Caloocan City Day

In Celebration of Caloocan Day, I decide to post a little history & background of the city where i was born & grew up.

BRIEF GEOGRAPHY
Caloocan City, northern Philippines, on the island of Luzon, in the National Capital Region, and part of metropolitan Manila. The city has grown rapidly since World War II ended in 1945. In 1975 it was merged with Manila and other nearby urban areas to form a single administrative division under the Metropolitan Manila Commission.

BRIEF HISTORY of Caloocan
The name Caloocan came from the vernacular "lo-ok" meaning interior, and "nasa sulok" which means in the corner, implying its location. The original territory of Caloocan extended to the foothills of Marikina in the east, Tenejeros, Tanza, and Tala Rivers in the north, and San Francisco del Monte, Sampalok, Sta Cruz, and Tondo in the south. Caloocan became a municipality in 1815 after it was separated from the town of Tondo as one of its barrios. Seventy-seven years after it was proclaimed a separate town, Caloocan hosted the completion of the British-owned Manila-Dagupan railways in 1892, bringing the municipality closer to Manila and other points of Luzon. In 1896, the people of Caloocan, led by Andres Bonifacio, revolted against the Spaniards, followed by other uprisings in the different parts of country. Spain eventually surrendered to the Americans on August 1898. The arrival of the Americans in the country proved to be another test to the people of Caloocan. Their heroic defense reduced the town to rubbles. Years of reconstruction followed, with new roads laid out, public schools built, and the railway improved. However, Caloocan suffered three years of oppression under the Japanese occupation. It was when the Philippine Independence was finally proclaimed in 1946 that Caloocan gained its true freedom. In 1961, through a plebiscite, the municipality of Caloocan became city.
Truly Caloocan City is one of the colorful, finest,fast growing city in the Philippines. Happy Caloocan Day!