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Valenzuela, Philippines
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Valenzuela
 Lungsod ng Valenzuela
 
 — 
 
City
 
 — 
 
 
Seal
 Nickname(s): The Vibrant City, The City of DisciplineMotto:
Valenzuela, May Disiplina
 
Map of  Metro Manila showing the location of Valenzuela
 
 
 Valenzuela
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Valenzuela
 
 
Coordinates: 
14°40′58″N
 
120°58′1″E
Coordinates: 
14°40′58″N
 
120°58′1″E
 
Country
 
 
Philippines 
 
Region
 
 
National Capital Region 
 
(Third district)
[1]
 
 
Legislative districts
 
 
1st and 2nd 
Established
November 7, 1621 (389 years ago)
[2]
 
 
Cityhood
February 14, 1998 (13 years ago)
[3]
 
 
Government
 
- Type
Strong mayor-council government (LGU) 
 
- Mayor 
 
Sherwin T. Gatchalian
[4]
(NPC) 
- Vice mayor
Eric M. Martinez
[5]
 (NPC) 
 
- Representatives 
 
Congressmen
[show]
 
 
Area
 
- City 
 
44.589 km
2
(17.2 sq mi)
- Water
3.995 km
2
(1.5 sq mi)
- Urban
31.559 km
2
(12.2 sq mi)
- Rural
5.504 km
2
(2.1 sq mi)
 
Area rank
101st of  122 cities 
Elevation
[8]
 
 
38 m (125 ft)
Population
(2007)
[9]
 
 
- City 
 
568,928
- Estimate
(2010
†
) 
 
580,022
- Rank
10th of  122 cities 
- Density
12,759.4/km
2
(33,046.6/sq mi)
Demonym
 
Valenzuelaño
Divisions
 
- Barangays 
 
32
Time zone
 
PHT (UTC+8) 
ZIP code
 
1440
 – 
48146905500560 (see below) 
Area code(s)
 
 
02
ISO 3166 code
 
PH-00
[10]
 
 
Twin Cities- Bucheon (2006)
[11][12]
 
 
Gyeonggi (SK) 
 
- Santa Cruz (2008)
[13]
 
 
Marinduque (PH) 
 
Spoken languages
Tagalog, English, Chinese,and
 
other regional languages 
 
Website
valenzuela.gov.ph
 
 
†
Population estimate of 2010 is based on National Statistics Office's average estimate for the country.
[14]
 
Valenzuela
( 
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nzju
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/
; Filipino: 
Valenzuela 
 
[
ˌ
b
ɐ
lenzu
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]
),
[n 1]
 officially known as the
City of
 
Valenzuela
[15]
 (Filipino: 
Lungsod ng Valenzuela 
)(ISO: PH-00;PSGC: 137504000
[10]
)is a highly
 
urbanized,
[16][17]
 first-class city 
[18]
 and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila.The city has
 
568,928 residents as of August 2007 and is primarily an industrial and residential suburb ofManila.
[10]
 The North Luzon Expressway 
 
passes through the city and out of Metro Manila into the province of Bulacan.  Valenzuela has a land area of 44.59 km
2
divided into several domain: residential, industrial and cultural. It isbordered by Meycauayan City,Quezon City and northern Caloocan City to the east; by Obando in Bulacan to
 
the west; by Malabon City,southern Caloocan City and Tullahan River to the south.
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