Navotas

Navotas
From top, left to right: Aerial view of Navotas, Navotas Fish Port Complex, Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Jose de Navotas, Navotas Agora Complex, Navotas City Walk
Official seal of Navotas
Nickname: 
Commercial Fishing Hub of the Philippines
Motto: 
Itaas ang antas ng Buhay-Navoteño (Raise the Level of the Navoteño Life)
Anthem: Himno ng Navotas; English: Navotas Hymn
Map of Metro Manila with Navotas highlighted
Map of Metro Manila with Navotas highlighted
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Navotas is located in Philippines
Navotas
Navotas
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°40′00″N 120°56′30″E / 14.6667°N 120.9417°E / 14.6667; 120.9417
CountryPhilippines
RegionNational Capital Region
Provincenone
District Lone district
FoundedFebruary 16, 1859
Annexation to MalabonOctober 12, 1903
CharteredJanuary 16, 1906
Cityhood and HUCJune 24, 2007
Barangays18 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • MayorJohn Reynald M. Tiangco (NVTEÑO)
 • Vice MayorTito M. Sanchez (NVTEÑO)
 • RepresentativeTobias Reynald M. Tiangco (NVTEÑO)
 • Councilors
List
 • Electorate150,693 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi)
 • Rank144th out of 145
Elevation
19 m (62 ft)
Highest elevation
263 m (863 ft)
Lowest elevation
−3 m (−10 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total247,543
 • Density28,000/km2 (72,000/sq mi)
 • Households
63,167
Demonym(s)Navoteño
Navoteña
Economy
 • Income class1st city income class
 • Poverty incidence
3.10
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 1,482 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 4,585 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 1,394 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 1,121 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityManila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
1409, 1411–1413, 1485, 1489–1490
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)2
Native languagesTagalog
Websitewww.navotas.gov.ph

Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Navotas), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 247,543 people.[3]

It was formerly part of the Province of Rizal in southern Luzon. It comprises what is known as the CAMANAVA area along with the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, and Valenzuela.

It is known as the Commercial Fishing Hub of the Philippines, for the city has the third largest fish port in Asia and the largest in Southeast Asia. Although it was established on February 16, 1859, Navotas celebrates its foundation day every January 16, the day in 1906 when it finally separated from Malabon. Navotas became a highly urbanized city on June 24, 2007.[5]

  1. ^ City of Navotas | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "Navotas Becomes Metro Manila's Newest City". Inquirer.net. Archived from the original on June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2007.

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