Parañaque City

Parañaque City (pop. 449,811, 2000 Census) is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the north by Pasay City, by Taguig City to the northeast, Muntinlupa City to the southeast, by Las Piñas City to the southwest, and by Manila Bay to the west.

Districts and barangays

Parañaque is composed of two congressional districts, and two legislative districts which are further subdivided into 16 Barangays. Legislative District One contains eight barangays in the western half of the city, while legislative District Two occupies theeight barangays in the eastern portion of the city.

While barangays are the administrative divisions of the city, and are legally part of the addresses of establishments and homes, many residents indicate their subdivision (village) instead of their barangay.

Listed below are the barangays in each district plus some notable subdivisions.

District 1 barangays

*Baclaran
*Don Galo
*La Huerta
*San Donisio
*San Isidro
*Sto. Niño
*Tambo
*Vitalez

District 2 barangays

*B.F. Homes
*Don Bosco
*Marcelo Green
*Merville
*Moonwalk
*San Antonio
*San Martin de Porres
*Sun Valley

Subdivisions

*Mon-El Subdivision
*B.F. Homes Parañaque
*Better Living Subdivision
*Camella Homes Sucat
*Gatchalian Subdivision
*Goodwill II Subdivision
*Goodwill III Subdivision
*Ireneville
*Marcelo Green Village
*Merville Subdivision
*Moonwalk Village
*Multinational Village
*Villanueva Village
*San Antonio Valley (numerous phases)
*Severina Diamond Subdivision Km.18
*Sun Valley Subdivision
*United Parañaque Subdivision
*Parañaque Greenheights
*Teoville East & West
*Teoville 3
*Maywood (numerous village)
*Tahanan Village
*Salvador Estate
*Fourth Estate Subdivision

Interesting Spots

*St. Andrew's Cathedral (Barangay La Huerta), the seat of Diocese of Parañaque
*Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1
*Baclaran Redemptorist Church, officially the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, one of the biggest and most active churches in the country where devotees flock to hear mass every Wednesday
*Casino Filipino
*Manila Memorial Park, the country's first memorial park and resting place to some of the country's most celebrated personalities
*Loyola Memorial Park, part of one of the country's chain of memorial parks
*Fiesta Shopping Mall (Duty Free Philippines)
*SM City Sucat, part of the country's biggest chain of malls
*SM City Bicutan, part of the country's biggest chain of malls
*Paranaque City Hall
*Academic Institutions
**Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS)
**Escuela De San Lorenzo Ruiz (ESLR)
**Montessori De Manila (MDM)
**Gemille School, Inc.
**Airlink International Flying School
**Informatics Computer Institute
**Immaculate Heart of Mary College
**Manresa School
**Sacred Heart School
**St. Andrew's School[1]
**St. Cyr Academy
**St. James College of Parañaque
**St. Paul College of Parañaque
**St. Rita College and Orphanage
**Parañaque City College of Science and Technology
**PATTS College of Aeronautics
**Philippine State College of Aeronautics
**Centro Escolar University's Generosa de Leon Integrated School (now defunct)
**Olivarez University
**AMA Computer College
**STI Computer College
**Universal College of Nursing
**Veritas Parochial School
**St. Francis School of Assisi
**Philippine Christian University
**Lycee d'Regis Marie School
**Davidville Academy
**Marymount School
**Ramon Pascual Institute
**Regis Grace Montessori School (Annex)
**Madre Maria Pia Notari School
**Parañaque National High School
**Parañaque National High School (Annex)
**Ville Saint John Academy
**International Christian Academy
**Little House Montessori
**United Christian Academy

History

A burning building along Taft Avenue which was hit during the Japanese air raid in Barrio Parañaque, December 13, 1941, the Philippine Islands.

Parañaque, when it was founded in 1572 by Spanish missionaries, was then called the town of Palanyag. The town was then under the authority of the Augustinians, first under the administration of Fr. Diego de Espinar in 1580.

During the Philippine Revolution, Parañaque became one of the hottest battle zones, being at the middle of the province of Cavite, where the revolutionaries held sway, and Manila, the seat of the Spanish colonial government.

At the time of the Americans, Parañaque became one of the first municipalities in the area. From a municipality, it then became a chartered city on February 15, 1998.

Etymology

Parañaque, in the olden times, was where many people unboard the "kalesa", or horse-drawn carriage and would usually tell the conductor to "para na aque", which literally means "stop now, boy". The word "para", taken from the Spanish word "parar" which means to stop, "na" is a term in the Filipino language which means "now", and "aque" taken from the Filipino term "lalaki" or "lalake", meaning "boy". The phrase "para na aque" was used so often that it eventually evolved into a term pertaining to a place, thus, Parañaque.

Railroad System

In LRT, the station is Baclaran and in PNR is Bicutan.

External links

*Parañaque City Official Website
*:Palanyag - Parañaque City Info
*Map of Parañaque City