Novaliches

 ( Quezon City ) 

Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of Caloocan.

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Etymology The village was named after a town Jérica, Spain, and was granted to General Manuel Pavía y Lacy, who served as a Governor-General of the Philippines in 1854.

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History Pavía y Lacy left for Manila on On February 2, 1854 assume duties there as the Governor-General of the Philippines. His purpose was to create a penal colony in which prisoners were granted freedom after developing tracts of land. What woud eventually become a sizeable community was called Hacienda Tala. In the same year, the Alcalde Mayor (equivalent to present-day Governor) of Bulacan petitioned to the Spanish government to incorporate the haciendas of Malinta, Piedad, and Tala into a new town. The town was to be named "Novaliches" from the title "Marquis of Novaliches" of Pavía, who was recently recalled to Spain.

On September 22, 1855, Novaliches was created as a municipality of Bulacan. Three years later, it was transferred to the Province of Tondo (later renamed Manila in 1859) until 1901, when the town was transferred again to the newly created Rizal Province during the American regime. The United States Government enacted a reorganization of local government units as part of economic reforms, and Novaliches was absorbed by the neighboring town of Caloocan as a barrio on October 12, 1903, by virtue of Act No. 942 of the Philippine Commission. At that time, it was the largest barrio in the Philippines in terms of land area, measuring . During World War II, Caloocan became part of the City of Greater Manila from 1942 to 1945.

In July 1948, Republic Act No. 333 was signed, making Quezon City as the Capital City of the Philippines, replacing Manila. This necessitated the expansion of Quezon City northward, beyond the La Mesa Watershed Reservation, and encompassing half of the former town. The other half, now known as North Caloocan, remains with Caloocan, which became a city in 1962. The division of Novaliches caused Caloocan to be divided into two parts. Since the 1960s, there were several attempts to reconstitute Novaliches as a separate municipality, but all of which were unsuccessful.

On February 23, 1998, President Fidel V. Ramos signed Republic Act No. 8535, which would make Novaliches into its own city. 15 barangays were to be taken out from Quezon City to form the proposed new city. However, it lost in the plebiscite held in the whole of Quezon City on October 23, 1999. At present, the part of Novaliches belonging to Quezon City is divided into two Congressional Districts, which represents it in the Lower House of the Congress of the Philippines.

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Barangays

+ Barangays of Novaliches in Quezon City ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:150px;"	Barangay ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:150px;"	Legislative District ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:200px;"	Population (2020)
Bagbag	QC 5th District
Capri
Fairview
Greater Lagro
Gulod
Kaligayahan
Nagkaisang Nayon
North Fairview
Novaliches Proper ( Bayan/ Poblacion)
Pasong Putik Proper
San Agustin
San Bartolome
Santa Lucia
Santa Monica
Baesa	QC 6th District
Pasong Tamo		110,738
Sangandaan
Sauyo
Talipapa
Tandang Sora		83,114

+ Barangays of Novaliches in Caloocan City ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:150px;"	Barangay ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:150px;"	Area ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:150px;"	Legislative District ! scope="col" style="background:#CEE0F2; width:200px;"	Population (2020)
Barangay 164	Talipapa	1st district
Barangay 165	Bagbaguin
Barangay 166	Kaybiga
Barangay 167	Llano
Barangay 168	Deparo
Barangay 169	BF Homes Caloocan
Barangay 170	Deparo
Barangay 171	Bagumbong
Barangay 172	Urduja
Barangay 173	Congress
Barangay 174	Camarin
Barangay 175
Barangay 176-A	Bagong Silang
Barangay 176-B
Barangay 176-C
Barangay 176-D
Barangay 176-E
Barangay 176-F
Barangay 177	Camarin
Barangay 178		3rd district
Barangay 179
Barangay 180	Tala
Barangay 181	Pangarap Village
Barangay 182
Barangay 183	Tala
Barangay 184
Barangay 185
Barangay 186
Barangay 187
Barangay 188

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Education The Main Campus of Quezon City University is located on San Bartolome, along Quirino Highway.

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In popular culture

• On the debut album of Filipino rock band Rocksteddy entitled Tsubtsatagilidakeyn, there is a song called "Super Nova" which pays homage to the district. The song was re-recorded in their 2017 Ang Album Na May Pinakamahabang Pamagat and was re-titled as "Supernovaliches (Re-Recorded)".

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