Pateros, Metro Manila

Pateros
Municipality
Bayan ng Pateros
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Nickname(s): A Small Town with a Big Heart; Balut Capital of the Philippines; Home of the World Famous Balut
Motto: Mas na Mas, Pateros! (literally, The Superb Pateros)
{{safesubst:#property:P242}} Location within Metro Manila
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
Country	[[{{safesubst:#property:P17}}]]
Region	National Capital Region
Districts	Lone district of Taguig City-Pateros
Founded	1770
Barangays	10
Government
• Mayor	Jaime "Joey" Cruz Medina (Nacionalista)
• Vice Mayor	Gerald German (Liberal)
• Sangguniang Bayan	Councilors 1st District Allan Dela Cruz Jojo Nicdao Milaor Villegas Connie Munoz Jaime Flores Beatriz Santos 2nd District Albert Tanga Maria Kathleen Ampe Jojo Sanchez Daisy Reyes Edgar Noel Castillo Chito Buenaventura ABC President Eduardo F. De Leon SK Federation President Christian "Ian" Bukalan
Area
• Total	2.25 km2 (0.87 sq mi)
Elevation	16.0 m (52.5 ft)
Population ( )
• Total	{{safesubst:#property:P1,082}}
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
Zip Code	{{safesubst:#property:P281}}
Area code	+63 (0){{safesubst:#property:P473}}
Website	http://{{safesubst:#property:P856}}

Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros (Filipino: Bayan ng Pateros), is a first-class municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of {{safesubst:#property:P1082}}.

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 also known for the production of red salty eggs and "inutak", a local rice cake. Moreover, the town is known for manufacturing of "alfombra", a locally-made footwear with a carpet-like fabric on its top surface. 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 29 thousand people per square kilometer after Manila.

It is the smallest municipality in terms of land area in the Philippines.

Etymology

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". Edmund Roberts used Duck-town as the alternate name for Pateros, stating that he "never before saw so many ducks together," in one place.

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.

History

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. The town was then composed of five barangays (villages), namely, Aguho, San Roque, Sta. Ana, Sto. Rosario and Mamancat (now a portion of Fort Bonifacio).

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 City and Muntinlupa City 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.

Geography

Barangays

Pateros is politically subdivided into 10 barangays:

• Aguho
• Magtanggol
• Martires Del 96
• Poblacion - this barangay serves as the town's commercial center
• San Pedro
• San Roque
• Sta. Ana
• Sto. Rosario - Kanluran
• Sto. Rosario - Silangan
• Tabacalera

Boundary dispute

The municipal government of Pateros claims that its original land area was not its present land area of 2.10 km² but 1,040 hectares (10.4 km²) including Fort Bonifacio, particularly Barangays Comembo, Pembo, East Rembo, West Rembo, Cembo, South Cembo and Pitogo which are now part of the city of Makati and Bonifacio Global City which was made part of Taguig, based on documents and official maps obtained by former Pateros Councilor Dominador Rosales from 30 libraries and offices including USA Library of Congress and USA Archives. One of those maps was the 1968 Land Classification Map of the Bureau of Land.

Pateros’ decrease in territory was accounted to a cadastral mapping in Metro Manila conducted in 1978. The late Pateros Mayor Nestor Ponce challenged the map through an objection letter dated June 23, 1978. But on January 1986, former President Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation No. 2475 which stated that Fort Bonifacio is situated in Makati and it is open for disposition. Because of that, a boundary dispute arose which moved Pateros to request a dialogue about that with then Municipal Council of Makati in 1990. Pateros also filed a complaint against Makati at the Makati RTC in 1996 but the trial court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. The case was moved to the Court of Appeals in 2003 but the case was also denied. The same case was also moved to the Supreme Court in 2009 but it was denied again.

Supreme Court Decision

Almost 2 decades later, the Supreme Court on June 16, 2009, per Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura denied Pateros’ petition against Makati but ruled out that the boundary dispute should be settled amicably by their respective legislative bodies based on Section 118(d) of the Local Government Code. Pursuant to the decision, Pateros invited Makati to a council-to-council dialogue. This happened on October 8, 2009. Four meetings were held and at the fourth dialogue on November 23, 2009, a joint resolution was made stating that Makati is requesting a tripartite conference between Pateros, Taguig and Makati.

Demographics

As of 1818, the population was estimated at 3,840 Tagalog peoples. When Edmund Roberts visited in 1834, he estimated approximately 4,500 residents.

Population Census of Pateros
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	51,409	—
1995	55,286	+1.37%
2000	57,407	+0.81%
2007	61,940	+1.05%
2010	64,147	+1.28%
Source: National Statistics Office

Red salty duck eggs, a popular product of Pateros,

Economy

As of 1834, Pateros raised and sold duck and had a fishing industry.

Pateros Park-Plaza de Borja

Pateros Municipal Hall (November 2013)

Pateros overview

Education

The following are the different schools in Pateros under the Department of Education (DepEd) – Division of Taguig City and Pateros:

Public schools

Primary

• Aguho Elementary School (AES)
• Capt. Hipolito Francisco Elementary School (CHFES-Main)
• Capt. Hipolito Francisco Elementary School (CHFES-Annex)
• P. Manalo Elementary School (PMES)
• Pateros Elementary School (PES)
• Sta. Ana Elementary School (SAES)
• Sto. Rosario Elementary School (SRES)

Secondary

• Maria Concepcion Cruz High School (MCCHS)
• Mayor Simplicio Manalo National High School (MSMNHS)
• Pateros National High School (PNHS)

Tertiary

• Pateros Technological College (PTC)
• St. John Bosco

Private schools

• Center for Positive Future
• Huckleberry Montessori School
• Pateros Catholic School (PCS)
• SEP Christian School, Inc.
• Southern Rizal Institute
• St. Genevive School of Pateros (SGSP)

Notable people

• Jimmy Santos - Filipino Actor, PBA Basketball Player, and TV Host, Eat Bulaga!
• Berting Labra - Actor, Side kick of FPJ
• Daisy Reyes - Beauty Queen, Actress
• Socrates Villegas - Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, CBCP President

External links

• Municipality of Pateros official website
• Facts of Balut and City of Pateros
• Geographic data related to Pateros, Metro Manila at OpenStreetMap