Taranco and Juan Monsód
Named forPío Valenzuela
Barangays33 (see Barangays)
Government
[5]
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • MayorWeslie T. Gatchalian (NPC)
 • Vice MayorLorena C. Natividad-Borja (NPC)
 • Representatives
 • City Council
Members
 • Electorate443,611 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total47.02 km2 (18.15 sq mi)
 • Rank119th of 145 cities
Elevation
22 m (72 ft)
Highest elevation
109 m (358 ft)
Lowest elevation
−5 m (−16 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[7]
 • Total714,978
 • Rank11th of 145 cities
 • Density15,000/km2 (39,000/sq mi)
 • Households
193,025
Demonym(s)Valenzuelaño
Valenzuelano
Valenzuelaña
Valenzuelana
Economy
 • Income class1st city income class
 • Poverty incidence
1.50
% (2021)[8]
 • Revenue₱ 5,041 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 11,432 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 4,836 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 4,820 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityManila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
1440–1448, 1469, 0550, 0560
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)02
Native languagesTagalog
Websitevalenzuela.gov.ph

Valenzuela (/ˌvælənzjuˈɛlə/, Tagalog: [ˌvalenˈswela]), officially the City of Valenzuela (Filipino: Lungsod ng Valenzuela), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,978 people.[7]

It is the 6th most populous city in the National Capital Region, and the 11th most populous in the country. It is located about 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) north of Manila, the nation's capital. Valenzuela is categorized under Republic Act Nos. 7160 and 8526 as a highly urbanized, first-class city based on income classification and number of population.[9][10] A landlocked chartered city located on the island of Luzon, it is bordered by the province of Bulacan, and cities of Caloocan, Malabon and Quezon City. Valenzuela shares border and access to Tenejeros-Tullahan River with Malabon. It has a total land area of 45.75 square kilometers (17.66 sq mi), where its residents are composed of about 72% Tagalog people followed by 5% Bicolanos with a small percentage of foreign nationals.

Valenzuela was named after Pío Valenzuela, a physician and a member of the Katipunan, a secret society founded against the colonial government of Spain. The city, as a town, originally had the name Polo, initially formed in 1621 after separation from Meycauayan, Bulacan. The Battle of Malinta of the Philippine–American War was fought in Polo in 1899. In 1960, President Carlos P. Garcia ordered the split of Polo's southern barangays to form another town named as Valenzuela. The split was revoked by President Diosdado Macapagal in 1963 after political disagreements and the new merged town was named Valenzuela. The modern-day Valenzuela with its borders was chartered in 1998.

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  3. ^ "Executive Summary of the 1999 Annual Audit Report on the City of Valenzuela". Commission on Audit. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "Quezon Rep. Enverga named caretaker of Valenzuela district vacated by Gatchalian". Philstar.com. February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  5. ^ City of Valenzuela | (DILG)
  6. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference RA8526 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Valenzuela celebrates 13th cityhood anniversary on Monday". Bayanihan.org. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

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