Pateros
Pateros | |
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From top, left to right : San Roque Parish Church • Pateros Catholic School • Pateros Municipal Hall • Dulong Bayan Monument • Pateros Downtown area • Town Plaza | |
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Flag Seal Wordmark | |
| Nicknames: Balut Capital of the Philippines; Small Town with a Big Heart | |
| Motto: Gobyernong Maayos, Gobyernong Bilis Kilos English: Good Government, Fast Government | |
| Anthem: Himno ng Pateros English: Pateros Hymn | |
Map of Metro Manila with Pateros highlighted | |
Pateros Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 14°32′41″N 121°04′02″E / 14.5448°N 121.0671°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region |
| District | Lone district, shared with Taguig |
| Founded | 1799 |
| Reorganization | March 29, 1900 |
| Chartered | January 1, 1909 |
| Named after | "Criadores de Patos" (Duck Raisers) |
| Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Gerald German (PFP) |
| • Vice Mayor | Carlo U. Santos (Nacionalista) |
| • Representative | Ricardo "Ading" S. Cruz Jr. (Nacionalista) |
| • Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 37,830 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 136 m (446 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 67,319 |
| • Density | 40,600/km2 (105,000/sq mi) |
| • Households | 15,838 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 0.8 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 350.3 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 574.3 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 323.4 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 216.9 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Manila Electric Company (Meralco) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PHT) |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)02 |
| Native languages | Filipino |
| Catholic diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig |
| Website | pateros |
Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros (Tagalog: [pɐˈtɛɾɔs]; Filipino: Bayan ng Pateros), is the lone municipality of Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 67,319 people.
This municipality is famous for its duck-raising industry and especially for producing balut, a Filipino delicacy, which is a boiled, fertilized duck egg. Pateros is also known for the production of 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 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.