Novaliches


Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of North Caloocan.

Etymology

The village was named after a town Jérica, Spain, and was granted to General Manuel Pavía y Lacy, who served as a Governor-General of the Philippines in 1854.

History

Pavía y Lacy left for Manila on On February 2, 1854 to assume duties there as the Governor-General of the Philippines. His purpose was to create a penal colony in which prisoners were granted freedom after developing tracts of land. What woud eventually become a sizeable community was called Hacienda Tala. In the same year, the Alcalde Mayor of Bulacan petitioned to the Spanish government to incorporate the haciendas of Malinta, Piedad, and Tala into a new town. The town was to be named "Novaliches" from the title "Marquis of Novaliches" of Pavía, who was recently recalled to Spain.
On September 22, 1855, Novaliches was created as a municipality of Bulacan, separated from San Jose del Monte. Three years later, it was transferred to the Province of Tondo until 1901, when the town was transferred again to the newly created Rizal Province during the American regime. The United States Government enacted a reorganization of local government units as part of economic reforms, and Novaliches was absorbed by the neighboring town of Caloocan as a barrio on October 12, 1903, by virtue of Act No. 942 of the Philippine Commission. At that time, it was the largest barrio in the Philippines in terms of land area, measuring. During World War II, Caloocan became part of the City of Greater Manila from 1942 to 1945.
In July 1948, Republic Act No. 333 was signed, making Quezon City as the Capital City of the Philippines, replacing Manila. This necessitated the expansion of Quezon City northward, beyond the La Mesa Watershed Reservation, and encompassing half of the former town. The other half, now known as North Caloocan, remains with Caloocan, which became a city in 1962. The division of Novaliches caused Caloocan to be divided into two parts. Since the 1960s, there were several attempts to reconstitute Novaliches as a separate municipality, but all of which were unsuccessful.
On February 23, 1998, President Fidel V. Ramos signed Republic Act No. 8535, which would make Novaliches into its own city. 15 barangays were to be taken out from Quezon City to form the proposed new city. However, it lost in the plebiscite held in the whole of Quezon City on October 23, 1999. At present, the part of Novaliches belonging to Quezon City is divided into two Congressional Districts, which represents it in the Lower House of the Congress of the Philippines.

Barangays

BarangayLegislative DistrictPopulation
BagbagQC 5th District64653
CapriQC 5th District12903
FairviewQC 5th District61813
Greater LagroQC 5th District23569
GulodQC 5th District62542
KaligayahanQC 5th District60462
Nagkaisang NayonQC 5th District53781
North FairviewQC 5th District44408
Novaliches Proper QC 5th District15468
Pasong Putik ProperQC 5th District39896
San AgustinQC 5th District25355
San BartolomeQC 5th District51148
Santa LuciaQC 5th District28215
Santa MonicaQC 5th District51834
BaesaQC 6th District55328
Pasong TamoQC 6th District110,738
SangandaanQC 6th District21061
SauyoQC 6th District76289
TalipapaQC 6th District38949
Tandang SoraQC 6th District83,114

BarangayAreaLegislative DistrictPopulation
Barangay 164Talipapa1st district
Barangay 165Bagbaguin1st district26622
Barangay 166Kaybiga1st district20985
Barangay 167Llano1st district57041
Barangay 168Deparo1st district35729
Barangay 169BF Homes Caloocan1st district4887
Barangay 170Deparo1st district12901
Barangay 171Bagumbong1st district111713
Barangay 172Urduja1st district22829
Barangay 173Congress1st district15165
Barangay 174Camarin1st district25000
Barangay 175Camarin1st district71726
Barangay 176-ABagong Silang1st district261729
Barangay 176-BBagong Silang1st district261729
Barangay 176-CBagong Silang1st district261729
Barangay 176-DBagong Silang1st district261729
Barangay 176-EBagong Silang1st district261729
Barangay 176-FBagong Silang1st district261729
Barangay 177Camarin1st district84159
Barangay 178Camarin3rd district110224
Barangay 179Camarin3rd district46828
Barangay 180Tala3rd district18802
Barangay 181Pangarap Village3rd district22269
Barangay 182Pangarap Village3rd district9269
Barangay 183Tala3rd district7354
Barangay 184Tala3rd district2919
Barangay 185Tala3rd district27169
Barangay 186Tala3rd district25346
Barangay 187Tala3rd district25046
Barangay 188Tala3rd district32543

Education

The Main Campus of Quezon City University is located on San Bartolome, along Quirino Highway. The northern Caloocan portion of the district hosts two campuses of the University of Caloocan City. Well-known private educational institutions include the School of St. Anthony, Sacred Heart Academy of Novaliches, La Consolacion College Novaliches, the School of the Holy Spirit of Quezon City, FEU Diliman, and FEU-NRMF.

In popular culture

  • On the debut album of Filipino rock band Rocksteddy entitled Tsubtsatagilidakeyn, there is a song called "Super Nova" which pays homage to the district. The song was re-recorded in their 2017 Ang Album Na May Pinakamahabang Pamagat and was re-titled as "Supernovaliches ".