Pateros, Metro Manila
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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) | ||
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| Coordinates: 14°32′30″N 121°04′00″E / 14.5417°N 121.0667°ECoordinates: 14°32′30″N 121°04′00″E / 14.5417°N 121.0667°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | National Capital Region | |
| Districts | Lone district of Taguig City-Pateros | |
| Founded | 1770 | |
| Independent Municipality | January 1, 1909 | |
| Barangays | 10 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Miguel "Ike" Ponce III (Liberal) | |
| • Vice Mayor | Gerald German (Liberal) | |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 16.0 m (52.5 ft) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 63,840 | |
| • Density | 36,000/km2 (94,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| Zip Code | 1620–1622 | |
| Area code | +63 (0)02 | |
| Website | www |
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Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros (Filipino: Bayan ng Pateros), is a first-class municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 63,840.
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.
The name Pateros most likely derived from the duck-raising industry. The Tagalog loanword (of Spanish origin) for "duck" is pato and pateros means "duck-raisers". The early 19th-century U.S. diplomat Edmund Roberts used Duck-town, another name for Pateros, stating that he "never before saw so many ducks together" in one place.
Another, lesser-known theory is that the name may allude to the town's small shoemaking 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 of the Philippines issued a decree making Pateros an independent municipality. The town was then composed of five barangays (villages): Aguho, San Roque, Santa Ana, Santo Rosario, and Mamancat (now part of Fort Bonifacio).
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