Malolos | ||||||||
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Nickname(s): Cradle of the Philippine Republic | ||||||||
Motto: The Renaissance City of Malolos | ||||||||
Location in the province of Bulacan |
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Location within the Philippines | ||||||||
Coordinates: 14°50′36″N 120°48′41″E / 14.8433°N 120.8114°ECoordinates: 14°50′36″N 120°48′41″E / 14.8433°N 120.8114°E | ||||||||
Country | Philippines | |||||||
Region | Central Luzon (Region III) | |||||||
Province | Bulacan | |||||||
District | 1st District | |||||||
Settled | 10th century CE (part of the Huangdom of Ma-i) |
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Founded |
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• Li-Han | 1225 | |||||||
• Encomienda | November 14, 1571 | |||||||
• Civil Town | June 11, 1580 | |||||||
Cityhood | December 18, 1999 | |||||||
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Barangays | 51 | |||||||
Government | ||||||||
• Representative 1st District |
Jose Antonio R. Sy-Alvarado (Liberal) | |||||||
• Mayor | Christian D. Natividad (Liberal) | |||||||
• Vice Mayor | Gilbert T. Gatchalian (Liberal) | |||||||
Area | ||||||||
• Total | 67.25 km2 (25.97 sq mi) | |||||||
Elevation | 19.4 m (63.6 ft) | |||||||
Population (2015 census) | ||||||||
• Total | 252,074 | |||||||
• Density | 3,493.6/km2 (9,048/sq mi) | |||||||
• Poverty rate | 4.1% | |||||||
Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |||||||
ZIP code | 3000 | |||||||
IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 | |||||||
Economy | First Class | |||||||
• Income | PHP 799.66 million (2015) | |||||||
• Expenses | PHP 742.69 million (2015) | |||||||
• Assets | PHP 650.90 million (2015) | |||||||
Electricity | Manila Electric Company | |||||||
• Consumption | 129.27 million kWh (2003) | |||||||
Website | www |
Malolos Historic Town Center | |
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The Historic Town Center of Malolos was declared as one of the Philippine Heritage Sites in August 2001.
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Location | City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines 3000 |
Governing body | National Historical Commission of the Philippines |
Designated | August 15, 2001 |
Malolos, officially the City of Malolos (Filipino: Lungsod ng Malolos; Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Malolos), is a first class highly urbanized component city in the Philippines. Malolos is considered as the 115th city in the country. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government.
The city is 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It is one of the major suburbs conurbated to Metro Manila, situated in the southwestern part of Bulacan, in the Central Luzon Region (Region 3) in the island of Luzon and part of the Metro Luzon Urban Beltway Super Region. Bordering Malolos are the municipalities of Bulakan (the former capital of the province) to the southeast, Guiguinto to the east, Plaridel to the north, Calumpit to the northwest, and Paombong to the west. Malolos also lies on the north-eastern shore of Manila Bay.
Malolos was the site of the constitutional convention of 1898, known as the Malolos Convention, that led to the establishment of the First Philippine Republic, at the sanctuary of the Barasoain Church. The convent of the Malolos Cathedral served as the presidential palace at that time. Malolos gave birth to the first constitutional republic in Asia.