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Marikina

Marikina City known as the shoe capital of the Philippines because of the booming industry of shoe factories in the city. It is home to the world's largest pairs of shoes, and has a museum that contains collections of shoes owned by famous celebrities and personalities, notably that of the former first lady, Imelda Marcos.
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  • Type: City with 456,000 residents
  • Description: city of the Philippines in Metro Manila
  • Also known as: “City of Marikina”, “Marikina City”, and “Marikina, Metro Manila”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ateneo de Manila University and Marikina Shoe Museum.

University
Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , commonly referred to as the Ateneo de Manila or the Ateneo, is a private Catholic research university in , .

Museum
The Shoe Museum, formerly known as the Footwear Museum of Marikina, is a museum in Marikina, , .

Museum
Photo: Aerous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kapitan Moy Building, also known as Cultural Center of Marikina situated in Marikina, , the Philippines, is the 200-year-old house of Don Laureano Guevarra, known as the founder of the Marikina shoe industry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diliman and Katipunan and Marikina Heights.

Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avenue are the two university towns of , housing two major rivalling universities, the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Ateneo de Manila University.

Quarter
is one of the largest barangays of Marikina measuring some 206 hectares. Once a privately owned , it is now populated by 38,795 people according to the 2010 National Census.

Quarter
is an urban barangay in Marikina, , Philippines. It is part of the 1st district of Marikina and is one of the oldest barangays in Marikina.

Marikina

Latitude
14.6331° or 14° 37′ 59″ north
Longitude
121.0994° or 121° 5′ 58″ east
Population
456,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
7Q63J3MX+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198518477
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1700925
Wiki­data ID
Q17175
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Waray—“Marikina” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Marikina”
  • Arabic: “ماريكينا”
  • Basque: “Markina (Filipinak)”
  • Basque: “Marquina (Filipinak)”
  • Bengali: “মারিকিনা”
  • Bengali: “ম্যারিকিনা”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa Marikina”
  • Cebuano: “Marikina”
  • Central Bikol: “Marikina”
  • Central Bikol: “Syudad nin Marikina”
  • Chavacano: “Marikina”
  • Chinese: “Marikina”
  • Chinese: “馬利金納”
  • Chinese: “馬利金納市”
  • Chinese: “马利金纳市”
  • Czech: “Marikina”
  • Dutch: “Marikina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Marikina”
  • Esperanto: “Marikina”
  • Filipino: “Marikina”
  • Finnish: “Marikina”
  • French: “Marikina”
  • Georgian: “მარიკინა”
  • German: “Marikina”
  • Greek: “Μαρικίνα”
  • Gujarati: “મરીકિના”
  • Gujarati: “મેંરીકીના”
  • Hebrew: “מאריקינה”
  • Hindi: “मरिकिना”
  • Hindi: “मारीकिना”
  • Iloko: “Marikina”
  • Iloko: “Siudad ti Marikina”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Marikina”
  • Indonesian: “Marikina”
  • Italian: “Marikina”
  • Japanese: “マリキナ”
  • Japanese: “マリキナ市”
  • Kannada: “ಮರಿಕಿನಾ”
  • Korean: “마리키나”
  • Latvian: “Marikina”
  • Malay: “Marikina”
  • Marathi: “मारीकिना”
  • Marathi: “मॅरिकिना”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marikina”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “馬里僅那”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “馬里僅那市”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “馬里謹那”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “馬里謹那市”
  • Norwegian: “Marikina”
  • Paiwan: “Marikina”
  • Pampanga: “Lakanbalen ning Marikina”
  • Pampanga: “Marikina”
  • Pangasinan: “Marikina”
  • Pangasinan: “Siyudad na Marikina”
  • Persian: “ماریکینا”
  • Polish: “Marikina”
  • Portuguese: “Marikina”
  • Russian: “Марикин”
  • Russian: “Марикина”
  • Sakizaya: “Marikina”
  • Scots: “Marikina”
  • Sinhala: “මරිකිනා”
  • Sinhala: “මැරිකිනා”
  • Spanish: “Mariquina”
  • Spanish: “Markina”
  • Spanish: “Marquina”
  • Swedish: “Marikina”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod Marikina”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Marikina”
  • Tagalog: “Marikina, Kalakhang Maynila”
  • Tagalog: “Marikina”
  • Tamil: “மரிக்கினா”
  • Tamil: “மறுக்கினா”
  • Tatar: “Марикина”
  • Telugu: “మారికినా”
  • Thai: “มารีคีนา”
  • Turkish: “Marikina”
  • Ukrainian: “Марікіна”
  • Urdu: “ماریکینا”
  • Vietnamese: “Marikina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Marikina”
  • “Marikina”

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