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Mandaluyong City () is one of the Highly Urbanized Independent Cities in the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities which, along with the municipality of Pateros, make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. According to the , it has a population of .〔 Mandaluyong is the 14th most populous city in Metro Manila and the 6th smallest city in the Philippines with a land area of . Among the many attractions in the city is the western portion of the Ortigas Center, one of the major centers of business and commerce in the metropolis (the eastern half is in Pasig City). Found within the Mandaluyong portion of the Ortigas Center〔"http://www.ortigas.com/map" Map and Directory, Ortigas Online. Retrieved on October 14, 2012.〕 is the main headquarters of the Asian Development Bank,〔"(Contacts )." ((Archive )) Asian Development Bank. Retrieved on February 19, 2012. "6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines"〕〔"(How to Visit ADB )." ((Archive )) Asian Development Bank. Retrieved on February 19, 2012.〕 Banco De Oro, and the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation, Southeast Asia's largest food and beverage company. One of the most prominent pharmaceutical laboratories and factories, UNILAB, is located here. The city is bordered by Manila to the northwest, San Juan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, Pasig to the southeast, and Makati to the south. ==Etymology== There are different stories on the origin of the name “Mandaluyong”. One tells of how the place was abundant with a kind of tree called ''luyong'', now more commonly known as ''anahaw'' (''Saribus rotundifolius''), from which beautiful canes and furniture were made. Another claims that the Spaniards named the place based on the report of a navigator named Acapulco, who saw the rolling hills frequently being lashed at by ''daluyong'' (“big waves from the sea”). This seems to confirm traditional pre-Hispanic stories that giant waves from the sea would meet the adjoining hills of the vast lowland, referred to as ''salpukan ng alon''. Felix dela Huerta, a Franciscan historian, observed that the rolling topography of this land resembled giant waves of the sea. As with the etymological legends of many Philippine places, when the foreigners asked as to what the place was called, the locals answered with the description "''madaluyong''" ("undulating"), later transcribed by Spanish writers into "Mandaluyong" with the addition of an “n”. Romantic residents, however, peddle the similarly formulaic legend of a Maharlika named Luyong who fell in love with Manda, the lovely daughter of a barangay chieftain. The chieftain had no personal liking for Luyong and forbade him Manda's hand. Luyong overcame this objection by winning a series of tribal contests which was the custom at the time. The couple settled thereafter in a place which was later called “Mandaluyong" by means of joining their names. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mandaluyong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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