Meycauayan
| Meycauayan City of Meycauayan |
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| Component City | ||||||||||
| Lungsod ng Meycauayan | ||||||||||
(From top,left to right): Meycauayan City Hall;St.Francis the Assisi Parish Church (interior and exterior);Robinsons Townville;Esperanza Mall;
City Public Market;Meycauayan Bridge and Valenzuela-Obando-Meycauayan Flood Control Project |
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| Nickname(s): The Billionaire City Hub of the Jewelry Production in the Philippines and in Asia |
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| Motto: It can be done, in the City of Meycauayan! | ||||||||||
 Map of Bulacan showing the location of Meycauayan |
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 Meycauayan
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| Coordinates: 14°44′N 120°57′E / 14.73°N 120.95°ECoordinates: 14°44′N 120°57′E / 14.73°N 120.95°E | ||||||||||
| Country | Philippines | |||||||||
| Region | Central Luzon (Region III) | |||||||||
| Province | Bulacan | |||||||||
| District | 4th District | |||||||||
| Founded | October 4, 1578 | |||||||||
| Cityhood | December 10, 2006 | |||||||||
| Barangays | 27 | |||||||||
| Government | ||||||||||
| • Mayor | Atty. Henry R. Villarica (Liberal) | |||||||||
| • Vice Mayor | Rafael "Jojo" S. Manzano, Jr. (Liberal) | |||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • Total | 32.10 km2 (12.39 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Highest elevation | 45 m (148 ft) | |||||||||
| Population (2015 census) | ||||||||||
| • Total | 209,083 | |||||||||
| • Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) | |||||||||
| • Poverty rate |
 1.7% |
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| Time zone | PHT (UTC+8) | |||||||||
| ZIP code | 3020 | |||||||||
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 | |||||||||
| Income class | 1st Class; Highly Urban | |||||||||
| • Revenue |  PHP 1.005 billion (2015) |
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| • Total Assets | PHP 1.909 billion (2015) |
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| • Total Expenses | PHP 687.31 million (2015) |
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| • Excess of Income Over Expenses | PHP 318.14 million (2015) |
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| Electricity | Manila Electric Company | |||||||||
| • Consumption | 281.78 million kWh (2003) | |||||||||
| Website | www |
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Meycauayan City (Filipino: Lungsod ng Meycauayan) is a first class, highly urbanized component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. The city is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Manila and 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Malolos City, the provincial capital city. It is bounded by the town of Marilao to the north, the cities of Valenzuela to the south and Caloocan (North) to the east, and the town of Obando to the west. It encompasses an aggregate area of 22.1 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi), representing 1.17% of the total land area of the province of Bulacan. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 209,083 people.
Meycauayan is the second billionaire city of Bulacan after San Jose del Monte and one of the richest cities in Central Luzon in terms of economy. The city is prominent for its jewelry and tanning industry. It is also home to several industrial parks, mostly located at Barangays Iba, Camalig and Pantoc.
Meycauayan is generally surrounded with plain land and gentle rolling hills. Meycauayan is named to Filipino phrase "May Kawayan" that means "With Bamboos". Comfortably above sea level, this terrain is an interweaving of greenery and concrete road network. The slope of the land dips towards a west to north westerly direction. River, natural lake and drainage waterways envelope and criss-cross the area.
Meycauayan, a province of its name in its antiquity, is found between 120° 58’ 20” and the 127° 30’ longitude, with a latitude of 14° 41’ up to the 15°, the majority of the land, can be seen some mountains especially to the south east extension which do not exceed to same eleven leagues to the east or west and some six to the north and south. It is bordered to the east by the province of Nueva Ecija, and the district of Morong; to the South by Manila and her bay; to the West by Manila bay and the province of Pampanga, and to the North by the Province of Pampanga. Today it is bordered by the town of Marilao to the north, towns of Bocaue and Bulakan, Bulacan to the northwest, Valenzuela to the south, Northern part of Caloocan to the east, and the town of Obando to the west.
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