This is report of my classmate (FIFI)

1. Municipality of
Fifilandia

3. Mandaluyong Quezon
City City
Makati Marikina
City LOCATION City
Pasig City

4. Marikina City
• Marikina was former capital of the province
of Manila during the declaration of
Philippine Independence.
• Marikina was given the title the Shoe
Capital of the Philippines because of its
notable shoe industry.
• World's Largest Pair of Shoes and it was
only recently that the Guinness World
Records recognized this feat.

5. Marikina City
• The Shoe Museum houses part of the
famous shoe collection of the former
First Lady Imelda Marcos, shoes of the
world leaders, past presidents, famous
people, and shoes of different countries
around the world, and making it the
largest collection of pair of shoes in the
world.

6. Marikina City
• Marikina is noted as one of
tourism and cultural hub in Metro
Manila, it is also the home of
Philippine Footwear Federation.
Marikina is one of the wealthiest
local government units in
the Philippines.

7. Marikina City
• The city also considered as one of the
healthiest and livable cities within the
Asia-Pacific, awarded Hall of Fame for its
cleanest and greenest city, most awarded
city in Metro Manila and most
competitive city in the Philippines. The
people of Marikina are amongst the most
disciplined in the Philippines.

8. Marikina City
•Districts: 1st and 2nd
district of Marikina.
•Barangay: 16 Barangays
•Incorporated (town):
April 16, 1630

9. Government
• Mayor: Del R. De
Guzman(Liberal)
• V. Mayor: Jose Fabian I.
Cadiz (Liberal)

11. Demographics
•Area:
21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi)
•Population (2010):
424,150

12. History
• In 1570, the Augustinians were the first
to arrive at the valley at the spot now
known as Chorillo, in Barangka.
• The Jesuits next came to arrive in a place
called Jesús de la Peña and they
established a mission and built a chapel
in a place now called Jesús Dela Peña,
where the first mass was held in 1630.

13. History
• The area was later called "Mariquina" after it named
to Felix Berenguer de Marquina in 1787 who was
the governor-general at that time, and the town was
declared a pueblo under the Spanish colonial
government. That year, Don Benito Mendoza became
the first Gobernadorcillo of Mariquina.
• In 1887, Mariquina emerged as a town of
shoemakers. Shoe-making began through the
pioneering efforts of Don Laureano "Kapitan Moy"
Guevarra (known as the father of shoe industry in
the Philippines), assisted by Tiburcio Eustaquio,
Ambrocio Sta. Ines, and Gervacio Carlos.

14. History
• In 1896, Andrés Bonifacio arrived in Mariquina
before he and his Katipuneros proceeded to
the caves of Montalban. Mariquina became
the capital of the Province of Manila in
1898, when the Philippine Revolution broke
out, a period which declare the
Philippine Independence by Emilio
Aguinaldo, the first Philippine president. Don
Vicente Gomez became the first Alcalde
Presidente of Mariquina in 1900.

15. History
• In 1992, under the leadership of former
mayor Bayani Fernando, Marikina has since been
transformed into the beautiful and industrialized
urban muicipality. Marikina River transform into
beautiful waterways along the beautiful parks on the
riverbanks. On December 8, 1996, the municipality
of Marikina became a city and transformed rapidly
into a highly urbanized. Marikina City classified into
first class city by virtue of Republic Act No.
8223, same date as the Feast of Immaculate
Concepcion.

16. Pride of Marikina

17. Marikina Park

19. Marikina
River

21. Marikina
River

23. Marikina City
Hall

25. Our Lady of
the
Abandoned
Church

27. SM Marikina

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