Global InformationArtex Compound information
Artex Compound | |
|---|---|
Residential Area | |
 A family rows across the flooded 'streets' of Artex Compound | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region |
| City | Malabon |
| Barangay | Panghulo |
| Named for | Artex Development Co., Inc. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.5 ha (21.0 acres) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2019) | 200−250 families |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
The Artex Compound is a permanently flooded residential area in Malabon, Philippines. The area has been referred to, often facetiously, as the "Venice of Malabon" or the "Venice of the Philippines" due to its partially submerged structures, makeshift stilt houses, and the use of rowboats for transportation between houses.[1]
Formerly a housing compound built for workers of a textile mill, around 200-250 families continue to live within the Artex Compound despite being permanently flooded since 2004.[2] The compound is also the subject of a long-running labor and ownership dispute between the residents and the former owners of the textile mill. It has since become an alternative tourism site frequented by street photographers, students, researchers, journalists, documentarists, and filmmakers.[3][4]
- ^ "Philippines: Life in 'the Venice of Malabon' – DW – 06/30/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "The floating world of Artex". RAPPLER. 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Malabon's Heritage Treasures". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page).