Meycauayan
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Meycauayan , officially the City of Meycauayan (), is a 1st class component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Key facts
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- Flag of Meycauayan.png
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- 120x80px
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- City of Meycauayan Seal.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
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- Luzon mainland#Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
- Settlement.nickname
- The Fine Jewelry Center of the Philippines
- Settlement.motto
- "May Magandang Buhay sa Meycauayan"
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- Awit ng Meycauayan()File:Awit ng Lungsod ng Meycauayan.ogg
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- District
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- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- October 4, 1578
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Meycauayan
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Bulacan
- Population
- 228023
- Area
- 32.10
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Valenzuela
- Official website
- www.meycauayan.gov.ph
- Image
- Meycauayan Church and bell tower.jpg
- Households
- 60570
- Dialing code
- 44
Show 11 more facts
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- Commons category
- Meycauayan
- postal code
- 3020
- different from
- Cauayan
- poverty incidence
- 12.62
- electorate
- 134340
- total assets
- 7477029977.57
- total expenditure
- 1329090284.24
- total liabilities
- 1903305157.74
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 2121303546.99
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Cityhood
- Contemporary
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Government
- Local government
- Past officials
- Economy
- Industrial compounds and parks
- Education
- Religion
- Feasts
- Religious organizations/denominations
- Issues and controversies
- Mayoralty dispute (1995–2008)
- Heirs of Anacleto Nieto vs. Meycauayan, Bulacan
- Pollution
- Gallery
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Meycauayan , officially the City of Meycauayan (), is a 1st class component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
The place got its name from the Tagalog words may kawayan which is literally translated to English as there is bamboo. It was formerly known as Mecabayan , a Kapampangan name, and alternatively as Meycawayan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meycauayan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.