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Pasay City

Pasay
Highly urbanized city
Aliw Theater
Shrine of St. Therese Pasay City Hall
From left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Aliw Theater; Shrine of St. Therese, Doctor of the Church; Pasay City Hall
Official seal of Pasay
Seal
Nickname(s): The Travel City
Motto: Aim High Pasay!
Location within Metro Manila
Location within Metro Manila
Pasay is located in Philippines
Pasay
Pasay
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°33′N 121°00′E / 14.55°N 121°E / 14.55; 121Coordinates: 14°33′N 121°00′E / 14.55°N 121°E / 14.55; 121
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
Districts Lone District of Pasay City
Incorporated December 2, 1863 (town)
Incorporated June 21, 1947 (city)
Highly Urbanized City December 22, 1979
Barangays 201
Government
 • Mayor Antonino G. Calixto (Liberal)
 • Vice Mayor Noel Del Rosario (Liberal)
 • Representative Ma. Imelda G. Calixto-Rubiano (Liberal)
 • Sangguniang Panlungsod
Area
 • Total 18.64 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 416,522
 • Density 22,000/km2 (58,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pasayeño
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 1300–1309
Area code +63 (0)2
Website www.pasay.gov.ph

Pasay is one of the cities in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. It is bordered to the north by the City of Manila, Makati to the northeast, Taguig to the east, and Parañaque to the south. Due to its location just south of the City of Manila, Pasay quickly became an urban town during the American Colonial Period.

The Namayan was a confederation of barangays which reached its zenith c. 1175. Its ruler, whose capital was at Sapa (today part of Santa Ana, Manila), controlled territory stretching from Manila Bay to Laguna de Bay. Dayang-dayang Pasay, presumably a royal or noble of the realm, is noted as having inherited lands in what is now Culi-culi, Pasay, and Baclaran, marking the area as subject to Namayan.

The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in what is now the Philippines on March 16, 1521. On May 19, 1571, Miguel López de Legaspi took formal possession of the Kingdom of Maynila and its surrounding polities in the name of the Spanish Crown. For 250 years, the Islands were governed by the Viceroy of Mexico, but in practise Catholic clergymen governed local politics.

Of the many religious orders that came, it was the Augustinian Order who would figure predominantly in the evangelisation of Pasay. The parish of Pasay was governed from the old Namayan capital, since renamed Sta. Ana de Sapa, which was under the jurisdiction of the Franciscans. The promise of space in Heaven prompted early native converts to donate their possessions to the Church, with folklore recounting how a baptised Pasay on her deathbed donated her vast estate to the Augustinians. Most of Pasay went to friar hands either via donation or by purchase; many natives were also forced to divest of their properties to cope with stringent colonial impositions. In 1727, the Augustinians formally took over Pasay and attached it to the Parish of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Malate. In that year, Pasay was renamed Pineda in honour of Don Cornelio Pineda, a Spanish horticulturist.


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