Caloocan's 1st congressional district

Caloocan's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
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Location of Caloocan within Metro Manila
CityCaloocan
RegionMetro Manila
Population953,125 (2020)[1]
Electorate342,766 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
  • Barangays 1–4
  • Barangays 77–85
  • Barangays 132–175
  • Barangays 176-A, 176-B, 176-C, 176-D, 176-E, 176-F[3]
  • Barangay 177
Area34.86 km2 (13.46 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1987
RepresentativeOscar Malapitan
Political party  Nacionalista Party
Congressional blocMajority

Caloocan's 1st congressional district, also known as North Caloocan district, is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Caloocan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1987.[4] The district consists mostly of the North Caloocan barangays north of EDSA and Circumferential Road 4: Barangays 1 to 4 of Zone 1, Barangays 77 to 85 in Zones 7 and 8, and Barangays 132 to 177 in Zones 12 to 15.[5][6] It also included Barangays 178 to 188 in Zones 15 and 16 in the northern portion of Caloocan until their redistricting to the third district that took effect in 2022.[7] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Oscar Malapitan of the Nacionalista Party (NP).[8]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Nievera, Allysa (September 1, 2024). "Caloocan residents vote 'Yes' to dividing Bagong Silang into 6 separate barangays". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "History 2". City Government of Caloocan. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  7. ^ Republic Act No. 11545 (May 23, 2021), An Act Reapportioning the First Legislative District of the City of Caloocan Into Two (2) Legislative Districts, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
  8. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 25, 2023.