Barangay Valenzuela, Makati City

INTRODUCTION

 

Barangay Valenzuela, a former Sitio of Barangay Olympia, belongs to Makati City's first district and a member of the Northwest Cluster or Cluster 3 of Makati.

 

It was once a musky, grassy and sprawling lowland with a total population of less than 3,000 residents. Based on 2010 NSO census, there are 7,261 residents in the barangay, that represents 1.40% of the total population of Makati City.  It has a total land area of 0.2514 square kilometers which is 0.9% of the City’s land area and a population density of 29 residents per 1,000 square meters.

 

 

HISTORY

Barangay Valenzuela was once a musky, grassy and sprawling lowland with a population of less than 3,000 residents. It is a former Sitio of Barangay Olympia. In 1960, under Republic Act No. 2370 known as the Barrio Charter Act enacted by the Philippine Congress, provided that any Sitio with 500 inhabitants or more can be a separate Barrio by way of Resolution of the residents.

 

In 1967, by virtue of this Act,  through the efforts of Juan Infante, Catalino Laysico, Apolonio Reyes, and Ching Villareal, a Resolution was handed to the provincial government of Rizal then headed by provincial Governor Isidro Rodriquez, to make Sitio Valenzuela an independent Barangay of Makati.

 

On December 1967, the petition was granted making Sitio Valenzuela an independent Barangay of Makati.

 

On the 3rd week of January 1968, the first regular election for Barangay officials was held.