Novaliches
title: "Novaliches" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["quezon-city", "caloocan", "populated-places-established-in-1855"] topic_path: "general/quezon-city" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaliches" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Novaliches |
| native_name_lang | |
| image_skyline | Kaligayahan, Novaliches Barangay 43.jpg |
| imagesize | 250px |
| image_caption | Kaligayahan, Novaliches |
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| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Philippines |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | National Capital Region |
| subdivision_type2 | Cities |
| subdivision_name2 | Caloocan, Quezon City |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | September 22, 1855 |
| founder | Manuel Pavía y Lacy |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_urban_footnotes | |
| area_rural_footnotes | |
| area_metro_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| area_codes | |
| website | |
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Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of North Caloocan.
Etymology
The village was named after a town Jérica, Spain, and was granted to General Manuel Pavía y Lacy, who served as a Governor-General of the Philippines in 1854.
History
|native_name = |conventional_long_name = Novaliches |common_name = Novaliches |status = Former municipality of Bulacan (1855-1858), Manila (1858-1901), and Rizal (1901-1903) |empire = |era = | year_start = 1855 | year_end = 1903 |event_start = Established | date_start = September 22, | event1 = Amalgamation from Bulacan to Tondo | date_event1 = 1858 | event_end = Annexation to Caloocan | date_end = October 3, |p1 = Valenzuela, Metro ManilaPolo |flag_p1 = Flag_of_Spain_(1785–1873,1875–1931).svg |s1 = Caloocan |flag_s1 = Flag_of_the_United_States(1896–1908).svg | stat_year1 = 1898 | stat_pop1 = 1,871 | stat_year2 = 1903 | stat_pop2 = 1,556 |national_motto = |image_flag = |image_coat = |image_map = File:City_of_Greater_Manila_map.jpg |image_map_caption = Novaliches as part of Caloocan, 1942, still fully intact with its territory as a municipality until 1948 |today = Metro Manila (Quezon City and Caloocan)
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Territorial_changes_of_Caloocan.png" caption="yellow}} Novaliches area. Detached by Republic Act No. 392 (1949)."] ::
Pavía y Lacy left for Manila on On February 2, 1854 to assume duties there as the Governor-General of the Philippines. His purpose was to create a penal colony in which prisoners were granted freedom after developing tracts of land. What woud eventually become a sizeable community was called Hacienda Tala. In the same year, the Alcalde Mayor (equivalent to present-day Governor) of Bulacan petitioned to the Spanish government to incorporate the haciendas of Malinta, Piedad, and Tala into a new town. The town was to be named "Novaliches" from the title "Marquis of Novaliches" of Pavía, who was recently recalled to Spain.
On September 22, 1855, Novaliches was created as a municipality of Bulacan, separated from San Jose del Monte. Three years later, it was transferred to the Province of Tondo (later renamed Manila in 1859) until 1901, when the town was transferred again to the newly created Rizal Province during the American regime. The United States Government enacted a reorganization of local government units as part of economic reforms, and Novaliches was absorbed by the neighboring town of Caloocan as a barrio on October 12, 1903, by virtue of Act No. 942 of the Philippine Commission. At that time, it was the largest barrio in the Philippines in terms of land area, measuring 10000 ha. During World War II, Caloocan became part of the City of Greater Manila from 1942 to 1945.
In July 1948, Republic Act No. 333 was signed, making Quezon City as the Capital City of the Philippines, replacing Manila. This necessitated the expansion of Quezon City northward, beyond the La Mesa Watershed Reservation, and encompassing half of the former town. The other half, now known as North Caloocan, remains with Caloocan, which became a city in 1962. The division of Novaliches caused Caloocan to be divided into two parts. Since the 1960s, there were several attempts to reconstitute Novaliches as a separate municipality, but all of which were unsuccessful.
On February 23, 1998, President Fidel V. Ramos signed Republic Act No. 8535, which would make Novaliches into its own city. 15 barangays were to be taken out from Quezon City to form the proposed new city. However, it lost in the plebiscite held in the whole of Quezon City on October 23, 1999. At present, the part of Novaliches belonging to Quezon City is divided into two Congressional Districts, which represents it in the Lower House of the Congress of the Philippines.
Barangays
::data[format=table title="Barangays of Novaliches in Quezon City"]
| Barangay | Legislative District | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|
| Bagbag | QC 5th District | |
| Capri | ||
| Fairview | ||
| Greater Lagro | ||
| Gulod | ||
| Kaligayahan | ||
| Nagkaisang Nayon | ||
| North Fairview | ||
| Novaliches Proper (Bayan/Poblacion) | ||
| Pasong Putik Proper | ||
| San Agustin | ||
| San Bartolome | ||
| Santa Lucia | ||
| Santa Monica | ||
| Baesa | QC 6th District | |
| Pasong Tamo | 110,738 | |
| Sangandaan | ||
| Sauyo | ||
| Talipapa | ||
| Tandang Sora | 83,114 | |
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::data[format=table title="Barangays of Novaliches in Caloocan City"]
| Barangay | Area | Legislative District | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barangay 164 | Talipapa | 1st district | |
| Barangay 165 | Bagbaguin | ||
| Barangay 166 | Kaybiga | ||
| Barangay 167 | Llano | ||
| Barangay 168 | Deparo | ||
| Barangay 169 | BF Homes Caloocan | ||
| Barangay 170 | Deparo | ||
| Barangay 171 | Bagumbong | ||
| Barangay 172 | Urduja | ||
| Barangay 173 | Congress | ||
| Barangay 174 | Camarin | ||
| Barangay 175 | |||
| Barangay 176-A | Bagong Silang | ||
| Barangay 176-B | |||
| Barangay 176-C | |||
| Barangay 176-D | |||
| Barangay 176-E | |||
| Barangay 176-F | |||
| Barangay 177 | Camarin | ||
| Barangay 178 | 3rd district | ||
| Barangay 179 | |||
| Barangay 180 | Tala | ||
| Barangay 181 | Pangarap Village | ||
| Barangay 182 | |||
| Barangay 183 | Tala | ||
| Barangay 184 | |||
| Barangay 185 | |||
| Barangay 186 | |||
| Barangay 187 | |||
| Barangay 188 | |||
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Education
The Main Campus of Quezon City University is located on San Bartolome, along Quirino Highway. The northern Caloocan portion of the district hosts two campuses of the University of Caloocan City. Well-known private educational institutions include the School of St. Anthony, Sacred Heart Academy of Novaliches, La Consolacion College Novaliches, the School of the Holy Spirit of Quezon City, FEU Diliman, and FEU-NRMF.
In popular culture
- On the debut album of Filipino rock band Rocksteddy entitled Tsubtsatagilidakeyn, there is a song called "Super Nova" which pays homage to the district. The song was re-recorded in their 2017 Ang Album Na May Pinakamahabang Pamagat and was re-titled as "Supernovaliches (Re-Recorded)".
References
References
- (August 2016). "Spanish Era". Roman Catholic Diocese of Novaliches.
- (October 12, 1903). "An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen".
- (September 26, 2020). "Vignettes about the former Novaliches town". Philippine News Agency.
- Samonte, Severino. (December 15, 2022). "Novaliches: A former town that refused to die".
- (January 1, 1942). "Creating the City of Greater Manila".
- (July 26, 1945). "Reducing the Territory of the City of Greater Manila".
- (July 17, 1948). "An Act to Establish the Capital of the Philippines and the Permanent Seat of the National Government, to Create a Capital City Planning Commission, to Appropriate Funds for the Acquisition of Private Estates Within the Boundary Limits of Said City, and to Authorize the Issuance of Bonds of the National Government for the Acquisition of Private Estates, for the Subdivision Thereof, and for the Construction of Streets, Bridges, Waterworks, Sewerage and Other Municipal Improvements in the Capital City". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
- (December 19, 2018). "Why Caloocan City consists of two separate areas". BusinessMirror.
- (August 23, 2020). "An Act Creating the City of Novaliches".
- (August 23, 2020). "Why Caloocan City residents are under-represented in Congress". Philippine News Agency.
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