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National Museum of the Philippines
Houses the Philippines' most important cultural treasures including the Spoliarium and pre-colonial gold artifacts.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Pateros
National Capital Region, Philippines · Asia
About Pateros
Pateros works well as a base: 10 minutes from Makati City, 27km from Masungi Georeserve.
Pateros is in National Capital Region, Philippines, with about 64,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Makati City, about 4 km away.
Pateros (Tagalog: [pɐˈtɛɾɔs]), officially the Municipality of Pateros (Filipino: Bayan ng Pateros), is the sole 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, aRead more
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 in the Philippines by land area, and is the smallest administrative division in Metro Manila by population, but it is the third most densely populated within Metro Manila at around 37,000 inhabitants per square kilometer or 96,000 inhabitants per square mile. Unlike its neighbors in Metro Manila, Pateros is the only municipality in the region.
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Within an hour or so of Pateros: National Museum of the Philippines (11 km), Intramuros (Manila) (12 km), Masungi Georeserve (27 km), Enchanted Kingdom (29 km).
Where is Pateros?
Pateros is in National Capital Region, Philippines, about 4 km from Makati City.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 63,840
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- National Capital Region
- Timezone
- Asia/Manila
- Coordinates
- 14.5391, 121.0726
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Worth the detour from Pateros
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Intramuros (Manila)
The historic walled city of Manila built during the Spanish colonial period, containing Fort Santiago and San Agustin Church.
12 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Masungi Georeserve
A conservation area in the Rizal karst where rope courses, hanging bridges and a steel spiderweb platform thread between 60-million-year-old limestone spires. Entry is by booked guided trail only.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Enchanted Kingdom
The Philippines' first and only world-class theme park in Santa Rosa, Laguna with seven themed zones.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Tinipak River
A river below Mount Daraitan running over bone-white marble boulders into deep blue pools, a few hours from Manila by road then a short trek from Daraitan village. Registration is at the barangay hall.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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