GEOGRAPHY

Taguig is situated at the northwestern shore of Laguna de Bay at the upper mouth of the legendary Pasig River, also known as the Napindan Channel. Taguig joins Laguna Lake at a shoreline stretching 7.5 kilometers from Napindan to Bagumbayan in the south.

It is bounded to the north by the towns of Pateros and the City of Pasig; to the east by the towns of Taytay and Laguna Lake; to the south by Laguna Lake and the City of Muntinlupa; and in the west by cities of Parañaque, Makati and Pasay all of Metro Manila.

Except for the hilly portion on the western and southern ends, Taguig is a vast plain once devoted to agriculture.

Taguig enjoys the nation's tropical months of rain and even longer months of sun. It has two major rivers that feed from the Laguna Lake - the Taguig River and the Napindan Channel. Taguig River runs through barangays Wawa, Sta. Ana, Bambang, Tuktukan and enters the town of Pateros through Ususan. Napindan Channel is part of the Pasig River. Five other rivers flow across Taguig - The Bagumbayan River, Mauling/Tabacuhan Creek, Hagunoy Creek, Tipas/Labasan River and the Sta. Ana River.

As of the year 2003 Census, Taguig is home to 532,641 people with mixed cultural backgrounds. Its population density of approximately 8,000-person/sq. km. in 1999 is believed to grow by 4.45% annually, mostly by the tremendous in-migration. The native Taguigeños is now a minority with only 30% of the population and the new settlers comprise the majority at 70% of the population.

As highly urbanized city, Taguig is home to Fort Bonifacio Global City and five (5) thriving industrial centers - (1) the Mañalac Estate in Bagumbayan; 2) the Food Terminal, Inc., the nation's food center, is situated in Western Bicutan. It boasts of over 300 medium scale companies with businesses covering food manufacturing, electronics, garments and service industries; (3) the Veteran's Center and the (4) RSBS in Western Bicutan are also home to industrial companies. (5) The Napindan-Elizalde Industrial compound produces steel.