Region
NCR
Province
City/Municipality:
City of Parañaque
Category
Ecclesiastical
Year Approved
1580

Parañaque

Situated along the eastern waters of Manila Bay, Parañaque is a key coastal city in southern Metro Manila, bordered by Pasay, Taguig, Muntinlupa, and Las Piñas. It grew from a pre-colonial trading and fishing hub along the local river delta into a formal Spanish municipality founded by Augustinian missionaries in 1580.

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