Malolos City

Malolos
Component City
Seal
Nickname(s): Cradle of the Philippine Republic
Motto: The Renaissance City of Malolos
Location in the province of Bulacan
Malolos Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°50′36″N 120°48′41″E / 14.8433°N 120.8114°E / 14.8433; 120.8114Coordinates: 14°50′36″N 120°48′41″E / 14.8433°N 120.8114°E / 14.8433; 120.8114
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Bulacan
District	1st District
Settled	10th century CE (part of the Huangdom of Ma-i)
Founded
• Li-Han	1225
• Encomienda	November 14, 1571
• Civil Town	June 11, 1580
Cityhood	December 18, 1999
Founded by	Miguel Lopez de Legazpi Marcos de Herrera Jeronimo Tirado
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.maloloscity.gov.ph

Malolos Historic Town Center
The Historic Town Center of Malolos was declared as one of the Philippine Heritage Sites in August 2001.
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.