Caloocan City

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General Information

• Vision & Mission
  
• History
• Socio-Economic Profile
• Physical and Demographical Profile
• Subdivision List
• Zoning & Planning Maps
• Police Station List & Contact Details

Health Department Links 

• Caloocan Health Department Section
• Caloocan Health Statistical Report
• Health Centers
  
• Hospitals & Clinics
• Lying In Clinics

Government - Overview 

• Region :   National Capital Region
• District :  1st and 2nd Districts of Caloocan City
• Barangays : 188
• Income class : 1st class city; urban
• Mayor : Enrico Echiverri (Lakas-CMD)
• Cityhood : February 16, 1962

Physical characteristics 

• Area : 53.33 km²
• Population : 
  

  1,177,604
  22,081/km²

  Total (2000) Density
  

Barangays

The city is politically subdivided into 188 barangays, which are not  officially named but numbered simply as Barangay 1 through Barangay  188.[1] However, names of barrios and districts which do not  necessarily coincide with barangay perimeters, rather than numbers, are  more commonly used, and some are given below.

Highlights

The Light Rail Transit (LRT-1) has a terminal at Monumento. The  railway traverses Rizal Avenue Extension of Caloocan City, into the  City of Manila and Pasay City. The whole stretch can be traveled in  about 30 minutes.

Caloocan City's 10th Avenue area is well-known for the clusters of  motorcycle dealers and motorcycle spare parts dealers. Among the major  and famous streets are P. Zamora Street and A. Mabini Street.

The city's lone public university is the University of Caloocan City  (formerly Caloocan City Polytechnic College). Other educational  institution of higher learning are the University of the East -  Caloocan, World Citi Colleges and Manila Central University. Several  prestigious high schools, such as Notre Dame of Greater Manila,  Caloocan City Science High School, Systems Plus Computer College,  Philippine Cultural High School (Annex), St. Mary's Academy of  Caloocan, St. Clare College of Caloocan, and La Consolacion College,  are situated in the city.

The city hall is located on A. Mabini Avenue, across the street from San Roque Parish Cathedral.

The North Luzon Expressway Operations and Maintenance Center and the Balintawak Toll Barrier are also housed in Caloocan City.

Controversy

Caloocan once encompassed a much bigger area without being bisected  into north and south. During the formation of Quezon City, the  districts that are now Balintawak and Novaliches were divvied up and  excluded from Caloocan and added to the newly-established Quezon City.  Balintawak is a historic district because it was the original site of  the "Cry of Pugad Lawin" (Unang Sigaw sa Balintawak) at a location  called "Kang-kong" near Tandang Sora's house. Novaliches was an  expansive sector with some hillsides that served as meeting places and  hideouts for Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan. Teodoro Agoncillo, a  Filipino historian, once qouted in the book authored by another  historian and National Artist Nick Joaquin MANILA! MY MANILA! the  apportioning of Caloocan: "It is a barbaric act that Balintawak was  chopped off from its original matrix.. Caloocan".

References

 
1. ^ National      Statistical Coordination Board www.nscb.gov.ph. Accessed Nov 28, 2006