13 Facts About Mandaluyong

Mandaluyong, officially known as the City of Mandaluyong, is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.

Mandaluyong was first known as a barrio of Santa Ana de Sapa, which was part of the District of Paco, Province of Tondo.

Mandaluyong was significant in the Philippine Revolution of 1896 as the baluarte of the Katipunan or "Makabuhay" group, with seventeen branches.

From 1942 to 1945, during World War II, Mandaluyong formed part of the City of Greater Manila, along with Manila, Quezon City, and other nearby towns of Rizal.

Also during the war, Mandaluyong lost many of her people; among them were Catholic priests and civilians.

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That day became a red calendar day for Mandaluyong marking its liberation from the Japanese Imperial forces by the Allies.

Many infrastructures, companies, and other businesses were developed in 1950s–1960s and as the result, making Mandaluyong recognized as the most developed municipality in the province of Rizal.

On November 7,1975, Mandaluyong was formally included in newly established Metropolitan Manila by virtue of Presidential Decree No 824 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos.

Mandaluyong became a lone district with its own representative in Congress.

Mandaluyong today is composed of 27 barangays divided into two political districts mainly by Boni Avenue and G Aglipay Street.

In 2003, Mandaluyong was recognized as "The Tiger City of the Philippines" because of dramatic improvement in the city's economy.

Mandaluyong is served by the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Metro Manila's main thoroughfare.

Presence of the Pasig River stretching along the south border of Mandaluyong provides an alternative route and mode of public transportation mainly for cargo freight of industries along the river, and for commuters seeking for a faster and more direct route to and from the cities of Pasig and Manila.