Quick Sneak Peek of Valenzuela City.. Before

Dr. Pio Valenzuela

Valenzuela was named after Dr. Pio Valenzuela, a Doctor and a Filipino Revolutionary who was born in 1869.

In Spanish, Valezuela is a diminutive form of Valencia, Spain which means “Little Valencia “. Valenzuela originally called “Polo”. Polo derived from the Tagalog term pulo which means” island”, even though it is not an island.

City of Valenzuela is the 119th largest city in the Philippines which is located at the region of Metro Manila (National Capital Region) and bordered in the town of Obando and the City of Meycuayan, Bulacan.

Valenzuela City is composed of 33 Barangays, the smallest administrative unit in the city and which is divided into two districts.


District 1 composed of 24 barangays (Arkong Bato, Balangkas, Bignay, Bisig, Canumay East, Canumay West, Coloong, Dalandanan, Isla, Lawang Bato, Lingunan, Mabolo, Malanday, Malinta, Palasan, Pariancillo Villa, Pasolo, Poblacion, Polo, Punturin, Rincon, Tagalag, Viente Reales and Wawang Pulo).

District 2 composed of 9 Barangays (Gen. T. de Leon, Karuhatan, Bagbaguin, Mapulang Lupa, Marulas, Maysan, Parada, Paso de Blas, and Ugong ). Every Barangay is headed by the Barangay Captain and his councils duly elected by the residents.

On September 27, 2010, an ordinance was signed declaring November 7 as the New Valenzuela Foundation Day or what we called “Araw ng Valenzuela “.

This date holds great significance of the city and its people while it was established on July 2, 1960 and declared a Valenzuela’s cityhood on February 14, 1998.

On the years past, the Valenzuela government did their part to fulfill their duties as the servant of the city that leads a Valenzuela as one of the most progressive city.

Many destinations and attractions can catch the attention of the people where it has a historical event happened before it was established.