Navotas
Navotas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Navotas) is a city in the Philippines located north of Manila
Manila that is known as the Fishing Capital of the Philippines. The city has the third largest fish port in Asia and the largest in Southeast Asia. Although it was established on December 20, 1827, Navotas
Navotas celebrates its foundation day every January 16. Navotas became a highly-urbanized city on June 24, 2007.[6]

Contents

1 Etymology 2 History

2.1 Historical timeline 2.2 Brief Description of Navotas 2.3 Origin and Historical Development

3 Geography

3.1 Topography

4 City Government

4.1 Political Profile 4.2 Barangays

5 Demographics 6 Economy 7 Education 8 Transportation 9 Notable people/groups 10 Twin towns / Sister cities 11 References 12 External links

Etymology[edit] The entire region of Navotas
Navotas was once part of Malabon. According to one legend, the long and narrow delta extended unbroken from north to south along the seashore. The strip of land between the former district of Tondo, Manila
Manila and this town was eaten away by the sea until an opening was made. Water began to flow through the opening. The geographical change prompted the people to refer to the place as "butas", "nayon ng butas", or "nabutas", a Tagalog word that means breached or pierced through. What began as a natural channel developed into a regular waterway, now known as the Navotas
Navotas River. In later years, the place came to be known as "Nabotas", then "Navotas". It was also known as Hacienda de Navotas; it was once owned by the Dominican friars until it was sold to the Pascual family during the early days of the American regime and developed into a residential estate. San Jose de Navotas
Navotas was the name given to the locality after its patron saint, Saint Joseph. On June 11, 1859, a "Superior Decreto" established a new parish and municipality under the supervision of Friar Matias Navoa. The populace was divided into two distinct groups, the naturales (locals) and the mestizos. Mariano Estrellas was the gobernadorcillo (petty governor) of the naturales and Mariano Israel, of the mestizos. Today, because records are incomplete, recognition is only given to the gobernadorcillos for the mestizos. A school in honor of San Jose was built and known as "San Jose Academy." History[edit] Historical timeline[edit]

December 20, 1827 – The movement for separation of Navotas
Navotas which was then a part of Malabon
Malabon (Tambobong). February 16, 1859 – The date when the barrios of San Jose, Navotas and Bangculasi were separated from Malabon. 1859 – Cavada, the year when Navotas
Navotas became an independent town. August 6, 1898 – Navotas
Navotas joined the revolutionary government of General Emilio Aguinaldo. June 11, 1901 – Navotas
Navotas was eventually incorporated into the newly created province of Rizal
Rizal enacted Act. No. 137. 1904 - the town was again merged with Malabon. Bernardo Dagala, a native of Navotas, was elected municipal president. January 16, 1906 – Navotas
Navotas finally became an independent municipality with the enactment of Act. No. 1442 which separated it from Malabon. January 16, 2006 - Navotas
Navotas celebrated its centennial June 24, 2007 – Navotas
Navotas became a city after a plebiscite was conducted.

Brief Description of Navotas[edit] Navotas
Navotas was originally a contiguous part of Malabon
Malabon and was not separated from it by a body of water. However, sometime in the past, the turbulent waters of Manila
Manila Bay gradually eroded a weak strip of land between this town and the district of Tondo in Manila
Manila until an opening was breached. Seawater continued to flow in through this opening particularly during high tide eventually carving out the Navotas
Navotas River in the process. The channel created eventually developed into a regular waterway that has come to be known as the Navotas River. This natural phenomenon seemed to be the origin of the name that today is associated with this area, continually referred to as “nabutas” which over the time gradually evolved into “Navotas”, literally meaning “pierced through” in English. The original name bestowed to the place in its early history when it was still part of Malabon
Malabon was San Jose de Navotas, in honor of its patron saint, San Jose. In 1827, the principales of San Jose de Navotas
Navotas and Bangkulasi
Bangkulasi petitioned the Spanish government for the consolidation and separation of their barrios from Malabon
Malabon to form a new town. This action was precipitated by the difficulty encountered by the townsfolk of these two barrios in transacting business and attending the church due to the physical separation brought by the Navotas
Navotas River. The petition did not meet with success until three decades later when in February 16, 1859 as evidence by existing documents, the barrios of San Jose de Navotas
Navotas and Bangkulasi
Bangkulasi was separated from Malabon. Eventually the Royal Audiencia promulgated the “Superior ” on June 11, 1859 which provided for the establishment of a new parish with a church and parochial school for the benefit of the town of Navotas
Navotas and its barrios, which at that time were San Jose, Tangos, Bangkulasi
Bangkulasi and Tanza. Navotas
Navotas was incorporated into the newly created Province of Rizal
Rizal on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of Philippine Commission Act No. 137. However, pursuant to its policy of economy and centralization, the Philippine Commission again merged Malabon
Malabon and Navotas
Navotas through Act No. 942 designating the seat of government to Malabon. Origin and Historical Development[edit] Years ago, the town of Navotas
Navotas was not known by its present name for it was only considered as part of Malabon. The place appeared to be a long and narrow delta with a thick line of pandan leaves, which grew abundantly extending from north to south along the seashore. It was believed that long ago, the town was not entirely surrounded by water. Old folks believed that the layer of land between the former district of Tondo, Manila
Manila and this town was probably soft and weak, such that the turbulent waters of the bay gradually eroded a portion of the land, until an opening was made. Soon seawater begun to flow through its opening especially during high tide. At low tide, the waters from inland flowed out into the sea. This geographical change prompted the people to refer to the place as “nabutas” which means breached or pierced through. This developed into a regular waterway, now known as the Navotas
Navotas River. In later years, the whole place came to be known as Navotas. 4 The movement for a separate Navotas, which was by that time part of Tambobong, now Malabon
Malabon started on December 20, 1827 when the “principales” of the three barrios of San Jose, Navotas, and Bangkulasi
Bangkulasi petitioned the Spanish Government to form a new town citing among others, the difficulty of the people to transact business and attend religious festivities of the mother town. On October 31, 1832, the residents of the three barrios nominated Don Bernabe Francisco to represent them in their fight for separation from Malabon. But the petition of the principales of the three barrios was shelved by the government on September 19, 1855 pending the putting up by the people of Navotas
Navotas of a church, convent, and a town hall that symbolized their sincerity. In spite of the determined efforts of the principales, their petition was again disapproved on August 19, 1856. Instead of being discouraged, the successive rebuff only served to prod them to work harder. Finally, a document dated February 16, 1859 recorded the separation of barrios San Jose, Navotas, and Bangkulasi
Bangkulasi from Malabon. When the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896, Navotas
Navotas formally joined the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo on August 6, 1898. On June 11, 1901, the town of Navotas
Navotas was incorporated into the newly created province of Rizal
Rizal by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 137. In 1903, by virtue of the Philippine Commission Act No. 942, the municipalities of Malabon
Malabon and Navotas
Navotas were merged into one by which the former was chosen as the seat of government for economic and centralization purposes. Bernardo Dagala of Navotas
Navotas fought for the separation of Navotas
Navotas from Malabon, finally, Navotas
Navotas gained full independence as a distinct municipality through the enforcement of the Philippine Commission Act No. 142 lasts January 16, 1906. On November 1975, in the exercise of emergency power during martial law of then President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Presidential Decree No. 824 created the Metropolitan Manila
Manila Commission, which placed Navotas
Navotas together with twelve (12), other municipalities of Rizal
Rizal and the four (4) cities under its jurisdiction. Today, Navotas, after a long wait, was proclaimed as a full-pledge city last June 24, 2007, upon obtaining 12,544 affirmative votes on a plebiscite. Navotas, together with the other fifteen (15) cities and one (1) municipality (Pateros) remain part of Metropolitan Manila, particularly of the National Capital Region (NCR). As mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991, this LGU is also guided by various devolved, deconcentrated and concerned National Government Agencies likewise encouraging the support and participation of the Non-Government Organization on its undertaking towards national development.5 Geography[edit] Topography[edit] Navotas
Navotas is a coastal town in the northwest part of Metro Manila. It is a narrow strip of land with an aggregated shoreline of approximately 4.5 km. In the north, Navotas
Navotas shares a common border with the town of Obando, Bulacan, along Sukol Creek which separates it from Balt. Along the eastern border runs the Binuangan River, the Daang Cawayan River, the Dampalit River, the Batasan River, the Navotas River, the Bangculasi Channel, the Malabon
Malabon Channel and the Estero de Maypajo. It is bordered on the north by Obando, Bulacan
Obando, Bulacan along Sukol Creek; on the south by the city of Manila; on the east by Daang Binuangan River, Bangkulasi
Bangkulasi Channel, Malabon
Malabon Channel and Estero de Maypajo; and on the west by Manila
Manila Bay. City Government[edit] Further information: Mayor of Navotas and Navotas
Navotas City Council Political Profile[edit] With regards to the separation of Navotas
Navotas from Malabon
Malabon in 1859 and the organization thereof as a distinct municipality or “pueblo” with its own government and church, this town was headed by the governadorcillos who exercised executive and judicial functions. However, as this locality was composed of two groups the naturales and the mestizos, each of which had its own governadorcillo appointed by the governor-general who was the supreme authority in all local matters, since the inhabitants did not allow choosing their officials. This political system was somehow revoked at the end of the Spanish Regime through the Maura Law of 1883, which guided some of the selected officials to the supervision of an insular authority. During the revolutionary period (from 1898-1902), as the democratic system of local governance was being established via the First Philippines Republic and Malolos
Malolos Constitution, people of Navotas
Navotas with high character, social position and honorable conduct gathered in a meeting and elected the chief of the town, the headman of the barrio (barangay) and three officials viz., for police and internal order, justice and civil registry, and taxes and property. In this situation, these elected officials constitute an assembly wherein the chief of the town was the president, the headman, the vice-president, and the justice officer the secretary. In this period, the name of Navotas
Navotas LGU and its head were changed from “pueblo to municipality” and from “President to Mayor”. Philippine Commission, which exercised supervision over local government, appointed the first local official. Gradually, election of officials was allowed. During the period of the Philippine Commonwealth (from 1935-1945), the 1935 constitution ushered. This provided that the President of the Philippines
Philippines should exercise general supervision over all local governments. This allowed Navotas
Navotas to have three (3) leaders. This trend from 1946 to 1972 (during the second Philippine Republic) was toward decentralization. Congress passed laws giving more autonomy to Local Government Units through the grant of additional powers and lessening of national control affairs. This created four (4) Mayors of Navotas. During the Martial Law Period, President Marcos had changed the structure and functions of LGU’s, thus decentralization suffered the set back with the concentration of power on his hands. After December 31, 1975 (expiration of tenure of office of the local elective officials), the President assumed the power of appointment of the officials as authorized by the people in a referendum held on 27 February 1975. During the Marcos Regime, Navotas
Navotas had two (2) Mayors. Navotas
Navotas was proclaimed as a full-fledged city by virtue of RA 9387[7] that converted the municipality of Navotas
Navotas into a highly urbanized city. A plebiscite was held on June 24, 2007 which was ratified the conversion of Navotas
Navotas into a highly urbanized city. Barangays[edit]

Political map of Navotas

Navotas
Navotas is politically subdivided into 2 districts, with a total of 14 barangays:

Barangays District Population[8] (2010) Area
Area (km²) Density (/km²) Zip Code

Bagumbayan North 1st 2,652

Bagumbayan South 1st 4,524

Bangkulasi 1st 8,263

Navotas
Navotas East 1st 2,241

Navotas
Navotas West 1st 8,698

Northbay Boulevard North 1st 16,201

Northbay Boulevard South 1st 68,375

San Rafael Village 1st 3,530

Sipac-Almacen 1st 11,541

Daanghari 2nd 19,179

San Jose 2nd 28,153

1485

San Roque 2nd 17,916

Tangos 2nd 32,941

1489

Tanza 2nd 24,917

1490

Demographics[edit]

Population census of Navotas

Year Pop. ±% p.a.

1903 11,688 —    

1918 13,454 +0.94%

1939 20,861 +2.11%

1948 28,889 +3.68%

1960 49,262 +4.55%

1970 83,245 +5.38%

1975 97,098 +3.14%

1980 126,146 +5.37%

1990 187,479 +4.04%

1995 229,039 +3.82%

2000 230,403 +0.13%

2007 245,344 +0.87%

2010 249,131 +0.56%

2015 249,463 +0.03%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[5][9][10][11]

Economy[edit]

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Education[edit] Further information: Division of City Schools–Navotas

The Main Building of the Navotas
Navotas Polytechnic College.

Navotas
Navotas has 15 public elementary schools and 6 public secondary schools including Navotas
Navotas National High School.[12] The Navotas Polytechnic College located at the North Bay Boulevard South in Kaunlaran Village is owned and operated by the city. Transportation[edit] Main article: Public transport in Navotas Transportation in Navotas
Navotas are composed of different vehicles. Notable people/groups[edit]

General Dionisio Santiago (ret), former Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Froilan Baguion, professional basketball player Engracia Cruz-Reyes, chef and entrepreneur Jorella Marie de Jesus, professional volleyball player Navotas
Navotas All-Star/Finest, Various Hip-hop group/s & artist/s (Tanza to San Rafael) Gerald Santos, singer and actor Wendy Valdez, beauty queen, and an actress. Jannie Loudette Vicencio Alipo-on, Miss Tourism International 2017.

Twin towns / Sister cities[edit]

Parañaque, Philippines Manila, Philippines

References[edit]

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Manila Area" (PDF). Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. November 14, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.  ^ "Enhancing Risk Analysis Capacities for Flood, Tropical Cyclone Severe Wind and Earthquake for the Greater Metro Manila
Metro Manila Area
Area Component 5 – Earthquake Risk Analysis" (PDF). Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and Geoscience Australia. Retrieved May 16, 2016.  ^ "Annual Audit Report – Local Government Units – National Capital Region". Commission on Audit. Retrieved August 7, 2017.  ^ a b Census of Population (2015). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.  ^ Navotas
Navotas becomes Metro Manila's newest city. Retrieve June 24, 2007 ^ "Republic Act No. 9387: An Act Conventing the Municipality of Navotas
Navotas into a Highly Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Navotas". The Corpus Juris. The Corpus Juris. Retrieved 9 March 2016.  ^ [1] ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.  ^ Censuses of Population (1903 – 2007). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.  ^ "Province of Metro Manila, 3rd (Not a Province)". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration
Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.  ^ "Schools List" (PDF). Navotas
Navotas City Website. Retrieved January 23, 2015. [permanent dead link]

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