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Las Piñas (Tagalog: [las ˈpiɲɐs], officially the City of Las Piñas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Las Piñas), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 606,293 people. [3] Las Piñas was sixth in MoneySense Philippines "Best Places To Live" report in 2008. [5]
Local elections will take place in Las Piñas on Monday, May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, twelve members of the Las Piñas City Council, and one representative to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected in the election will assume their ...
The city is known for its furniture shows and furniture manufacturing industry. [55] Manila: n/a: Metro Manila: Pearl of the Orient See also: Nicknames of Manila: Marawi: Lanao del Sur: Bangsamoro: Islamic City Due to its Muslim-majority population and historic roots with Islam. Marawi was declared as an "Islamic City" by the city council in ...
The Mayor of Las Piñas City (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Las Piñas) is the head of the executive branch of the Las Piñas government and the chief executive of Las Pinas. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, and most public agencies, and enforces all city laws within the boundaries of ...
Media in category "Las Piñas" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Las Piñas City Hall (Alabang-Zapote Road, Las Piñas; 09-19-2021).jpg 3,552 × 2,664; 3.92 MB
Las Piñas first elected a single representative city-wide at-large for the 11th Congress following its conversion into a highly urbanised city through Republic Act No. 8251 on February 12, 1997. [4] Before 1997, its territory was represented as part of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa , Las Piñas–Parañaque and Rizal's 1st and at-large district, and ...
Las Piñas first elected its own representative in 1998, after the city charter of Muntinlupa (Republic Act No. 7926 [1]), approved on March 1, 1995, and ratified on May 8, 1995, separated the two. This separation was confirmed by the city's own city charter (Republic Act No. 8251 [2]), approved on February 2, 1997, and ratified on March 26, 1997.
Imelda "Mel" Tobias Aguilar (born February 6, 1947) [4] is a Filipina politician who currently serves as mayor of Las Piñas since 2016, [5] [6] [7] previously holding this position from 2004 until 2007. Aguilar was married to former mayor Vergel Aguilar; they have four children.