There are three plausible origins of the name of the city:
1. Its association with the thin topsoil in the area, known locally as munting lupa, or "little soil" in Tagalog;
2. Residents, purportedl… See more

In 1601, some 88 years after the arrival of Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan in the Visayas islands, the original lands constituting Muntinlupa could be deduced to have been friar lands administered by the Augusti… See more

It is bordered on the north by Taguig, to the northwest by Parañaque, to the west by Las Piñas, to the southwest by the cities of Bacoor and Dasmariñas in Cavite, to the south by the city of San Pedro in Laguna, and to the … See more