Tipolo

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Central Visayas
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subdivision_name2 = Province of Cebu
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subdivision_name3 = 6th District
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subdivision_name4 = Mandaue City
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footnotes = The Barangay of Tipolo (Filipino: "Barangay ng Tipolo", Cebuano: "Barangay sa Tipolo") is a barangay in Mandaue City, Philippines.

Origin of Name

Barangay Tipolo was named after the Tipolo tree. The Tipolo tree is a tree related to Breadfruit under the family "Moraceae". These monstrous trees were once abundant in the area.cite web | url = http://www.mandauecity.gov.ph/ebrgy/Tipolo/history.html | title = Barangay Tipolo | work = Mandaue City Barangay Information Sharing Network | publisher = The City of Mandaue | accessdate = 2008-04-22]

History

Tipolo is one of the highly urbanized barangay of Mandaue City. It is one of the highest-earning barangay at the same time. Present day Tipolo credits its present-day status to its rich history.

Barangay Tipolo by far is the most historical barangay in Mandaue. Its history is tied closely with the city's history. In fact, the city of Mandaue started in Tipolo.

On the 7th of April 1521, Ferdinand Magellan landed and founded a settlement in the Cove of Cebu.cite web | url = http://www.mandauecity.gov.ph/festival/mantawi_history.htm | title = Mantawi... A Festival of History | work = Tourism | publisher = The City of Mandaue | accessdate = 2008-04-22] Five decades after the death of Ferdinand Magellan, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi came back to the Philippines.cite web | url = http://www.mandauecity.gov.ph/festival/otherlandmarks.htm | title = Other Landmarks | work = Tourism | publisher = The City of Mandaue | accessdate = 2008-04-22] The year was 1565, upon reaching the Philippines, he established the country’s first dry-dock complex in the said cove.

A few meters from the cove is a spring surrounded by trees of Tipolo. People from other places flock to the spring to wash their clothes and take a bath. Close to the spring and in between the Tipolo trees laid the old railway.

In the 60's San Miguel Corporation was expanding its operations in Cebu province. Mandaue was picked the location of the new brewing complex. The complex was built in Tipolo due to its strategic location. The industrial complex was started in 1964 and inaugurated in February 8, 1968. The 2.71-hectare SMC complex occupies what used to be farmlands in Tipolo. Since then the brewery has been a landmark in the barangay and in the city of Mandaue. One can tell that he is close to barangay Tipolo when one sees the SMC building.

At present, not a single Tipolo tree can be found in the barangay. The spring has dried out. In the site of the spring passes a canal where the the wastes from SMC flows. Above the canal is the Tipolo bridge. Connected to the bridge is a highway, M. C. Briones St., were the railway once laid. The shores of Tipolo, the root of barangay Tipolo, is now gone. It was reclaimed in the late 1990's.

Geography

Tipolo is the second southernmost barangay of Mandaue. The first being Subangdaku which bounds Tipolo in the south and south-west. In the east it is bounded by The Mandaue Reclamation Area. In the north by barangay Guizo and in the north-east by Banilad, Mandaue.

Consulate Offices

Consulate: Netherlands
Address: Methaphil Compound Tipolo, Mandaue City
Telephone Number: (63-32) 346-1823
Honorary Consul: Mr. Roberto E. Aboitiz

Schools

* Colegio de la Inmaculada - Mandaue
* Tipolo Elementary School
* Tipolo National Highschool
* ACA Learning Center

Resident Companies

* San Miguel Corporation
* Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines
* UFC
* Metaphil
* Benson
* Tiong Long Trading Corporation
* Tropical Scenta and Crafts Inc.
* Western Dragon IT

References

External links

* [http://www.mandauecity.gov.ph/ebrgy/Tipolo/history.html Tipolo in E-Barangay]