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Merville, officially Barangay Merville, is a barangay in Parañaque. It is one of Parañaque's 16 barangays and is part of the city's 2nd district . Featuring a namesake gated residential community, it was created on April 3, 1978 as a barangay out of barangay La Huerta under Presidential Decree No. 1325.
From being the second biggest barrio in Parañaque after San Dionisio in the early 20th century, La Huerta is now the second smallest barangay in the city at 0.5372 square kilometers (0.2074 sq mi) after several villages were created out of its old territory in the 1970s, including Don Bosco, Marcelo Green, Sun Valley and Merville. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The barangay's name was based on Moonwalk subdivision, which itself was named after the Moon landing mission of Apollo 11. [7] When then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Republic Act No. 9229 in December 2003 to divide Parañaque into two congressional districts , the barangay became part of the newly formed second district .
Moonville Subdivision Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Church in Sun Valley Subdivision. Sun Valley is considered to be the third densest of 16 barangays in Parañaque, Philippines, with a land area of 177.75 hectares (439.2 acres) and an estimated population of 50,087 as of 2020, Sun Valley has a population density of 21,145.43 inhabitants per square kilometer (54,766.4/sq mi).
Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque (Filipino: Lungsod ng Parañaque, Tagalog pronunciation: [paɾaˈɲäke̞]), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
And in 1978, the United Parañaque Subdivision together with neighboring communities of Marian Park and Sitio de Asis that were earlier physically separated by the superhighway were officially separated from barangay Santo Niño to become a new barangay named San Martin de Porres through Presidential Decree No. 1324. [5] [6]
Statue of St. John Bosco, to whom the barangay is named for. On April 3, 1978, through Presidential Decree No. 1322 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos, Better Living Subdivision and its adjacent communities—Aero Park, Scienceville and Levitown—were separated from La Huerta to form a new separate barangay named for the titular patron saint of the formation house and shrine, Saint John Bosco.
It is the largest barangay in the city and its southernmost village. As a subdivision, the local term for a gated community, its territory includes portions of neighboring cities, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa. It was formerly known as Las Piñas-Parañaque BF Homes and was developed by Banco Filipino owner Tomas Aguirre in 1968.