Navotas

• December 20, 1827 – The movement for separation of Navotas which was then a part of Malabon (Tambobong).
• February 16, 1859 – The date when the barrios of San Jose, Navotas and Bangculasi were separated from Malabon.
• 1859 – Cavada, the year when Navotas became an independent town.
• August 6, 1898 – Navotas joined the revolutionary government of General Emilio Aguinaldo.
• June 11, 1901 – Navotas was eventually incorporated into the newly created province of Rizal enacted Act. No. 137.
• 1904 - the town was again merged with Malabon. Bernardo Dagala, a native of Navotas, was elected municipal president.
• January 16, 1906 – Navotas finally became an independent municipality with the enactment of Act No. 1442 which separated it from Malabon.
• June 24, 2007 – Navotas became a highly urbanized city by virtue of Republic Act No. 9387 dated March 10, 2007, after a plebiscite was conducted.
• March 15, 2020 – the city and the entire metropolitan Manila was placed under community quarantine for one month due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

Navotas is a coastal town in the northwest part of Metro Manila. It is a narrow strip of land with an aggregated shoreline of approximately 4.5 km. In the north, Navotas shares a common border with the town of Obando, Bulacan, along Sukol Creek which separates it from Balt. Along the eastern border runs the Binuangan River, the Daang Cawayan River, the Dampalit River, the Batasan River, the Navotas River, the Bangculasi Channel, the Malabon Channel and the Estero de Maypajo.

It is bordered on the north by Obando, Bulacan along Sukol Creek; on the south by the city of Manila; on the east by Daang Binuangan River, Bangkulasi Channel, Malabon Channel and Estero de Maypajo; and on the west by Manila Bay.

Political map of Navotas

Navotas is politically subdivided into 2 districts, with a total of 18 barangays:

Barangay North Bay Boulevard South was split into Barangay NBBS Kaunlaran, Barangay NBBS Dagat-dagatan, and Barangay NBBS Proper, pursuant to Republic Act No. 10933, which was ratified through a plebiscite conducted by the COMELEC on 5 January 2018.

Barangay Tangos was divided into Barangay Tangos North and Barangay Tangos South, pursuant to Republic Act No. 10934, which was ratified through a plebiscite conducted by the COMELEC on 5 January 2018.

Barangay Tanza was divided into Barangay Tanza 1 and Barangay Tanza 2, pursuant to Republic Act No. 10935, which was ratified through a plebiscite conducted by the COMELEC on 5 January 2018.

Navotas has been dubbed as the Fishing Capital of the Philippines.[12][13]

In the ship repair sector, the Navotas complex in Metro Manila is expected to accommodate 96 vessels for repair.[14]

With regards to the separation of Navotas from Malabon in 1859 and the organization thereof as a distinct municipality or "pueblo" with its own government and church, this town was headed by the governadorcillos who exercised executive and judicial functions. However, as this locality was composed of two groups the naturales and the mestizos, each of which had its own governadorcillo appointed by the governor-general who was the supreme authority in all local matters, since the inhabitants did not allow choosing their officials. This political system was somehow revoked at the end of the Spanish Regime through the Maura Law of 1883, which guided some of the selected officials to the supervision of an insular authority. During the revolutionary period (from 1898-1902), as the democratic system of local governance was being established via the First Philippines Republic and Malolos Constitution, people of Navotas with high character, social position and honorable conduct gathered in a meeting and elected the chief of the town, the headman of the barrio (barangay) and three officials viz., for police and internal order, justice and civil registry, and taxes and property. In this situation, these elected officials constitute an assembly wherein the chief of the town was the president, the headman, the vice-president, and the justice officer the secretary. In this period, the name of Navotas LGU and its head were changed from "pueblo to municipality" and from "President to Mayor". Philippine Commission, which exercised supervision over local government, appointed the first local official. Gradually, election of officials was allowed.

During the period of the Philippine Commonwealth (from 1935-1945), the 1935 constitution ushered. This provided that the President of the Philippines should exercise general supervision over all local governments. This allowed Navotas to have three leaders. This trend from 1946 to 1972 (during the second Philippine Republic) was toward decentralization. Congress passed laws giving more autonomy to Local Government Units through the grant of additional powers and lessening of national control affairs. This created four (4) Mayors of Navotas. During the Martial Law Period, President Marcos had changed the structure and functions of LGU's, thus decentralization suffered the set back with the concentration of power on his hands. After December 31, 1975 (expiration of tenure of office of the local elective officials), the President assumed the power of appointment of the officials as authorized by the people in a referendum held on 27 February 1975. During the Marcos Regime, Navotas had two Mayors.

Navotas was proclaimed as a full-fledged city by virtue of RA 9387[15] that converted the municipality of Navotas into a highly urbanized city. A plebiscite was held on June 24, 2007 which was ratified the conversion of Navotas into a highly urbanized city.