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The barangay was officially named Concepcion after Mary the Immaculate Conception on June 16, 1956, with the enactment of Republic Act No. 1514. As an organized community, Marcelino de Guzman was installed as the first barangay leader in 1903 and held the post for five years. Point of Interests: Immaculate Concepcion Parish; Marikina High School
Marikina Science High School (MSHS), is the first city public science high school in Marikina with a newly built science and robotics laboratory. [89] Marikina Catholic School is a private sectarian institution and it is considered as the city's center of Catholic educational institution located in Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish complex.
The district was created in 2006 following the passage of Republic Act No. 9364 which amended the 1996 Marikina City Charter (Republic Act No. 8223). [4] It consists of the northern Marikina barangays of Concepcion Uno, Concepcion Dos, Fortune, Marikina Heights , Parang, Nangka and Tumana.
A monument is placed at the Evolution Park in Marikina Heights commemorating Filipino soldiers in the Korean War. Before becoming a barangay in 1978, the area was once known as Sitio Mapunso and Sitio Kasuyan of barrios Bayan-Bayanan (now Concepcion) and Parang, with Champagnat Street serving as the boundary of its two mother barrios.
Marikina Market Mall – Metro Manila's cleanest and well-maintained market is Marikina Public Market, known as Marikina Market Mall. It is also one of the biggest market place in Metro Manila in terms of area. Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College – OLOPSC is a private, non-sectarian, tertiary learning institution located in Concepcion ...
Concepcion Uno, Concepcion Dos, Marikina Heights Road continues south in Cainta, Rizal Lilac Street Tertiary two-way 2 Concepcion Dos Road continues south as Hon. B. Soliven Avenue in Antipolo, Rizal R-6 N59: Marikina–Infanta Highway: Primary two-way 8-10 Barangka, Calumpang, San Roque Known as Marilaque Highway and Marcos Highway
Marikina was first represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. The then-town was later incorporated to the province of Rizal, established in 1901, and was represented as part of the second district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972.
Metro Manila is divided into seventeen primary local government units (LGU) that consist of sixteen cities and one municipality.Each city and municipality is governed by an elected mayor and is divided into several villages or barangays (formerly called barrios) headed by an elected barangay captain.