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www.makati.gov.ph. Makati (/ məˈkɑːti / ⓘ mə-KAH-tee; Tagalog pronunciation: [mɐˈkaː.t̪ɪ]), officially the City of Makati (Filipino: Lungsod ng Makati), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, known for being one of the leading financial centers in the country. As of 2013, the city has the ...
Metropolitan Manila[ 1 ] (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila), commonly shortened to Metro Manila[ a ] and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; [ 3 ] Filipino: Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), [ 11 ] is the capital region and largest metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, the region lies between the Central ...
The city remained the capital and key to the Spanish East Indies under the government of the provisional British governor, acting through the Archbishop of Manila and the Real Audiencia. The terms of surrender proposed by Archbishop Rojo and agreed to by the British leaders, secured private property, guaranteed the Roman Catholic religion and ...
e. The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
Balóng bató, the Filipino word for "stone well." [6] Bambang. Pasig and Taguig. Filipino word for "riverbank”, synonymous with “pampáng”. [7] Barangka, Barangka Drive, Barangka Ibaba, Barangka Ilaya and Barangka Itaas. Marikina and Mandaluyong. Tagalisation of old Spanish "Barranca," meaning canyon or river gorge.
Pateros is the smallest municipality both in population and in land area, in Metro Manila, but it is the second most densely populated at around 37,000 inhabitants per square kilometer or 96,000 inhabitants per square mile after the capital city of Manila. Unlike its neighbors in Metro Manila, Pateros is the only municipality in the region.
Manila City Hall, the seat of city government The inaugural session of the 12th Manila City Council at the city hall (2022) Manila, which is officially known as the City of Manila, is the national capital of the Philippines and is classified as a special city according to its income, [ 322 ] [ 323 ] and a highly urbanized city (HUC).
Metro Manila is the capital region of the Philippines, and is one of its seventeen administrative regions. It is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, in the southern portion of the island of Luzon. It lies between the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions, with the province of Bulacan to the north, Rizal to the east, and Laguna and Cavite ...