34-656: The Quirino Highway , formerly called the El Quirino Express Road or Ipo Road , is a four-to-eight lane, secondary highway that connects Quezon City to the municipality of Norzagaray in Bulacan , Philippines . The road is designated as National Route 127 ( N127 ) of the Philippine highway network within the city bounds of Quezon City, Radial Road 7 ( R-7 ), and a spur of Radial Road 8 ( R-8 ) of Metro Manila's arterial road network . Prior to
68-676: A Real Cedula declaring barrio Casay together with barrio Matictic to be constituted as a new independent town from Angat. Political boundaries of Angat and Pueblo de Casay y Matictic were demarcated and the newly created town was renamed as "Norzagaray" in honor of the Governor-General. During the American occupation of the Philippines , Norzagaray was returned to Angat by virtue of Act No. 932 beginning in 1903. On September 13, 1977, Barangays Bayabas and Kabayunan were ceded to
102-784: A hydro-electric power plant. The dam is 131 meters high and impounds water from the Angat River that subsequently created the Angat Lake. Angat Dam has a normal high water level of 210 meters, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). It has three gates opening a total of 1.5 meters to gradually release water that had accumulated due to incessant rains during typhoons. In comparison, Ipo Dam , located downstream of Angat Dam, has three gates and 100.8 meters as its normal high water level (NHWL). Ambuklao Dam on
136-702: A kilometer deep. The Katipunero Revolutionaries during the war against Spain used it as a camp in 1896 and again during the Filipino-American War in 1898 as hideout of General Emilio Aguinaldo (the First President of the Philippines). It was also used as a sanctuary by the Japanese Imperial Army when the Philippines was liberated by joint Filipino and American Forces. There are still other sites with tourism potential in
170-534: A sanitary landfill) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Just as the national government, the municipal government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the Philippines . The LGUs have control of the executive and legislative branch. The executive branch is composed of the governor for
204-507: Is also called Alta Kabulowan . Their language is currently endangered and is in dire need of local government intervention. The majority of residents in the town are native speakers of the Tagalog language . Poverty incidence of Norzagaray Source: Philippine Statistics Authority In 2017, Norzagaray generated a total revenue of ₱ 457.59 million , ₱73.23 million or 19% higher than its previous income in 2016, making it as
238-459: Is also the alternate route for motorists en route to Baliwag and up to Cagayan Valley via Cagayan Valley Road. Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero . 14°47′56″N 121°4′7″E / 14.79889°N 121.06861°E / 14.79889; 121.06861 Norzagaray, Bulacan Norzagaray , officially
272-552: Is followed by the under-construction elevated MRT Line 7 line. The road ends its N127 designation as it enters north Caloocan. Crossing the Marilao River, it then enters the province of Bulacan at San Jose del Monte , straddling along the mountainous terrain, and ends at the roundabout with Villarama Road and Ipo Road in Bigte, Norzagaray . Past the roundabout, it is continued by Ipo Road that leads to Ipo Dam . The highway
306-692: Is recognized as one of the busiest places in the locality, particularly during summertime. People from distant towns often visit the place for relaxation. Another potential spot for tourism is the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve where the Angat River Hydroelectric Plant or Angat Dam is located. The dam is the biggest hydroelectric plant the National Power Corporation (NPC) has ever constructed in terms of power capacity within
340-797: Is the town of Norzagaray traces from the old barrio Casay and barrio Matictic which was ecclesiastically and politically administered by the Augustinians from the town of Angat as its visitas as shown in the document " Mapa del Teritorio de Bulacan " by Fray Emmanuel Blanco, O.S.A. in 1832 which appeared in another document " Administracion Espiritual de los Padres Agustinos calzados de la Provincia del Dulce Nombre de Jesus de las Islas Filipinas " of Fray Francisco Villacorta in 1833. The people of Barrio Casay worked for reforms politically, socially and economically, in order to be separated from Angat. They succeeded in their separation bid through Governor-General Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero , who issued
374-705: The Laiban Dam , Kaliwa Dam , and Kanan Dam . Rep. Rogaciano Mercado of Bulacan 's second district expressed supported for the construction of Angat Dam (then called the Angat Multi-Purpose Project) in lieu of the Marikina Multi-Purpose Project proposed in Marikina Valley, which he argued was potentially hazardous due to geological defects in the area. Emma hit Central Luzon in 1967, passing through
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#1732779792250408-653: The Municipality of Norzagaray ( Tagalog : Bayan ng Norzagaray ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 136,064 people. It is the location of Angat Dam which sits on the lower realms of the Sierra Madre Mountain range . The Dam is notable for being a major water and power supply for the National Capital Region . The nucleus of what today
442-813: The Umiray River basin in General Nakar , Quezon as an additional source for the Angat Dam Reservoir, as the growing population of Metro Manila pushed the demand for potable water up. This led to the Umiray-Angat Transbasin Project (UATP), which began in July 1995 and was completed in June 2000 with a total cost of PhP 4 billion. The UATP involved constructing a 13 km 4.3 meter diameter diversion tunnel which channeled
476-455: The 4th richest municipality in Bulacan after Marilao , Santa Maria and Baliwag . Cement, Marble/Marble Processing, Food/Food Processing, Pyrotechnics Bakeries, Processed meat and Agricultural products Cement and Marbles Today, the town of Norzagaray is quickly rising in terms of commercial and economic status with tourist potentials. "Bakas" which is on a portion of the Angat River
510-690: The Angat Hydro-Electric Project and Dam of the National Power Corporation (NPC or Napocor) in Norzagaray. The heavy downpour caused the water in the dam reservoir to rise perilously to a danger height of 212 meters above sea level. Napocor opened the spillway gates to prevent an overflow of water from the dam. The Engineering Construction, Inc. (ECI), which had been doing construction work also in Norzagaray, suffered losses to its equipment and properties when
544-505: The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) signed an agreement for the development of a P11-billion bulk water supply project. Ayala -owned Manila Water Co. Inc. will implement the project. MWSS and Manila Water will provide a financial package of an infrastructure grant, a P10-million development assistance and a P10-million royalty fee to the towns of Norzagaray and Doña Remedios Trinidad , which will host
578-553: The construction of the Balintawak Interchange and North Diversion Road , it forms an old road that linked the city of Manila with Novaliches , previously called as the Manila-del Monte Garay Road , Manila-Novaliches Road , Bonifacio-Manila Road , Balintawak-Novaliches Road , and Highway 52 . The portion of the road south of EDSA is presently known as A. Bonifacio Avenue . Circa 1955,
612-643: The death of Philippine President Elpidio Quirino , who had resided and died at a nearby retreat house in Quezon City. It was the historical reversed widening of a highway, to narrow down for public use. Quirino Highway starts from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue , near the Balintawak Cloverleaf in Quezon City . It then runs shortly in parallel to North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) carrying one-way northbound traffic and turns northeast towards
646-551: The entire Philippines. Because of Angat Dam's size, its reservoir sinks to critical levels during the dry season necessitating the need for cloud seeding in some years. The 37-kilometer (23 mi) reservoir of this hydroelectric plant is covered with forests producing a cool climate. Another is the Pinagrealan Cave located in Barangay Bigte. This cave is a subterranean network of caverns extending more than
680-468: The extraordinary large volume of water rushed out of the spillway gates and hit ECI's installations and construction works. At about 2100 hours on October 26, 1978, during the height of typhoon "Kading", NAPOCOR simultaneously opened all three floodgates of the Angat Dam. The NPC started to open the floodgates from 1 meter to 8 meters at 0100 hours of October 27, 1978, until all floodgates were opened to
714-497: The headwaters of Umiray River at its intake point to Macua, in Doña Remedios Trinidad , Bulacan, providing an additional 300 mld to the Angat Dam Reservoir. As of 2010, Angat Dam was providing 4,000 million liters a day (mld) out of a demand of 4,395 mld, and that demand was expected to grow to 5.054 mld in 2015, and 4,680 mld in 2020. Successive administration have already pushed for additional sources, such as
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#1732779792250748-566: The locality. However, some of these places are located in remote areas of the town, which are inaccessible to motor vehicles, therefore in need of immediate attention. The natives are religious and hear Mass or pray at places of worship, especially Catholic and Iglesia Ni Cristo churches. The town also remembers the 31 heroes of the Revolution. The town's prime eternal repose garden is located in Minuyan. On December 12, 2007, Bulacan and
782-492: The maximum of 14 to 14.5 meters by 0600 hours of the same day. This resulted in the inundation of several towns in Bulacan near the dam; the hardest-hit was Norzagaray, where about 100 residents died and million of pesos worth of properties were destroyed. Eleven civil suits were filed against the electric corporation in the Regional Trial Court of Malolos . The NPC countered that there was very little opening of
816-545: The newly established municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad , by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1196. The town of Norzagaray is bordered by San Jose del Monte , Bulacan and Rodriguez , Rizal to the south; by General Nakar , Quezon to the east; Santa Maria to the west; Angat, Bulacan to the north-west; and Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan to the north. Norzagaray is 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Malolos , 47 kilometres (29 mi) from Manila , and 17 kilometres (11 mi) from San Jose del Monte . Norzagaray
850-556: The northwestern part of Quezon City . It then meets the Old Novaliches and New Novaliches Flyovers, connecting it to NLEX. The highway turns right at Novaliches Proper, approaching the area of Fairview, where it becomes a one-way westbound highway between Belfast Street to Regalado Highway , adjacent to Robinsons Novaliches and SM City Fairview . Its length from there to Araneta Avenue in Pangarap Village, Caloocan
884-547: The other hand, has two gates with NHWL at 752 meters. Binga Dam which sits downstream from Ambuklao has three gates and NHWL at 575 meters. San Roque Dam, which was receiving water from Ambuklao and Binga, has NHWL at 280 meters. Angat Dam supplies potable water and energy to Metro Manila and nearby areas. Tourists also visit the dam for fishing, boating and hunting. In the early 1990s, the Philippine government and Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System studied tapping
918-546: The provinces, mayor for the cities and municipalities, and the barangay captain for the barangays. The legislative branch is composed of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial assembly) for the provinces, Sangguniang Panlungsod (city assembly) for the cities, Sangguniang Bayan (town assembly) for the municipalities, Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council), and the Sangguniang Kabataan for
952-535: The section of the highway from Novaliches to the Caloocan–San Jose del Monte boundary was called Novaliches-San Jose Road . It was later changed to the Don Tomas Susano Road , after the first officially recognized political leader of the district and municipal president of Caloocan during the American occupation of the Philippines . The name changed once more to Quirino Highway , right after
986-405: The spillways, ranging from 1 meter to 2 meters, but from midnight or from the first hours of October 27, 1978, the opening of all the three spillways started at 5 meters and swiftly went as far up as 14 meters. The court noted that had the opening of all the three spillways been made earlier and gradually, there would have been no need to open the same suddenly: "What made the situation worse was that
1020-442: The water supply project. On January 19, 2008, an 18-hectare (44-acre) waste disposal facility, a new sanitary landfill that would also be a tourist attraction opened in Norzagaray, Bulacan province. The president of Wacuman Corp. stated: "I want them to see our system in our place which should not be abhorred because we are using the new state-of-the-art technology." The facility has a category 4 rating (the highest category for
1054-478: The youth sector. The seat of government is vested upon the Mayor and other elected officers who hold office at the municipal hall. The Sangguniang Bayan is the center of legislation of the municipality. Angat Dam Angat Dam ( Tagalog: [aŋˈɡat] ) is a concrete water reservoir embankment hydroelectric dam in the Philippines that supplies Metro Manila and nearby provinces with water. It
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1088-694: Was a part of the Angat- Ipo - La Mesa water system. The reservoir supplies about 90 percent of raw water requirements for Metro Manila through the facilities of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and it irrigates about 28,000 hectares of farmland in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga . Angat Dam is located within the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve in Barangay San Lorenzo (Hilltop), Norzagaray , Bulacan. It supplies potable water to Metro Manila and powers
1122-495: Was previously part of the 3rd district of Bulacan from 1987 to 2022, when it was moved to the newly created 6th district along with Angat and Santa Maria. Norzagaray is politically subdivided into 13 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Friendship Village Resources (FVR) was created as a barangay out of barangay Tigbe under Sangguniang Panlalawigan Kapasiyahan Bilang 179-T 2002 and Sangguniang Panlalawigan Kautusan Bilang 003 on April 18, 2002; it
1156-499: Was ratified on October 12, 2002. In the 2020 census, the population of Norzagaray was 136,064 people, with a density of 440 inhabitants per square kilometer or 1,100 inhabitants per square mile. The municipality, along with two other municipalities (San Miguel and Doña Remedios Trinidad) and one city (San Jose del Monte) of Bulacan, is the homeland of the Alta Kabulowan , the first inhabitants of Bulacan, whose language
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