Muntinlupa City
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Muntinlupa City (pop. 379,310, 2000 Census) is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of Taguig, to the northwest by Parañaque City, by Las Piñas City to the west, to the southwest by the municipality of Bacoor in the province of Cavite to the southwest, by the municipality of San Pedro, in the province of Laguna, and by Laguna de Bay to the east, the largest lake in the country. It earned the title "Emerald City of the Philippines".
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
2000 census—379,310.
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Muntinlupa was once notoriously known as the home of the New Bilibid Prison, where the country's most dangerous criminals languish. Nowadays, it has largely shaken off this negative image to become one of the most progressive cities in the country. Muntinlupa is home to some of the best malls in Metro Manila and is the location of Ayala Alabang Village, the biggest in the country and where many of the wealthiest families live. Among Ayala Alabang Village's residents include former President Fidel Ramos, the leader of charismatic Christian Group El Shaddai, Brother Mike Velarde. The Prince of Brunei also owns a residence in this subdivision.
The Alabang area of Muntinlupa City has played host to tremendous development in the past decade. In what used to be open fields and empty roads in the early 1990s, there now stands new shopping centres and office buildings. A large scale development called Filinvest was created in the latter half of the 90s, and now plays host to Festival Supermall, Manulife tower, luxury condominiums and modern office complexes. Many offices and companies have moved their operations from the crowded Makati City to Alabang in a transformation that closely mimicks that of Makati City 30 years ago.
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Districts and barangays
Muntinlupa City is composed of a lone congressional district, and two legislative districts which are further subdivided into nine Barangays. Legislative District One contains four barangays in the southern half of the city, while legislative District Two occupies the five barangays in the northern portion of the city.
While barangays are the administrative divisions of the city, and are legally part of the addresses of establishments and homes, many residents indicate their subdivision (village) instead of their barangay.
Listed below are the barangays in each district plus some notable subdivisions.
District one barangays
- Alabang
- Ayala Alabang
- Buli
- Cupang
- Sucat
District two barangays
- Bayanan
- Poblacion
- Putatan
- Tunasan
Subdivisions
- Ayala Alabang Village
- Alabang Hills Village
- Hillsborough Alabang
- Soldiers Hills Village
- Sto. Niño Village
- Lodora Village
- JPA Subdivision
Attractions
- Alabang Town Center, one of the country's high class shopping malls
- Festival Supermall, one of the largest malls in Asia
- Filinvest Corporate City
- Madrigal Business Center
- Ayala Alabang Country Club
- New Bilibid Prison, the country's national penitentiary center
Educational institutions
Technical Schools, Colleges, and Universities
- Asian College of Science and Technology
- Christ the King Technical School
- Criminal Justice College
- Imus Computer College (ICC) - Alabang http://www.geocities.com/imuscompcolg/
- International Electronics and Technology Institute (IETI) College
- Muntinlupa Institute of Technology
- National College of Science and Technology
- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa (formerly Muntinlupa Polytechnic College)
- Philippine Science Technology Center
- St. Benedict College http://www.stbenedict.edu/
- St. Dominic College
- St. Francis of Assisi College - Alabang
- Systems Technology Institute (STI) College - Alabang
- West Bay College http://www.westbaycollege.edu.ph/
High schools
- De la Salle - Santiago Zobel School (Multiversity of De La Salle University) http://www.zobel.dlsu.edu.ph
- St. Benedict College - High School
- PAREF Southridge School http://www.southridge.edu.ph
- PAREF Woodroose School http://www.parefwoodrose.edu.ph
- Pedro E. Diaz High School
- Muntinlupa National High School
- Muntinlupa Science High School http://www.munsci.net (unofficial website)
Universities
- De la Salle - Santiago Zobel School (Multiversity of DLSU) http://www.zobel.dlsu.edu.ph
External links
- http://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/: Official website