Mandaluyong

Mandaluyong is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, lying directly east of Manila and at the geographic centre of Metro Manila. It began as the barrio of San Felipe Neri under Santa Ana de Sapa, became a separate municipality in 1841, was annexed to the province of Rizal in 1901, and was renamed Mandaluyong in 1931. It was briefly the capital of Rizal in 1904, belonged to the City of Greater Manila from 1942 to 1945, and became part of Metro Manila when the region was formed in 1975. It received cityhood in 1994, the first municipality of Metro Manila converted into a city after the region was established. Part of the Ortigas Center business district lies within it, shared with Pasig, and it hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, Banco de Oro and San Miguel Corporation. Its 2024 census population was 465,902, and it has a tropical climate.