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| leader_title1 = Mayor | leader_name1 = (NPC) | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = Eric M. Martinez (Liberal) | total_type = City | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 47.02 | area_water_km2 = 3.995 | area_urban_footnotes = | area_urban_km2 = 31.559 | area_rural_footnotes = | area_rural_km2 = 5.504 | area_rank = 119th of 143 cities | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 38 | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Valenzuelaño | population_rank = 13th of 143 cities | timezone = PHT | utc_offset = +8 | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 1440–48; 1469; 0550; 0560 (see below) | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = | website = | blank_name_sec1 = Spoken languages | blank_info_sec1 = Tagalog, English, Chinese, Spanish and other regional languages | footnotes = }} Valenzuela (; (:ˌbɐlenzuˈwelɐ)),〔In rare occasion it is pronounced as (:ˌbɐlenzuwelɐʔ), with a glottal stop after /ɐ/ in Filipino/Tagalog languages.〕 officially known as the City of Valenzuela〔 ''Article I, Section 2''. The Municipality of Valenzuela is hereby converted into a highly urbanized city to be known as the City of Valenzuela, (...)〕 () (ISO: PH-00; PSGC: 137504000) or simply Valenzuela City, is the 119th largest city of the Philippines and one of the 16 cities plus a municipality that compose the region of Metro Manila, located about 14 km (7.9 miles) north of Manila. Valenzuela is categorized by virtue of Republic Act Nos. 7160 and 8526 as a highly urbanized, first-class city based on income classification and number of population.〔 A chartered city located on the island of Luzon, it is bordered by Meycauayan (Bulacan) in the north, Quezon City and northern Caloocan to the east; by Obando (Bulacan) to the west; by Malabon, southern Caloocan and Tullahan River to the south. With a land mass of 47.02 km2 and a population of 575,356 in August 2010, Valenzuela is the 13th most populous city in the Philippines. Valenzuela's population is composed of 72% Tagalog people followed by 5% Bicolanos. Small percentage of foreign nationals reside in the city. Valenzuela was named after Pío Valenzuela, a doctor and a member of Katipunan. The town preceding Valenzuela that was originally called ''Polo'' was formed in 1621 due to religious separation movements from parishes of Meycauayan (Catanghalan). Polo has been occupied twice by foreign armies other than colonial powers Spain and United States: first during the Seven Years' War by the British and by the Japanese during the Second World War. Owing to the cross migration of people across the country and its location as the northernmost point of Metro Manila, Valenzuela has developed into a multicultural metropolis. A former agricultural rural area, Valenzuela has grown into a major economic and industrial center of the Philippines when a large number of industries relocated to the central parts of the city. ==Toponymy== ''Valenzuela'', in Spanish is a diminutive form of Valencia, Spain which means "little Valencia".〔 ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Alternative URL can be found in (Ancestry.com )〕 The name Valenzuela is also the surname of Pío Valenzuela, a Tagalog physician who was one of the leaders of Katipunan. He was regarded as a member of the Katipunan triumvirate that started the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial authorities in 1896. He also served as the provisional chairman for the Katipunan. Originally, Valenzuela was called Polo. The name ''Polo'' was derived from the Tagalog term ''pulô'', which means island, even though the area was not an island. The original town of Polo was surrounded by the rivers from the north and Tullahan River on the south. Hence, the enclosed land was thought to be an ''island'' and early townsmen regarded the place as ''Pulô'' which later evolved into Polo done by hispanicization of the word. Today, the term Polo only applies to the barangay of Polo, the birthplace of Dr. Pio Valenzuela himself, which is found in the city's first congressional district. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valenzuela, Metro Manila」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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