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Encyclopedia > Navotas, Metro Manila

Navotas is a municipality in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The town occupies a narrow strip of land along the eastern shores of Manila Bay. Navotas is directly north of Manila, west of Malabon City, and south of Obando, Bulacan.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Municipality of Navotas
Founded: June 11, 1859
Population:

2000 census—230,403

Density—21,393 per km²
Area: 10.77 km²
Congressional district: Lone District of Malabon City and Navotas
Class: 1st class; urban
Image:Ph_locator_ncr_navotas.png

Navotas is an important fishing community. Much of the livelihood of the residents are centered on raising fish in the numerous fishpens in the municipality. Some also catch fish in the Manila Bay.


Navotas is part of the informal subregion of Metro Manila called CAMANAVA. This subregion aside from Navotas also comprises the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, and Valenzuela. The area is prone to frequent floodings especially during the rainy season. Floods, pollution, and overpopulation remains the acute problems of this growing town.


External link

  • Official Municipality Government Website (http://www.navotas.ph)
Metro Manila:

Caloocan City | Las Piñas City | Makati City | Malabon City | Mandaluyong City | Manila | Marikina City | Muntinlupa City | Navotas | Parañaque City | Pasay City | Pasig City | Pateros | Quezon City | San Juan | Taguig | Valenzuela City


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Metro Manila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1914 words)
Metro Manila is the political, economic, social, and cultural center of the country, and it is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.
Metro Manila is the smallest of the country's regions, but the most populous and the most densely populated, having a population of 9,932,560 (2000 census) in an area only 636 square kilometers large.
Metro Manila is also sandwiched by the Manila Bay to the west and the Laguna de Bay to the southeast with the Pasig River running between them, bisecting the region.
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