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Pasig, officially the City of Pasig (Filipino: Lungsod ng Pasig), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people. [3] It is located along the eastern border of Metro Manila with Rizal province, the city shares its name with the Pasig River.
Signage in Los Baños showing its nickname. This partial list of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and municipalities in the Philippines are known by (or have been known historically by), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Pasig: none: an archaic Tagalog word referring to the shore. Compare "dalampasigan", "pasigan", or Malay "pasir" ("sand") Passi: Iloilo: from passis, a Kinaray-a word which means "unhusked rice." Puerto Princesa: none: a contraction of its original Spanish name Puerto de la Princesa which means "Port of the Princess" named after Princess ...
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines.The Philippines is administratively divided into 82 provinces (Filipino: lalawigan).These, together with the National Capital Region, are further subdivided into cities (Filipino: lungsod) and municipalities (Filipino: bayan).
Each city is governed by both the Local Government Code of 1991 [2] and the city's own municipal charter, under the laws of the Philippines. ... Pasig: 803,159 ...
The region as a whole is geographically divided into four districts, of which the first district is the central capital City of Manila, the second and third districts located to the east and north of the City, respectively, and the fourth district covering the remaining areas of the region south of the City and the Pasig River.
Quezon City: Named after St. Francis. Del Monte (from the mountain) was affixed to the name distinguish it from San Francisco de Manila, a Franciscan church in Intramuros, Manila. [17] Diliman: Quezon City: From dilim, a type of fern. [18] Divisoria: Manila Tondo and Binondo: Spanish for "dividing line" (línea divisoria) Don Bosco: Parañaque ...
Pasig Rainforest Park, also known as Pasig City Rainforest Adventure Experience (RAVE Rainforest Park) and Pasig Central Park, [1] is a public park in Pasig, eastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It spans 8 hectares (20 acres), and is a mixed recreational and natural park with a mini-zoo. [ 2 ]