Pateros, Metro Manila
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| Municipality of Pateros Bayan ng Pateros |
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| Nickname(s): Duck-raising Capital of the Philippines | |||
| Motto: Mas na Mas, Pateros! (literally, The Super, Very Pateros) | |||
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| Country | Philippines | ||
| Region | National Capital Region | ||
| Districts | Lone district of Taguig City-Pateros | ||
| Barangays | 10 | ||
| Incorporated (town) | 1770 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Jaime Medina (NPC) | ||
| - Vice Mayor | Jose Jonathan Sanchez (NPC) | ||
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| Area | |||
| - Total | 2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 16.0 m (52 ft) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 61,940 | ||
| - 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.
[edit] History
The name Pateros most likely derived from the duck-raising industry. The Tagalog word (of Spanish origin) for "duck" is pato and pateros means "duck-raisers". Another theory, though less known, is that the name may allude to the town's small shoe-making industry. The Tagalog word for "shoe"—also of Spanish origin—is sapatos and shoemakers 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 the Philippine Commission, which was 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 Taguig on March 22, 1905, through Act No. 1308. Executive Order No. 20 dated February 29, 1908 separated Pateros from Taguig. Pateros then regained its independent status as a 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.
[edit] Barangays
Pateros is politically subdivided into 12 barangays:
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