Tanza was one of the fourteen

barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...

s of the city of

Navotas Navotas, officially the City of 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 2020 Philippine census, 2020 census, it ha ...

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. It occupied the northernmost portion of the city including

Isla Pulo Pulo Island, commonly known as Isla Pulo, is a long, narrow island surrounded by mudflats in the Manila Bay coast of Navotas, about north of Manila in the Philippines. It is a sitio in Barangay Tanza, connected to the mainland of Navotas by a b ...

which is separated from the

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proper, and was bounded by Brgy. Binauangan and Salambao in

Obando, Bulacan Obando, officially the Municipality of Obando (), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,978 people. History Obando was likely originally called "Binuwangan" accordi ...

to the north,

Manila Bay Manila Bay (; ) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the Manila, capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Philippines and ...

and Brgy. San Roque to the west, Brgy. Hulong Duhat and Dampalit, Malabon to the east and Brgy.

Tangos North Tangos North is one of the eighteen barangays (or districts) of Navotas in the Philippines . Navotas#Barangays It is divided to Tangos North, Navotas and Tangos South, Navotas on 2013. See also * Tangos, Navotas Tangos was a barangay (or distr ...

to the south. On August 23, 2017, Republic Act No. 10935 was approved, dividing Tanza into barangays Tanza 1 and Tanza 2. It was ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, the same date of plebiscite for the ratification of two other similar laws – Republic Act No. 10933 that split Barangay North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS) into NBBS Proper, NNBS Kaunlaran, and NBBS Dagat-Dagatan; and Republic Act No. 10934 that partitioned Barangay Tangos into Tangos North and Tangos South. Both Tanza 1 and Tanza 2 are accessible via Badeo 5 in Brgy.

San Roque, Navotas Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 247,543 people. It was formerly part of the Province of Rizal in ...

and the Tanza-Malabon bridge in Brgy. Hulong Duhat,

Malabon Malabon, officially the City of Malabon (), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 380,522 people. Located just north of the city of Manila, Malabon is ...

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