The City of Parañaque , or simply Parañaque , is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the north by Pasay, by Taguig to the northeast, Muntinlupa to the southeast, by Las Piñas to the southwest, and by Manila Bay to the west. Parañaque was founded in 1572 by the Augustinian Missionaries. Being close to the sea, the Paraqueños traded with the Japanese, Chinese, Indonesians, Indians and Malayans. Traditional livelihoods included salt-making, fishing, planting rice, shoemaking, slipper-making and weaving.... The community was headed by cabezas de barangay, a westernization of the local chieftains and the principalia, as the local aristocrats were called. They justified and moderated the demands of the Spanish colonizers. Education was limited to the principalia since it is only they who could afford it. The recorded beginnings of Palanyag began in 1580 when Fr. Diego de Espinar, an Augustinian missionary, was appointed Prior or superior of the convent or religious house of the town.
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| Country: | Philippines |
| Population: | 449,811 |
| Area: | 18.4 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Philippine Standard Time |
| Also known as: | Paranaque City |