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Mandaluyong

Mandaluyong
Highly-Urbanized City
City of Mandaluyong
From top left clockwise: San Felipe Neri Church, Buildings in Mandaluyong, SM Megamall, Record-breaking Zumba class, Mandaluyong City Hall, and the "Bantayog ng Kabataan"
From top left clockwise: San Felipe Neri Church, Buildings in Mandaluyong, SM Megamall, Record-breaking Zumba class, Mandaluyong City Hall, and the "Bantayog ng Kabataan"
Official seal of Mandaluyong
Seal
Nickname(s): Tiger City of the Philippines
Motto: Sulong Mandaluyong!
(English: Onward Mandaluyong!)
Anthem: Mandaluyong March
Location within Metro Manila
Location within Metro Manila
Mandaluyong is located in Philippines
Mandaluyong
Mandaluyong
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°35′N 121°02′E / 14.58°N 121.03°E / 14.58; 121.03Coordinates: 14°35′N 121°02′E / 14.58°N 121.03°E / 14.58; 121.03
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
District Legislative district of Mandaluyong
Incorporated March 27, 1907
Cityhood April 10, 1994
Barangays 27
Government
 • Mayor Carmelita Abalos (UNA)
 • Vice Mayor Antonio Suva Jr. (UNA)
 • Representative Alexandria Gonzales (Liberal)
 • Sangguniang Panlungsod
Area
 • Total 11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Highest elevation 67 m (220 ft)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 386,276
 • Density 35,000/km2 (90,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Mandaleño
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
Zip code 1550–1556
Dialing code (+63) 2
Website www.mandaluyong.gov.ph

Mandaluyong is a city in the Philippines located directly east of Manila. It is one of the sixteen cities which, along with the Municipality of Pateros, make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. It is known for the Ortigas Center, a commercial and business center that is also shared with Pasig. Notable institutions and establishments in the city include the Asian Development Bank, the headquarters of Banco De Oro and San Miguel Corporation and shopping malls like Shangri-La Plaza and SM Megamall.

The city is bordered by Manila to the west, San Juan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, Pasig to the east, and Makati to the south. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 386,276. It is also the 6th-smallest city in the Philippines with a land area of 11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi).

There are different stories on the origin of the name Mandaluyong.

One tells of how the place was abundant with a kind of person called luyongwas in love with manda since they were adults (Saribus rotundifolius), from which beautiful canes and furniture were made.

Another claims that the Spaniards named the place based on the report of a navigator named Acapulco, who saw the rolling hills frequently being lashed at by daluyong (“big waves from the sea”). This seems to confirm traditional pre-Hispanic stories that giant waves from the sea would meet the adjoining hills of the vast lowland, referred to as salpukan ng alon. Felix dela Huerta, a Franciscan historian, observed that the rolling topography of this land resembled giant waves of the sea. As with the etymological legends of many Philippine places, when the foreigners asked as to what the place was called, the locals answered with the description "madaluyong" ("undulating"), later transcribed by Spanish writers into "Mandaluyong" with the addition of an “n”.


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