Pateros, Metro Manila

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Municipality of Pateros
Bayan ng Pateros
Official seal of Municipality of Pateros
Seal
Nickname(s): Duck-raising Capital of the Philippines
Motto: Mas na Mas, Pateros! (literally, The Super, Very Pateros)
Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Pateros Coordinates: 10°12' N 117° E
Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Pateros Coordinates: 10°12' N 117° E
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
Districts Lone district of Taguig City-Pateros
Barangays 10
Incorporated (town) 1770
Government
 - Mayor Jaime Cruz Medina (2007-2010; NPC)
 - Vice Mayor Jose Jonathan C. Sanchez (2007-2010; NPC)
Area
 - Total 2.1 km² (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation 16.0 m (52 ft)
Population (2000)
 - Total 57,407
 - Density 5,520/km² (14,296.7/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
none 1615
Area code(s) 2
Website: www.pateros.gov.ph

The Municipality of Pateros (Filipino: Bayan ng Pateros) is the only municipality in Metro Manila in the Philippines. This small town is famous for its duck-raising industry and especially for producing balut, a Filipino delicacy that is boiled duck egg. Pateros is bordered by Pasig City to the north, Makati City to the west, and Taguig City to the south.

Pateros is the only municipality and the smallest, both in population and in land area, in Metro Manila, but it is the second most densely populated at around 27 thousand people per square kilometer after Manila.

Contents

Government

Mayor: Jaime C. Medina Vice Mayor: Jose Jonathan C. Sanchez

City Councilors:

  1. Pio Joel C. Reyes
  2. Napoleon F. Dionisio Jr.
  3. Gerald S. German
  4. Getulio P. Muñoz Jr.
  5. Jaime R. Flores
  6. Lauro S. Capco
  7. Ernesto F. Ampe
  8. Gerardo C. Sanchez
  9. Elmer Joseph C. Reyes
  10. Ma. Theresa C. Cuerdo
  11. Jeric G. Reyes
  12. Allan Dennis C. Mangoba

Ex-officio Councilors:

  1. (SK President)
  2. (ABC President)

History

The name of the Pateros most likely came from its duck-raising industry. The Tagalog word (of Spanish origin) for duck is pato and pateros means duck-raisers. An equally viable theory, though less known is that the name also came from the town's small shoe-making industry. The Tagalog word for shoe is sapatos and shoe-makers are called sapateros.

Before 1770, Pateros was only a barrio of Pasig until the Spanish Governor-General in the Philippines issued a decree making Pateros an independent municipality.

On March 29, 1900, Pateros became one of the towns in the newly created province of Rizal, by virtue of General Order No. 40 Act No 137 of Philippine Commission promulgated on June 11, 1901. Then on October 12, 1903, Act No. 942 combined Pateros, Taguig and Muntinlupa into a single municipality under Pateros. The municipality was renamed into Taguig on March 22, 1905, through Act 1308. Executive Order No. 20 dated February 29, 1908 separated Pateros from Taguig and Pateros then gained its independent status as municipality on January 1, 1909 by Executive Order No. 36. On November 7, 1975, Pateros became a part of the new Metropolitan Manila Area through Presidential Decree No. 824.

Barangays

Pateros is politically subdivided into 10 barangays:

  • Aguho
  • Magtanggol
  • Martires Del 96
  • Poblacion
  • San Pedro
  • San Roque
  • Santa Ana (kaliwa)
  • Santa Ana (Kanan)
  • Santo Rosario-Kanluran
  • Santo Rosario
  • Tabacalera

External links

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Metropolitan Manila
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority

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