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Marikina (/mərɪˈkɪnə/), officially known as the City of Marikina (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Marikina), 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 456,059 people.
It is located along the eastern border of Metro Manila, Marikina is the main gateway of Metro Manila to Rizal and Quezon provinces through Marikina–Infanta Highway. It is bordered on the west by Quezon City, to the south by Pasig and Cainta, to the north by San Mateo, and to the east by Antipolo, the capital of Rizal province.
It is founded by the Jesuits on the fertile Marikina Valley in 1630, Marikina was the provincial capital of the Province of Manila under the First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1899 during the Philippine Revolution. Following the onset of American occupation it was then organized as a municipality of Rizal Province, prior to the formation of Metro Manila in 1975. A formerly rural settlement, Marikina is now primarily residential and industrial and has become increasingly commercial in recent years. The City of Marikina is considered one of the wealthiest local government units in the Philippines.
It is located along the eastern border of Metro Manila, Marikina is the main gateway of Metro Manila to Rizal and Quezon provinces through Marikina–Infanta Highway. It is bordered on the west by Quezon City, to the south by Pasig and Cainta, to the north by San Mateo, and to the east by Antipolo, the capital of Rizal province.
It is founded by the Jesuits on the fertile Marikina Valley in 1630, Marikina was the provincial capital of the Province of Manila under the First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1899 during the Philippine Revolution. Following the onset of American occupation it was then organized as a municipality of Rizal Province, prior to the formation of Metro Manila in 1975. A formerly rural settlement, Marikina is now primarily residential and industrial and has become increasingly commercial in recent years. The City of Marikina is considered one of the wealthiest local government units in the Philippines.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marikina
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Coordinates: 14°38'48"N 121°6'17"E
- UP Sunken Garden 3.7 km
- Eastwood City 4.8 km
- Diliman 6 km
- Araneta City 6.4 km
- Sta. Rita De Cascia Parish Church and Social Hall 7.9 km
- Triangle Park 8.1 km
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Parish 8.9 km
- Bago Bantay 10 km
- New Manila 10 km
- Quezon City 19 km
- Purok Paliparan 0.2 km
- Better Homes Subdivision 0.2 km
- Goodrich Village 0.6 km
- Purok Lamuan 0.7 km
- Paliparan Subdivision 0.8 km
- Vista Valley Executive Village 1 km
- SSS Village Phase 1 1.2 km
- Marikina Heights Subdivision 1.3 km
- Marikina Watershed 13 km
- Rizal 20 km
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