Mandaluyong City
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| 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"
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| Nickname(s): Tiger City of the Philippines | ||
| Motto: Sulong Mandaluyong! (English: Onward Mandaluyong!) |
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| Anthem: Mandaluyong March | ||
 Location within Metro Manila |
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 Mandaluyong
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| Coordinates: 14°35′N 121°02′E / 14.58°N 121.03°ECoordinates: 14°35′N 121°02′E / 14.58°N 121.03°E | ||
| 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 |
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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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