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{{Short description|Highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines}}
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| leader_name1             = Tito M. Sanchez ([[Partido Navoteño|NVTEÑO]])
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| 3 = • Reynaldo Monroy
| 4 = • Alvin Jason S. Nazal
| 5 = • Richard San Juan
| 6 = • Lance Angelo Santiago
| 7 = • Arvie John Vicencio
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| 9 = • Neil Adrian Cruz
| 10 = • [[Clint Geronimo|Clint Nicolas Geronimo]]
| 11 = • Emil Justin Angelo Gino-gino
| 12 = • Analiza Lupisan
| 13 = • Ron Hansel Miguel Naval
| 14 = • Cesar Justine Santos
| 15 = '''[[Liga ng mga Barangay|Liga ng mga Barangay President]]'''
| 16 = • Rochelle Vicencio
| 17 = '''[[Sangguniang Kabataan]] Federation President'''
| 18 = • Jodile Cañete
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'''Navotas''', officially the '''City of Navotas''' ({{langx|fil|Lungsod ng Navotas}}), is a [[Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification|highly urbanized city]] in the [[Metro Manila|National Capital Region]] of the [[Philippines]]. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 252,878 people.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority|title=2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President|access-date=18 July 2025|date=17 July 2025|url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/2024-census-population-popcen-population-counts-declared-official-president}}</ref>

It was formerly part of the [[Rizal (province)|Province of Rizal]] in southern Luzon. It comprises what is known as the [[Administrative divisions of Metro Manila#Districts|CAMANAVA]] area along with the cities of [[Caloocan]], [[Malabon]], and [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]].

It is known as the ''Commercial Fishing Hub of the Philippines'', for the city has the third largest fish port in Asia and the largest in [[Southeast Asia]]. Although it was established on February 16, 1859, Navotas celebrates its foundation day every January 16, the day in 1906 when it finally separated from [[Malabon]]. Navotas became a highly urbanized city on June 24, 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Navotas Becomes Metro Manila's Newest City |work=Inquirer.net |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=73120 |access-date=June 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628054453/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=73120 |archive-date=June 28, 2007}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Navotas was once part of [[Malabon]]. According to one legend, the long and narrow delta extended unbroken from north to south along the seashore. The strip of land between the former district of [[Tondo, Manila]] and this town was eaten away by the sea until an opening was made. Water began to flow through the opening. The geographical change prompted the people to refer to the place as "''butas''", "''nayon ng butas''", or "''nabutas''", a [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] word that means breached or pierced through.<ref name="RizalProvinceDirectory1934">{{Cite book |last=Salonga |first=Isayas |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/aar6353.0001.001 |title=Rizal Province directory |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] Digital Collections |year=1934 |volume=1 |location=[[Manila]]|accessdate=April 17, 2024}}</ref>{{rp|page=[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/aar6353.0001.001/107?rgn=full+text&view=image 99]}} What began as a natural channel developed into a regular waterway, now known as the Navotas River. In later years, the place came to be known as "Nabotas", then "Navotas".<ref name="history" />

It was also known as Hacienda de Navotas. It was once owned by the Dominican friars until it was sold to the Pascual family during the early days of the American regime and developed into a residential estate.

San Jose de Navotas was the name given to the locality after its patron saint, [[Saint Joseph]]. On June 11, 1859, a "''Superior Decreto''" established a new parish and municipality under the supervision of Friar Matias Navoa. The populace was divided into two distinct groups, the ''naturales'' (locals) and the ''[[mestizo]]s''. Mariano Estrellas was the ''gobernadorcillo'' (petty governor) of the ''naturales'' and Mariano Israel, of the ''mestizos''. Today, because records are incomplete, recognition is only given to the ''gobernadorcillos'' for the ''mestizos''. A school in honor of San Jose was built and known as "San Jose Academy."

==History==

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===Spanish colonial era===
The movement for the separation of barrios San Jose de Navotas and Bangkulasi from [[Malabon|Tambobong]] (now Malabon), then a town in the [[Manila (province)|province of Tondo]] (later Manila), began on December 20, 1827. Led by the ''[[Principalía|principales]]'' of such barrios, such separation was petitioned before the Spanish colonial government when the locals experienced difficulties in doing business transactions and accessing Tambobong's ''[[poblacion]]'' across what is now the Navotas River for religious events.

On February 16, 1859, the petition was finally granted, separating both barrios from Tambobong to form a new distinct town.<ref name="RizalProvinceDirectory1934" /> The town initially composed of four ''barrio''s (villages): San Jose, Tangos, Bangkulasi, and Tanza. Later on June 11, the Real Audiencia enacted a ''Superior Decreto'', which established the San Jose de Navotas Parish with a church and parochial school.

On August 6, 1898, Navotas joined the revolutionary government of General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=https://www.navotas.gov.ph/OurCity/History|title=Our History|website=Navotas City|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>

===American occupation===
On June 11, 1901, Navotas was eventually incorporated into the newly created province of [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] with the enactment of Act No. 137.<ref>{{Cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l2485 |date=June 11, 1901 |title=An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Rizal |chamber=Act |number=137}}</ref>

On October 12, 1903, the town was returned to [[Malabon]] by virtue of Act No. 942.<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l89ad|chamber=Act|number=942|date=October 12, 1903|accessdate=April 24, 2022|title=An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen}}</ref> On January 16, 1906, Navotas regained its independent municipality status with the enactment of Act No. 1442 which separated it from Malabon.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l3c89|number=1442|title=An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Rizal From Sixteen, as Established by Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-two, as Amended, to Seventeen, by Making Malabon and Navotas Separate Municipalities, and Transferring the Former Municipality of Baras From the Municipality of Morong to the Municipality of Tanay|date=January 16, 1906|accessdate=April 24, 2022}}</ref>

===Philippine independence===
On November 7, 1975, Navotas was transferred from the province of [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] to the newly formed National Capital Region or [[Metro Manila]], by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824.<ref name="PD824">{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=824|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|title=Presidential Decree No. 824 November 7, 1975. Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes |date=November 7, 1975 |publisher=The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc. |access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121648/http://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cityhood===
On 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.<ref name="RA9387">{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=9387|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2007/03/10/republic-act-no-9387/|title=An Act Converting the Municipality of Navotas into a Highly Urbanized City, to be known as the City of Navotas |date=March 10, 2007 |access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==

===Topography===
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 {{convert|4.5|km|sp=us}}. It is bordered on the north by [[Obando, Bulacan|Obando]], [[Bulacan]] along Sukol Creek which separates it from [[Isla Pulo|Balt]]; on the south by the city of [[Manila]]; on the east by the cities of [[Malabon]] and [[Caloocan]] and bodies of water such as 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; and on the west by [[Manila Bay]]. Islands encompassed by the city include [[Navotas Island]], where the city proper is located, and [[Isla Pulo]].

Land reclamation, which includes the Navotas Fish Port Complex, had increased the city's land area. Projects such as the [[Navotas Boulevard Business Park]] and the Navotas Fish Port Complex expansion by the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority are expected to add up to {{convert|680|ha}} to the city's land area.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/28/2-manila-bay-reclamation-projects-expected-to-resume-soon-2057|title=2 Manila Bay reclamation projects expected to resume soon|first=Andrea|last=Taguines|date=February 28, 2024|access-date=May 14, 2024|work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>

===Climate===
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| Jan high C = 29
| Jan low C  = 20
| Feb high C = 30
| Feb low C  = 20
| Mar high C = 32
| Mar low C  = 21
| Apr high C = 34
| Apr low C  = 23
| May high C = 33
| May low C  = 24
| Jun high C = 31
| Jun low C  = 25
| Jul high C = 30
| Jul low C  = 24
| Aug high C = 29
| Aug low C  = 24
| Sep high C = 29
| Sep low C  = 24
| Oct high C = 30
| Oct low C  = 23
| Nov high C = 30
| Nov low C  = 22
| Dec high C = 29
| Dec low C  = 21
| Jan precipitation mm = 7
| Feb precipitation mm = 7
| Mar precipitation mm = 9
| Apr precipitation mm = 21
| May precipitation mm = 101
| Jun precipitation mm = 152
| Jul precipitation mm = 188
| Aug precipitation mm = 170
| Sep precipitation mm = 159
| Oct precipitation mm = 115
| Nov precipitation mm = 47
| Dec precipitation mm = 29
| Jan rain days        = 3.3
| Feb rain days        = 3.5
| Mar rain days        = 11.1
| Apr rain days        = 8.1
| May rain days        = 18.9
| Jun rain days        = 23.5
| Jul rain days        = 26.4
| Aug rain days        = 25.5
| Sep rain days        = 24.5
| Oct rain days        = 19.6
| Nov rain days        = 10.4
| Dec rain days        = 6.4
| source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms">
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| title =  Navotas: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
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| access-date = May 13, 2020 }}</ref>
| date = May 13, 2020 }}

===Barangays===
{{redirect|Daanghari|for the road in southern Metro Manila and Cavite|Daang Hari}}
{{anchor|Barangays of Navotas}}
[[File:Ph fil navotas barangays.png|thumb|250px|right|Political map of Navotas]]
Navotas is politically subdivided into 2 districts, with 18 [[barangay]]s:
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! colspan="7" |Barangays of Navotas
|-
! colspan="3" |Administration
! colspan="3" |Population
! colspan="1" |
|-
!Barangay<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Our Barangays |url=https://www.navotas.gov.ph/OurCity/Barangays |access-date=May 22, 2020 |website=City of Navotas official website}}</ref>
!District
![[Barangay Captain]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Barangays |url=https://www.navotas.gov.ph/OurCity/Barangays |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.navotas.gov.ph}}</ref>
!2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) {{!}} Philippine Statistics Authority |url=https://www.psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/137503000 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.psa.gov.ph}}</ref>
!2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Census |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/National%20Capital%20Region.pdf }}</ref>
!10 year Change
![[List of ZIP codes in the Philippines|Zip Code]]
|-
|Bagumbayan North 
|1st
|Marilou Gonzales
|1,677
|2,652
| -36.8%
|
|-
|Bagumbayan South 
|1st
|Lito Sulit
|4,331
|4,524
| -4.3%
|
|-
|Bangkulasi (Banculasi){{efn|The official website of the City of Navotas spells the barangay's name as "Bangkulasi" (which is also depicted in the barangay's seal that is shown by the website), while the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] spells the name as "Bangculasi."}}
|1st
|Ronaldo Reyes
|8,344
|8,263
| +1%
|
|-
|Daanghari
|2nd
|Alvin S. Oliveros
|14,348
|19,179
| -25.2%
|
|-
|Navotas East
|1st
|Dennis Tan Juan
|2,126
|2,241
| -5.1%
|
|-
|Navotas West
|1st
|Elvira Dela Rosa
|6,367
|8,698
| -26.8%
|
|-
|NBBS Dagat-dagatan (North Bay Boulevard South)
|1st
|Domingo L. Elape
|32,681
|
|est. +6.5% 
|
|-
|NBBS Kaunlaran (North Bay Boulevard South){{efn|Population figures refer to the former barangay of Northbay Boulevard South, which was divided into NBBS Dagat-dagatan, NBBS Kaunlaran, and NBBS Proper in 2018.}}
|1st
|Federico S. Natividad, Jr.
|21,916
|68,375
|est. +6.5% 
|
|-
|NBBS Proper (North Bay Boulevard South)
|1st
|Elvis I. Desabille
|18,217
|
|est. +6.5% 
|
|-
|North Bay Boulevard North
|1st
|Melvin F. Manalo
|14,743
|16,201
| -9%
|
|-
|San Jose ''([[Poblacion]])''
|2nd
|Hernan B. Perez
|23,950
|28,153
| -14.9%
|1485
|-
|San Rafael Village
|1st
|George U. So
|3,489
|3,530
| -1.2%
|
|-
|San Roque
|2nd
|Enrico Plaza Gino-Gino
|19,361
|17,916
| +8.1%
|
|-
|Sipac Almacen
|1st
|Dorwin M. Villanueva
|9,163
|11,541
| -20.6%
|1485
|-
|Tangos North 
|2nd
|Margarita P. Limbaro
|17,514
|
|est. +8.9%
|1489
|-
|Tangos South{{efn|Population figures refer to the former barangay of Tangos, which was divided into Tangos North and Tangos South in 2018.}} (Tañgos)
|2nd
|Wilfredo R. Mariano
|18,359
|32,941
|est. +8.9%
|1489
|-
|Tanza 1{{efn|Population figures refer to the former barangay of Tanza, which was divided into Tanza 1 and Tanza 2 in 2018.}} 
|2nd
|Carlito . De Guzman
|15,319
|24,917
|est. +24.2%
|1490
|-
|Tanza 2 
|2nd
|Rochelle C. Vicencio
|15,638
|
|est. +24.2%
|
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'''Population Changes'''

Some barangays in Navotas experienced dramatic population change between 2010 and 2020. This is because of an ongoing effort by the government to relocate informal settlers from hazard-prone areas to socialized housing built in Barangay Tanza 2.

====Navotas East====
'''Navotas East''' is bounded by Barangay Sipac-Almacen to the north, Barangay Tañong of [[Malabon]] (via Estrella Bridge over Navotas River) to the east, Barangay Navotas West to the west, and Brgy. Bagumbayan North to the south. Their patron saint is [[Ildefonsus|San Ildefonso]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

====San Jose====
[[File:San Jose de Navotas Church, Navotas City.jpg|thumb|280x280px|Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Jose de Navotas]]
The name of '''Barangay San Jose''' was derived from the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Jose de Navotas, the first place of worship in the town.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

====San Roque====
'''Barangay San Roque''' is bounded by Tangos South to the northwest and north, Tangos North and Tanza, Navotas (via Badeo 5) to the northeast, Brgy. Hulong Duhat, Malabon and Brgy. Flores, Malabon in Malabon to the east (via Navotas River, Badeo 4), Manila Bay to the west and Brgy. Daanghari to the south. Its name is derived from San Roque de Navotas Parish, the first place of worship in the town.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

It is famous for its annual [[Festival|fiesta]], every last Saturday and Sunday of the month of January. Every fiesta the whole barangay (including Brgy's Tangos North and Tangos South) is filled with stalls and stores. Also every fiesta of San Roque, A. Dela Cruz St. is full of stalls which sell kalamay, from [[Batangas]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

====Sipac-Almacen====
'''Barangay Sipac-Almacen''' is famous for the location of the Navotas City Hall and some points of interest like Navotas National High School, the main high school of Navotas, Navotas Playground, and others.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

===Former Barangays===
Until 2018 Navotas had 14 barangays.

====Northbay Boulevard South====
In accordance with Republic Act No. 10933, approved by President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] on August 23, 2017, and ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, Northbay Boulevard South was divided into Barangays NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Dagat-dagatan, and NBBS Proper.<ref name=RapplerNavBgy/><ref name=MlaTimeNavBgy/><ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=10723|url=https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/110_republicacts.php?id=10723 |title=An Act Dividing Barangay North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS) in the City of Navotas Into Three (3) Distinct and Independent Barangays to Be Known as Barangay NBBS Proper, Barangay NBBS Kaunlaran and Barangay NBBS Dagat-dagatan|date=August 23, 2017  |access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>

====Tangos====
Pursuant to Republic Act No. 10934,<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=10934|url=https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/110_republicacts.php?id=10724 |title=An Act Dividing Barangay Tangos in the City of Navotas Into Two (2) Distinct and Independent Barangays to Be Known as Barangays Tangos North and Tangos South|date=August 23, 2017  |access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> approved by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 23, 2017, and ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, Tangos was divided into Barangays Tangos North and Tangos South.<ref name=RapplerNavBgy/><ref name=MlaTimeNavBgy/>

====Tanza====
{{main|Tanza, Navotas}}
'''Barangay Tanza''' occupied the northernmost portion of the city, including Isla Pulo which is separated from the city proper, and was bounded by Barangay Binuangan and Salambao in Obando, Bulacan to the north, Manila Bay and Barangay San Roque to the west, Barangay Hulong Duhat and Dampalit, Malabon to the east, and Barangay Tangos to the south.

By virtue of Republic Act No. 10935,<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=10935|url=https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/110_republicacts.php?id=10730 |title=An Act Dividing Barangay Tanza in the City of Navotas Into Two (2) Distinct and Independent Barangays to Be Known as Barangay Tanza 1 and Barangay Tanza 2|date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> approved by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 23, 2017, and ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, Tanza was divided into Barangays Tanza 1 and Tanza 2.<ref name="RapplerNavBgy">{{Cite news |last=Bueza |first=Michael |date=December 28, 2017 |title=Barangay Plebiscites in Navotas, Occ. Mindoro Town on January 5 |work=[[Rappler]] |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/192451-comelec-barangay-plebiscites-navotas-san-jose-occidental-mindoro |access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="MlaTimeNavBgy">{{Cite news |last=Villamente |first=Jing |date=January 8, 2018 |title=Navotas Voters OK Creation of 4 Villages |work=[[The Manila Times]] |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/01/08/news/top-stories/navotas-voters-ok-creation-4-villages/372935/ |access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref>

Both Tanza 1 and Tanza 2 are accessible via Badeo 5 in Barangay San Roque, Navotas and the Tanza-Malabon Bridge in Barangay Hulong Duhat in Malabon.

==Demographics==
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==Economy==
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===Fishing and Aquaculture===
[[File:Navotas City Metro Manila 20.jpg|thumb|Navotas Fish Port Complex]]
Navotas has been dubbed as the Fishing Capital of the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mongaya |first=Candeze |date=July 27, 2017 |title=Bulungan at the Navotas Fish Complex |url=https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/176354-bulungan-navotas-fish-complex |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727040156/https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/176354-bulungan-navotas-fish-complex |archive-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite conference |last1=Lumaque |first1=Leonard Brian L. |last2=Lopez |first2=Ahvie A. |last3=Comedis |first3=Emily |date=2015 |title=Navotas: Sharing their Fishing Culture |url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/conferences/research-congress-proceedings/2015/LCCS/002LCS_Lumaque_LBL.pdf |conference=Proceedings of the DLSU Research Congress |volume=3 }}</ref> The city is home to the Navotas Fish Port Complex, which is considered as the Philippines's premier fish center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pfda.gov.ph/transparency/about-us/fish-ports/navotas-fish-port-complex|title=Navotas Fish Port Complex|date=July 12, 2016|publisher=Philippine Fisheries Development Authority|accessdate=February 18, 2023|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222073806/https://pfda.gov.ph/transparency/about-us/fish-ports/navotas-fish-port-complex|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Shipbuilding and repair===
In the ship repair sector, the Navotas complex is expected to accommodate 96 vessels for repair.<ref>{{Cite news |last=De Leon |first=Max V. |date=November 22, 2012 |title=Filipino Firm Invests P259M for Shipyard in Navotas |work=Business Mirror |url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/news/top-news/3760-filipino-firm-invests-p259m-for-shipyard-in-navotas |url-status=dead |access-date=January 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216143922/http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/news/top-news/3760-filipino-firm-invests-p259m-for-shipyard-in-navotas |archive-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>{{clear left}}

==Government==
[[File:Navotas City Hall, Dec 2023.jpg|thumb|Navotas City Hall]]

===Local government===
{{main|Sangguniang Panglungsod}}

===Elected officials===
{{Further|Mayor of Navotas|Navotas City Council}}
{|class=wikitable
|+ Incumbent Navotas city officials
|-
!Name !!colspan=2|Party
|-
! colspan=3| House of Representatives 
|-
| [[Toby Tiangco|Tobias Reynald M. Tiangco]]
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
! colspan=3| City Mayor
|-
| [[John Rey Tiangco|John Reynald M. Tiangco]]
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
! colspan=3| City Vice Mayor 
|-
| Tito M. Sanchez
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
! colspan=3| 1st District 
|-
| Reynaldo A. Monroy 
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Lance Angelo E. Santiago
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Mylene R. Sanchez
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Anna V. Nazal-Cabrera
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Arvie John S. Vicencio
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Edgardo DC. Maño
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
! colspan=3| 2nd District 
|-
| [[Clint Geronimo|Clint Nicolas B. Geronimo]]
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Ron Hansel Miguel S. Naval
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Emil Justin Angelo G. Gino-gino
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Cesar Justine F. Santos
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Analiza DC. Lupisan
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
| Rochelle C. Vicencio
| {{party name with colour|Partido Navoteño}}
|-
! colspan=4| ''Ex officio'' City Council members
|-
| '''[[Liga ng mga Barangay|ABC]] President'''
| colspan=3|  
<!-- | {{party name with colour|Nonpartisan}} -->
|-
| '''[[Sangguniang Kabataan|SK]] President'''
| colspan=3| Jodile Cañete
<!-- | {{party name with colour|Nonpartisan}} -->
|}

===Political profile===
{{one source section|date=June 2019}}
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
gobernadorcillos 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 gobernadorcillo 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 to 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 to 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 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 February 27, 1975. During the Marcos Regime, Navotas had two Mayors.

Navotas was proclaimed as a full-fledged city by virtue of RA 9387<ref>{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 9387: An Act Conventing the Municipality of Navotas into a Highly Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Navotas|url=http://www.thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-9387.php|website=The Corpus Juris|date=March 10, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2016}}</ref> 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.

==Education==
{{Further|Division of City Schools–Navotas}}
[[File:JfNavotasPolytechnicCollegefvf 04.JPG|right|thumb|230px|[[Navotas Polytechnic College]]]]
Navotas has 15 public elementary schools and 6 public secondary schools including [[Navotas National High School]] and Kaunlaran High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navotas.gov.ph/Downloads/FORMS/SchoolsList.pdf |title=Schools List |publisher=Navotas City Website |access-date=January 23, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[Navotas Polytechnic College]] located at the North Bay Boulevard South in Kaunlaran Village is owned and operated by the city.

==Sports==
Navotas was home to the [[Navotas Uni-Pak Sardines]], a founding member of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] during its [[2018 MPBL season|inaugural season]] and played for three seasons until the [[2019–20 MPBL season|2019–20 season]].

==Transportation==
[[File:Navotas City Terminal, Dec 2023.jpg|thumb|Navotas City Terminal]]
{{Main|Transportation in Navotas}}
Transportation in Navotas is provided by cars, [[cycle rickshaw|bicycle pedicab]], [[motorized tricycle (Philippines)|tricycles]], [[boats]], [[bus]], [[jeepney]] and [[taxicab|taxi]].

[[Circumferential Road 4|C-4 Road]] between Tanong, Malabon and Navotas West is the most popular bus stopover.

Commuting in boats is popular in the city because of its location by [[Manila Bay]]. The pier of commuting boats are located in San Roque, Navotas that connects to Tanza, Navotas, which is separated by water.

==Notable personalities==
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* [[Lean Alejandro]], student leader and left-wing nationalist political activist
* [[Luz Oliveros-Belardo]], [[National Scientist of the Philippines]] for Phytochemistry
* [[Engracia Cruz-Reyes]], chef and entrepreneur
* [[Rufino Sescon|Rufino Sescon Jr.]], fifth bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga]]
* [[Jorella Marie de Jesus]], professional volleyball player
* [[Froilan Baguion]], professional basketball player
* [[Gerald Santos]], singer and actor
* [[Jelo Acosta]], rapper & actor
* [[Wendy Valdez]], beauty queen, and an actress.
* [[Negi (comedian)|Ate Negi]], Comedian, Host

==Sister cities==
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Parañaque]], [[Philippines]]
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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| North     = [[Obando, Bulacan]]
| East      = [[Malabon]]
| Southeast = [[Caloocan|South Caloocan]]
| South     = [[Manila]]
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