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{{short description|Municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines}}
{{for|the city in the United States|Pateros, Washington}}
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| 5 =   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Edwin Acosta Jr.
| 6 =   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Mil Villegas
| 7 =   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Ryan Rey Panis
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| 10 =   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Omar Alcantara
| 11 =   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Alden Mangoba
| 12 =   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Emmanuel Tañga
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'''Pateros''', officially the '''Municipality of Pateros''' ({{IPA|tl|pɐˈtɛɾɔs|lang}}; {{langx|fil|Bayan ng Pateros}}), is the lone [[municipality of the Philippines|municipality]] of [[Metropolitan Manila|Metro Manila]], [[Philippines]]. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 67,319 people.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority|title=2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President|access-date=18 July 2025|date=17 July 2025|url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/2024-census-population-popcen-population-counts-declared-official-president}}</ref>

This municipality is famous for its duck-raising industry and especially for producing ''[[Balut (egg)|balut]]'', a Filipino delicacy, which is a boiled, fertilized duck egg. Pateros is also known for the production of [[Salted duck egg|red salty eggs]] and "''inutak''", a local rice cake. Moreover, the town is known for manufacturing of "''alfombra''", a locally made footwear with a carpet-like fabric on its top surface. Pateros is bordered by the highly urbanized cities of [[Pasig]] to the north, and by [[Taguig]] to the east, west and south.

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 {{convert|37,000|PD/km2|sp=us|disp=or}} after the capital city of [[Manila]]. Unlike its neighbors in Metro Manila, Pateros is the only municipality in the region.

==Etymology==
The name ''Pateros'' is most likely derived from the duck-raising industry. The [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] word (of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] origin) for "[[duck]]" is ''pato'' and ''pateros'', "duck-raisers". The early 19th-century US diplomat [[Edmund Roberts (diplomat)|Edmund Roberts]] used '''Duck-town''', another name for Pateros, stating that he "never before saw so many ducks together" in one place.<ref name=Roberts1>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Edmund|title=Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|year=1837|publisher=Harper & Brothers|location=New York|pages=63–64|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7317/view/1/63/}}</ref> The duck reference is perfectly suited for Pateros, whose popular culinary specialty is a street food called [[Balut (food)|balut]], a fertilized developing duck embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell. Several ''balutans'' offer different and unique cuisine as well as street merchants selling them on the side of the road.

==History==
===Spanish colonial era===
[[File:Vista Del Rio De Patero by Jose Honorato Lozano (1821).jpg|thumb|left|1821 Idyllic Painting of Pateros by [[José Honorato Lozano]], showing the duck farms on the river banks that are the namesake of the municipality]]
Before 1799, Pateros was a ''[[barrio]]'' of [[Pasig]] called "''Aguho''" (''agoho'', the ''[[Casuarina equisetifolia]]'' tree), or "''embarcadero''" (“small port”). The port made the area a focal point of trade and commerce for Pasig and  nearby towns, making it a more progressive ''barrio''. The Spanish [[Governor-General of the Philippines]] later issued a decree creating Pateros as an independent municipality, initially with five ''barrio''s (villages): Aguho, San Roque, Santa Ana, Santo Rosario (since [[Partition (politics)|partitioned]] into Santo Rosario-Silangan and Santo Rosario-Kanluran), and Mamangcat (now in [[Fort Bonifacio]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dssm-srppateros.org/about/municipality-of-pateros |accessdate=March 19, 2024 | title=Santa Marta San Roque – Municipality of Pateros }}</ref>

====The Philippine Revolution====
[[File:1896 Revolution Memorial Monument in Pateros, January 2020.jpg|thumb|left|1896 Revolution Memorial Monument, also known as the Dulumbayan Memorial Monument]]
During the [[Philippine–American War]] in March 1899, the first contingent of American Volunteers from Washington arrived in the town of Pateros. The American soldiers rallied and eventually won the battles to take control and establish a temporary camp in town.

===American colonial era===
Throughout the American colonisation of the Philippines, American soldiers were able to experience the culture and livelihood of the citizens of Pateros, such as eating [[Duck as food|roast duck]] meals during wartime and sending postcards of Pateros back to the United States. In 1900, Lieutenant Charles Nosler renamed the city of [[Pateros, Washington|Ive's Landing]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington State]] after the town of Pateros in the Philippines. The American Pateros in Washington officially became a city on May 1, 1913.<ref>{{cite speech |last=Medina |first=Joey |title=Mayor's Speech |date=July 23, 2013 |event=Signing of the Sister City Memorandum of Understanding between the Municipality of Pateros, Metro-Manila and Pateros City of Okanogan County, Washington State |location=Pateros, Washington }}</ref>

====Province of Rizal and restructurings====
On March 29, 1900, Pateros, then a part of the Province of [[Manila (province)|Manila]], was among the towns absorbed by the newly created province of [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]], by virtue of ''General Order No. 40, Act No. 137 of the [[Philippine Commission]]'', promulgated on June 11, 1901.<ref>{{Cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l2485 |date=June 11, 1901 |title=An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Rizal |chamber=Act |number=137|access-date=July 1, 2023|publisher=Lawyerly}}</ref> On October 12, 1903, Act No. 942 united Pateros with [[Taguig]] and [[Muntinlupa]] into one municipality under Pateros.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l89ad|number=942|date=October 12, 1903|accessdate=July 21, 2022|title=An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen|publisher=Lawyerly}}</ref> On November 25, 1903, Muntinlupa was later ceded from Pateros to [[Biñan]], [[Laguna (province)|La Laguna]] through Act No. 1008.<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%201008|chamber=Act|number=1008|title=An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Thirty-nine, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Thirty Municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to Nineteen," and Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-two, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Thirty-two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen," and Providing That the Boundary Line Between the Provinces of La Laguna and Rizal Be Changed So as to Include in La Laguna the Municipality of Muntinlupa Now Part of Rizal|date=November 25, 1903|accessdate=July 13, 2023|publisher=Senate of the Philippines Legislative Digital Resources}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The remaining municipality was renamed Taguig, and it reabsorbed Muntinlupa on March 22, 1905, through Act No. 1308.<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l43ec|chamber=Act|number=1308|date=March 22, 1905|accessdate=July 21, 2022|title=An Act providing for the return of the former municipality of Muntinlupa from the Province of La Laguna to the Province of Rizal, repealing paragraph (e) of section one and sections two and three of Act Numbered One thousand and eight, and changing the name of the municipality of Pateros, of the Province of Rizal, to Taguig|publisher=Lawyerly}}</ref>

Executive Order No. 20 dated February 29, 1908, partitioned Pateros from Taguig, and the town regained its status as a independent municipality on January 1, 1909, by Executive Order No. 36.

===Philippine independence===
====Incorporation in Metropolitan Manila====
On November 7, 1975, Pateros became a part of the new [[Metro Manila|Metropolitan Manila Area]] through Presidential Decree No. 824.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical background |url=http://www.pateros.gov.ph/about_pateros/history.asp |publisher=Municipal Government of Pateros |access-date=December 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909075219/http://www.pateros.gov.ph/about_pateros/History.asp |archive-date=September 9, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=824|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno824.html|title=Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes |date=November 7, 1975|access-date=July 1, 2023|publisher=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library}}</ref>

====International partnership====
On July 23, 2013, Mayor Jaime C. Medina visited the city of [[Pateros, Washington|Pateros, Washington State]], [[United States]] to sign the ''Sister City Memorandum of Understanding between the Municipality of Pateros, Metro Manila and Pateros City of Okanogan County, Washington State, USA''. According to Mayor Gail Howe, the two cities have not applied through Sister Cities International but the goals of promoting the culture and exchanges have turned the sisterhood into reality.<ref name="wenatchee1"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mehaffey|first=K.C.|url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/pateros-adopts-sister-city-in-the-philippines/article_c0a40f8c-0a97-5b3e-90a8-6a6e1412306b.html/|title=Pateros adopts 'sister city' in the Philippines|date=February 18, 2013|work=The Wenatchee World|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==

===Climate===
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| location     = Pateros, Metro Manila
| width        = auto
| metric first = Yes
| single line  = Yes
| Jan high C = 29
| Jan low C  = 20
| Feb high C = 30
| Feb low C  = 20
| Mar high C = 32
| Mar low C  = 21
| Apr high C = 34
| Apr low C  = 23
| May high C = 33
| May low C  = 24
| Jun high C = 31
| Jun low C  = 25
| Jul high C = 30
| Jul low C  = 24
| Aug high C = 29
| Aug low C  = 25
| Sep high C = 29
| Sep low C  = 24
| Oct high C = 30
| Oct low C  = 23
| Nov high C = 30
| Nov low C  = 22
| Dec high C = 29
| Dec low C  = 21
| Jan precipitation mm = 7
| Feb precipitation mm = 7
| Mar precipitation mm = 9
| Apr precipitation mm = 21
| May precipitation mm = 101
| Jun precipitation mm = 152
| Jul precipitation mm = 188
| Aug precipitation mm = 170
| Sep precipitation mm = 159
| Oct precipitation mm = 115
| Nov precipitation mm = 47
| Dec precipitation mm = 29
| Jan rain days        = 3.3
| Feb rain days        = 3.5
| Mar rain days        = 11.1
| Apr rain days        = 8.1
| May rain days        = 18.9
| Jun rain days        = 23.5
| Jul rain days        = 26.4
| Aug rain days        = 25.5
| Sep rain days        = 24.5
| Oct rain days        = 19.6
| Nov rain days        = 10.4
| Dec rain days        = 6.4
| source 1 = Meteoblue<ref>
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| title =  Pateros: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
| publisher = Meteoblue
| access-date = May 13, 2020 }}</ref>
| date = May 13, 2020
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===Barangays===
Pateros is politically subdivided into ten [[barangay]]s:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philippines-streets.openalfa.com/pateros|title=Street Directory of Pateros|last=|first=|date=|website=Streets of Philippines|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>
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|- style="font-size:100%;"
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![[List of Philippine provinces by population|Population]]<br/>(2024)
![[Area]] ([[Square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]])
![[Population density|Density]] (/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|'''Aguho'''
|align=right|7,488
|align=right|0.21
|align=right|35,657
|-
|'''Magtanggol'''
|align=right|1,452
|align=right|0.08
|align=right|18,150
|-
|'''Martirez del 96'''
|align=right|5,130
|align=right|0.19
|align=right|27,000
|-
|'''Poblacion'''
|align=right|2,089
|align=right|0.0743
|align=right|28,116
|-
|'''San Pedro'''
|align=right|2,252
|align=right|0.1
|align=right|22,520
|-
|'''San Roque'''
|align=right|4,897
|align=right|0.2
|align=right|24,485
|-
|'''Santa Ana'''
|align=right|30,950
|align=right|0.75
|align=right|41,267
|-
|'''Santo Rosario–Kanluran'''
|align=right|5,504
|align=right|0.21
|align=right|26,210
|-
|'''Santo Rosario–Silangan'''
|align=right|4,744
|align=right|0.2
|align=right|23,720
|-
|'''Tabacalera'''
|align=right|2,853
|align=right|0.1
|align=right|28,530
|-
! colspan="5" |<small><nowiki>Source: Facts & Figures | Pateros Official</nowiki></small><ref>{{Cite web |title=Facts and Figures |url=https://pateros.gov.ph/about-pateros/facts-figures/ }}</ref>
|}

===Boundary dispute===
{{see also|Makati–Taguig boundary dispute}}
[[File:Pateros claimed territories map.jpg|thumb|Delineation map showing territories claimed by Pateros.]]
The municipal government of Pateros claims that its original land area was not its present land area of {{convert|2.10|km2|abbr=on}} but {{convert|1,040|ha|km2}} including [[Fort Bonifacio]], particularly the [[Embo (barangays)|Embo]] barangays Comembo, Pembo, [[East Rembo]], [[West Rembo]], Cembo, South Cembo, Pitogo, Rizal, [[Post Proper Northside]] and [[Post Proper Southside]] which are now part of the city of [[Taguig]] (originally Mamancat, Masilang,<ref>{{cite map |author = |title =Manila South, Philippine Islands, Manila City, Luzon |trans-title = |map = |map-url = |date = |year = 1945 |url = https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/2647/rec/10 |scale = 1:12500|series =Its A.M.S. S901 |publisher = United States. Army Map Service |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |access-date = July 21, 2022 |archive-url = |archive-date =}}</ref> San Nicolas,<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/manila-usengineers-1905|title=Map of Manila and Vicinity|date=January 1905|access-date=July 21, 2022|scale=1:25000|publisher=Office Engineer Officer, Philippine Division}}</ref> and Malapadnabato,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-1703064.html|title=Malapadnabato, Province of Rizal, Calabarzon, Philippines|accessdate=May 18, 2022|website=mindat.org}}</ref> former parts of Pateros), based on documents and official maps obtained by former Pateros Councilor Dominador Rosales from 30 libraries and offices including USA [[Library of Congress]] and USA [[National Archives and Records Administration|Archives]]. One of those maps was the 1968 Land Classification Map of the Bureau of Land.<ref name=R2009>Rosales, D. 2009, November. ''Sanhi ng pagliit ng Pateros. Susi ng Pateros'', 5.</ref> Also included in their claim are the present-day barangays Buting, San Joaquin, and Kalawaan in [[Pasig]].

Pateros' decrease in territory was accounted to a cadastral mapping in Metro Manila conducted in 1978. Pateros Mayor Nestor Ponce challenged the map through an objection letter dated June 23, 1978.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/223811/documents-back-up-pateros-claim-over-7-makati-villages|title=Documents back up Pateros' claim over 7 Makati villages|work=Manila Bulletin|first=Kris|last=Bayos|date=October 8, 2009}}</ref> But in January 1986, then President Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation No. 2475 which stated that Fort Bonifacio is situated in [[Makati]] and it is open for disposition.<ref>Tuazon, L. 2000, January. LC 2623 map: ''Isang katotohanang hindi matitinag. Susi ng Pateros'', 3.</ref> Because of that, a boundary dispute arose which moved Pateros to request a dialogue about that with then Municipal Council of [[Makati]] in 1990. Pateros also filed a complaint against Makati at the Makati Regional Trial Court in 1996 but the trial court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. The case was brought to the [[Court of Appeals of the Philippines|Court of Appeals]] in 2003 but the case was also denied. The same case was also elevated to the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] in 2009 but it was denied again.<ref name=R2009/><ref>Supreme Court Decision for Pateros' petition to claim Fort Bonifacio. Retrieved from http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/june2009/157714.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129183527/http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/june2009/157714.htm |date=January 29, 2016 }}</ref>

====Supreme Court decision====
Almost two decades later, the Supreme Court on June 16, 2009, per [[Antonio Nachura|Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura]] denied Pateros' petition against Makati but ruled out that the boundary dispute should be settled amicably by their respective legislative bodies based on Section 118(d) of the Local Government Code.<ref>Panaligan, R. 2009, June 22. ''[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190512175204/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/207737/sc-wants-ft-bonifacio-land-dispute-settled-amicably SC wants Ft. Bonifacio land dispute settled amicably]''. Manila Bulletin.</ref> Pursuant to the decision, Pateros invited Makati to a council-to-council dialogue. This happened on October 8, 2009. Four meetings were held and at the fourth dialogue on November 23, 2009, a joint resolution was made stating that Makati is requesting a tripartite conference between Pateros, [[Taguig]] and [[Makati]].<ref>Rosales, D. 2010, April. Update: Fort Bonifacio claim. ''Susi ng Pateros'', 1 & 4.</ref>

Despite the resolution of the dispute between Taguig and Makati in favor of the former by the Supreme Court in 2023, the high court has allowed Pateros to pursue its claims.<ref>{{cite news |last1=San Juan |first1=Joel |title=Supreme Court gives Pateros say in land row |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/12/sc-gives-pateros-say-in-land-row/ |access-date=July 18, 2023 |work=BusinessMirror |date=May 12, 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:Pateros from air (Pateros; 10-17-2023).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Pateros]]
{{Philippine Census
| align= none
| cols = 3
| title= Population census of Pateros
| 1903 = 4105
| 1918 = 4113
| 1939 = 7160
| 1948 = 8380
| 1960 = 13173
| 1970 = 25468
| 1975 = 32821
| 1980 = 40288
| 1990 = 51409
| 1995 = 55286
| 2000 = 57407
| 2007 = 61940
| 2010 = 64147
| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}
| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}
| 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}}
| 2030 =
| footnote= Source: [[Philippine Statistics Authority]]{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} 
}}

As of 1818, the population was estimated at 3,840 [[Tagalog people]]. When Edmund Roberts visited in 1834, he estimated approximately 4,500 residents.<ref name="Roberts1" />

According to the town's 2005 land use classification report, 91.62% of Pateros's {{convert|1.7|sqkm|sqmi|sp=us|adj=on}} land is classified as residential.<ref name="nomorepatos">{{cite news |last1=de Guzman |first1=Nickky Faustine |title=There are no more patos in Pateros |url=http://bworldonline.com/there-are-no-more-patos-in-paternos/ |access-date=June 2, 2018 |work=BusinessWorld |date=February 16, 2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206001821/http://www.bworldonline.com/there-are-no-more-patos-in-paternos/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
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[[File:Red salted eggs.jpg|thumb|Red salty duck eggs, a popular product of Pateros]]
The town of Pateros is known for [[balut (food)|balut]] and had a duck-raising industry.<ref name="nomorepatos"/> As early as 1834, Pateros has been raising and selling duck and maintaining a [[fishing]] industry.<ref name="Roberts1" /> Due to the water pollution on the Pateros River which connects to the Pasig River, the duck-raising industry declined around the 1970s or 1980s.<ref name="nomorepatos"/>

Vendors continue to sell balut in Pateros, taking advantage of the association of the food item to the town with duck eggs supplied from neighboring provinces in the [[Calabarzon]] region. While the duck-raising industry in the town is now minimal, the local government is encouraging the growth of the balut industry. It gives tax exemptions to balut vendors in the town. As of 2017, the local government is encouraging the growth of other industries in Pateros such as [[business process outsourcing]] although the town's size, {{convert|1.76|sqkm|sqmi|sp=us}}, remains a hindrance.<ref name="nomorepatos"/>

According to the town's 2005 classification report, 3.13% of its land area is classified as commercial, 0.39% industrial, and 0.88% agricultural.<ref name="nomorepatos"/>

==Government==
===Local government===
{{main|Sangguniang Bayan}}

===Official seal===
[[File:Seal of Pateros.png|alt=|thumb|165x165px|Pateros Municipal Seal]]
The official municipal seal of Pateros features the Pateros ([[Mallard]]) duck and ten duck eggs. The duck symbolizes the duck-raising industry where town was known, while the eggs represent the [[barangay]]s of Pateros and signifies the town's balut industry.

==Education==
[[File:School Building 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Agripino Manalo National High School|Mayor Simplico Manalo National High School]]]]
The following are the different elementary and high schools under Pateros School District of the Department of Education – Schools Division of Taguig City and Pateros, and one community college recognized by [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]].

=== Primary public schools ===

* Aguho Elementary School
* Captain Hipolito Francisco Elementary School
* Captain Hipolito Francisco Elementary School-Annex
* Paulina Manalo Elementary School
* Pateros Elementary School
* Sta. Ana Elementary School
* Sto. Rosario Elementary School

===Secondary public schools===
* Mayor Simplicio Manalo National High School
* Maria Concepcion Cruz High School
* Pateros National High School

===Tertiary===
* Pateros Technological College

===Private schools===
* [[APEC Schools]] – Pateros (Santo Rosario-Silangan)
* Huckleberry Montessori School
* Maranatha Christian Academy
* Pateros Catholic School
* Saint Genevieve School of Pateros
* SEP Christian School Inc.

=== Culture ===

The annual Pandangguhan Festival honors the town's patron, Santa Marta. Typically observed on the second Sunday of February, it is renowned for its "pasubo" where food like balut, [[Suman (food)|suman]], and fruits are thrown into floats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The culture |url=https://pateros.gov.ph/culture/ |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref>

==Notable personalities==
{{see also|List of people from Metro Manila}}
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* [[Cesar Concio]] (1907–2003) – architect who as the first University Architect of the [[University of the Philippines]] designed many buildings in the [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] campus.
* [[Berting Labra]] (1933–2009) – actor, sidekick of [[Fernando Poe Jr.|FPJ]]. 
* [[Pete Lacaba]] (b. 1945) – poet, writer and journalist. 
* [[Emmanuel Lacaba]] (1948–1976) – poet, writer and activist. 
* [[Pelagia Mendoza y Gotianquin]] (1867–1939) – first female sculptor in the Philippines and was the first female student at the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura (Drawing and Painting School). 
* [[Daisy Reyes]] (b. {{circa|1976}}) – beauty queen, actress. 
* [[Jimmy Santos (actor)|Jimmy Santos]] (b. 1951) – Filipino actor, basketball player, and TV host. 
* [[Socrates Villegas]] (b. 1960) – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga|Bishop of Balanga]] (2004–2009), [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan|Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan]] (2009–present), former CBCP President.

==Sister cities==
;Local
* [[Taguig]], [[Metro Manila]]{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* [[Pasig]], Metro Manila{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

;International
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pateros, Washington]], US<ref name="wenatchee1">{{cite news|last1=Mehaffey|first1=K.C.|title=Pateros adopts 'sister city' in the Philippines|url=http://cloud.media.wenatcheeworld.com/uploads/epaper/2013/02/19/ww_20130219_a002.pdf|access-date=February 17, 2018|work=The Wenatchee World|date=February 19, 2013|page=A2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031238/http://cloud.media.wenatcheeworld.com/uploads/epaper/2013/02/19/ww_20130219_a002.pdf|archive-date=February 19, 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Pateros Church]]
* [[Santa Marta de Pateros]]
* [[2016 Pateros local elections]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.pateroscity.net/ Municipality of Pateros official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060422233137/http://www.pateros.gov.ph/ Municipality of Pateros official website]
*{{OSM relation|131653}}

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