Marilao, Bulacan
| Municipality of Marilao, Bulacan | |
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| Government | |
| Region | Central Luzon (Region III) |
| Province | Bulacan |
| District | Fourth Congressional District of Bulacan |
| Barangays | 16 |
| Income class: | 1st class urban |
| Mayor | Epifanio Villamar Guillermo |
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| Area | 26.25 km² |
| Population
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160,452 (2007) |
Marilao is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 160,452 inhabitants (101,017 people in 22,363 households in census 2000). In 2007, The City of Meycauayan and the town of Marilao in Bulacan province share a slot in the list of the world’s 30 most polluted places in the developing world drawn up by a private New York-based institute. In its report, “The World’s Worst Polluted Places” for 2007, the Blacksmith Institute said: “Industrial waste is haphazardly dumped into the Meycauayan, Marilao and Obando River system, a source of drinking and agricultural water supplies for the 250,000 people living in and around” the Meycauayan-Marilao area.
“The river system is extremely polluted due to wastes received from tanneries, gold and precious metals refineries, the largest lead smelter in the Philippines, which is the City of Meycauayan, Bulacan and numerous municipal dumpsites,” it said.[1]
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With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the municipality is now included in Manila built up area which reaches San Ildefonso in its Northernmost part.
Marilao is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. [2]
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- Bulacan Official Website - Marilao
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- The Blacksmith Institute - World's Worst Polluted Places
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