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Caloocan

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Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, with a population of about 1.71 million according to the 2024 census. One of the most densely populated cities in Metro Manila, Caloocan holds historical significance as the site where the Katipunan revolutionary movement against Spanish colonial rule was founded in the late nineteenth century, and today functions as a major residential and commercial part of the wider Manila metropolis.

Facts
Population
1,712,945 1
Area (sq km)
55.8 1
Founding Year
1815 1
Founded as a municipality in 1815 when separated from Tondo. Cityhood came later, in 1962, and highly-urbanized-city status later still, in 1979, per the same infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
30 1
Mean elevation; the same infobox gives a highest elevation of 514 m and a lowest of -2 m within city limits.
Latitude
14.65 degrees north 1
Longitude
120.97 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Caloocan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Area / Total field
    Total 55.80 km2 (21.54 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Elevation field
    Elevation 30 m (98 ft)
  • Infobox, Population / Total field
    (2024 census) Total 1,712,945
  • Infobox, Population field
    (2024 census)
  • Coordinates line, top of article
    14°39′N 120°58′E / 14.65°N 120.97°E
  • Infobox, Founded field
    Founded 1815
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