Makati, officially the City of Makati, is a 1st-class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros, is the lone municipality of Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 63,643 people.
Taguig, officially the City of Taguig, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of Laguna de Bay, the city is known for Bonifacio Global City, one of the leading financial centers of the Philippines. Originally a fishing village during the Spanish and American colonial periods, it experienced rapid growth when former military reservations were converted by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) into mixed-use planned communities. Taguig became a highly urbanized city with the passage of Republic Act No. 8487 in 2004.
Bonifacio Global City is a financial business district in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) southeast of the capital city of Manila. The district experienced commercial growth following the sale of a 440 ha military base at Fort Bonifacio by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). The entire district used to be the part of the main Philippine Army camp.
The legislative districts of Makati are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Makati in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second districts.
The legislative district of Pateros–Taguig is the combined representation of the independent municipality of Pateros and eastern part of the highly urbanized city of Taguig in the Congress of the Philippines. The city and municipality are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress through their lone congressional district.
The legislative districts of Taguig are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Taguig in the Congress of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress through its lone congressional district.
The University of Makati, commonly referred to as UMak, is a public, non-sectarian higher education institution in Metro Manila, Philippines owned and operated by the City Government of Makati, under the de jure jurisdiction of Taguig though Makati still exercises the area as de facto jurisdiction.
Upper Bicutan is one of twenty-eight barangays of Taguig City, Metro Manila in the Philippines.
Pinagsama is an administrative division in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay located in the western portion of Taguig City.
Western Bicutan is one of the 28 barangays of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the city's most populated barangay and the largest in terms of land area. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. Arca South, Food Terminal Inc., Technological University of the Philippines – Taguig, the southern portion of Naval Station Jose Francisco, Philippine Navy Golf Club, AFPOVAI, Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig-Pateros District Hospital, Veterans Museum, and TESDA headquarters are located in the barangay.
The Bonifacio Capital District (BCD) is a financial district in Metro Manila, Philippines under the joint management of Megaworld Corporation and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. It covers the southern area of Fort Bonifacio with the Bonifacio Global City district situated north of the BCD. Makati also claims jurisdiction of the area as part of its Post Proper Southside barangay.
Fort Bonifacio is one of the 28 barangays of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. The financial district of Bonifacio Global City, the Fort Bonifacio military camp and the Manila American Cemetery are under the jurisdiction of the barangay.
Post Proper Northside, also known as Post Proper North or Barangay 30, is one of the barangays of Makati, a city in Metro Manila, Philippines. It consists of most of Bonifacio Global City which is under the de facto administration of neighboring Taguig, that claims it as its own territory under its own barangay Fort Bonifacio, as well as a small area north of the business district which includes the Makati City Jail. In April 2023, the barangay was placed under the de jure jurisdiction of Taguig, with an official transition and handover from Makati to Taguig expected to happen.
The local city governments of Makati and Taguig of the Philippines were involved in a territorial dispute. The cities claimed jurisdiction over Fort Bonifacio, which includes the financial district of Bonifacio Global City (BGC) and Embo barangays.
Makati's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Makati. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1998. The district consists of barangays in eastern Makati, namely Cembo, Comembo, East Rembo, Guadalupe Nuevo, Guadalupe Viejo, Pembo, Pinagkaisahan, Pitogo, Post Proper Northside, Post Proper Southside, Rizal, South Cembo and West Rembo. In April 2023, the aforementioned barangays, except Guadalupe Viejo, Guadalupe Nuevo, and Pinagkaisahan, were placed under the de jure control of Taguig amidst the Fort Bonifacio boundary dispute, with an official transition and handover expected to occur. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Luis Jose Campos Jr. of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).
Taguig–Pateros's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the combined independent local government units of Pateros and Taguig. The district is located entirely within the city of Taguig. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2007. The district was created in 2004 following a plebiscite to ratify Republic Act No. 8487 or the 1998 Taguig City Charter. It consists of the western Taguig barangays of Central Bicutan, Central Signal Village, Fort Bonifacio, Katuparan, Maharlika Village, North Daang Hari, North Signal Village, Pinagsama, South Daang Hari, South Signal Village, Tanyag, Upper Bicutan and Western Bicutan. The district is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Amparo Maria J. Zamora of the Nacionalista Party (NP).
Local elections in Taguig took place on May 9, 2022 within the Philippine general election. The voters will vote for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two district representatives, and councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Embo refers to a collective term for barangays administered in a de facto state by the city government of Makati but de jure of the city government of Taguig after the Supreme Court sided with the City of Taguig denying any further legal remedies to Makati. The barangays were originally established to house military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The area is part of the larger disputed Fort Bonifacio area which is claimed by the local governments of Pateros and Taguig. As of April 2023, the barangays are in the process of transition and handover from Makati to Taguig.
Ususan is one of the 28 barangays of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. The barangay is bounded north by Makati and Pateros, south by barangays North Signal Village, Katuparan, and Bambang, east by barangays Calzada, Tuktukan, and Palingon, and to the west by barangays Fort Bonifacio and Pinagsama. Its western portion along Circumferential Road 5 is also claimed by Makati's barangays Post Proper Southside, Pembo, and Rizal; these areas are set to be officially handed over to Taguig after the resolution of the boundary dispute between Makati and Taguig.
