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)
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 Medina (NPC)
- Vice Mayor	Jose Jonathan Sanchez (NPC)
- Sangguniang Bayan	Councilors 1st District Lauro S. Capco Napoleon F. Dionisio, Jr. Jaime R. Flores Gerald S. German Getulio P. Muñoz, Jr. Pio Joel R. Reyes 2nd District Ernesto F. Ampe Ma. Theresa C. Cuerdo Allan Dennis C. Mangoba Elmer Joseph C. Reyes Jeric G. Reyes Gerardo C. Sanchez ABC President Eduardo F. De Leon SK Federation President Achilles Dane C. Mangoba
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 10 barangays:

[edit] External links

• Municipality of Pateros official website
• Facts of Balut and Municipality of Pateros

	Makati City	Pasig City	Pasig City
	Makati City		Pasig City Taguig City
		Pateros, Metro Manila
	Makati City	Taguig City	Taguig City