The legislative district of Pateros–Taguig is the combined representation of the independent municipality of

Pateros Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros (; ), is the lone municipality of the Philippines, municipality of Metropolitan Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,227 people. This munic ...

and eastern part of the highly urbanized city of

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig (), is the List of cities in the Philippines, fifth-most populous city in the Philippines situated on the eastern shores of Metro Manila, the national capital region. It is a center for culture, finance ...

in the

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. The city and municipality are currently represented in the

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of the Congress through their lone congressional district.

History

Areas now under the jurisdiction of Taguig and Pateros were initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the

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from 1898 to 1899. Both towns were later incorporated to the province of

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, established in 1901, and were represented as part of the first district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. During

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, both towns were represented as part of the at-large district of Rizal in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944. Taguig and Pateros were separated from Rizal on November 7, 1975, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824, and was represented in the

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along with other

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municipalities and cities as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984. Taguig and Pateros were grouped with

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to form a single parliamentary district which returned one representative to the

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. Taguig and Pateros formed

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under the new Constitution proclaimed on February 11, 1987; it elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year. The western area of Taguig, coterminous with the Second Councilor District of Taguig (for the purpose of electing municipal, now city, council members), was separated to form a separate congressional district by virtue of Republic Act No. 8487, the law which converted Taguig into a highly urbanized city. Despite being enacted by Congress on February 11, 1998, the said law only took effect on December 8, 2004, after the

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issued a resolution confirming that the affirmative votes for cityhood prevailed in the ballot recount. This new district first elected its separate representative in the 2007 general elections. There was a boundary dispute over which city has jurisdiction over lands encompassed within the former Fort McKinley U.S. Military Reservation (now

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and its surrounding areas). Portions of four of

's barangays (

, Pinagsama, Western Bicutan, and Ususan) were claimed by the neighboring city of

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as part of its own two barangays ( Post Proper Northside and

Post Proper Southside Post Proper Southside, also known as Post Proper South Fort Bonifacio, Barangay 31, or simply Southside, is one of the 38 barangays of Taguig, Philippines. It is one of the ten Embo barangays, and one of the two Inner Fort Bonifacio barangays, th ...

). Residents of areas where Taguig exercise ''de facto'' control vote as part of its second congressional district except for areas under barangay Ususan, which is part of Taguig's 1st district, while residents of areas where Makati exercises ''de facto'' control vote as part of its second congressional district.

Current districts

Historical districts

References

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History

Current districts

Historical districts

See also

References