Morong
Morong is a municipality in the province of Rizal in the Philippines. The town is at the top of Morong Peninsula with shores on Laguna de Bay and is a vibrant cultural hub.Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morong Plaza and Baras Church.
Baras Church
Church
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The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Saint Joseph, commonly known as Baras Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Baras, Rizal, Philippines, where the miraculous centuries-old image of San Jose de Baras is enshrined.
Tomas Claudio Memorial Elementary School
School
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Tomas Claudio Memorial Elementary School, formerly called Tomas Claudio Memorial School, was constructed in 1921 in honor of Private Tomas Mateo Claudio, the first Filipino hero of Morong, Rizal, in the Philippines, who died during World War I in France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baras and Tanay.
Baras
Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baras, officially the Municipality of Baras, is a municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 91,099 people.
Tanay
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Tanay is a town in Rizal, Philippines. The northern portion of the town lies within the Sierra Madre mountains.
Cardona
Town
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Cardona, officially the Municipality of Cardona, is a municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 51,493 people. Cardona is situated 3½ km south of Morong.
Morong
- Categories: municipality of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Laguna Caldera District, Rizal, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.5151° or 14° 30′ 55″ northLongitude
121.2381° or 121° 14′ 17″ eastPopulation
58,100Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
7Q63G68Q+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 198516021OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1699205Wikidata ID
Q106810
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Satellite Map
Discover Morong from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Waray—“Morong” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Morong”
- Cebuano: “Morong, Rizal”
- Central Bikol: “Morong”
- Chavacano: “Morong, Rizal”
- Dutch: “Morong”
- Filipino: “Morong”
- French: “Morong”
- German: “Morong”
- Iloko: “Morong, Rizal”
- Indonesian: “Morong, Rizal”
- Italian: “Morong”
- Japanese: “モロン”
- Japanese: “モロング”
- Malay: “Morong, Rizal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Morong (Rizal)”
- Norwegian: “Morong”
- Pampanga: “Morong, Rizal”
- Pangasinan: “Morong, Rizal”
- Portuguese: “Morong”
- Russian: “Моронг”
- Swedish: “Morong”
- Tagalog: “Bayan ng Morong”
- Tagalog: “Morong, Rizal”
- Tagalog: “Munisipalidad ng Moron”
- Tagalog: “Munisipyo ng Moron”
- Vietnamese: “Morong, Rizal”
- Waray (Philippines): “Morong, Rizal”
- “Morong”
- “Morong, Rizal”
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