The name of the town itself symbolizes trade and industry

 because Pateros got its name from the word “PATO”,

 the duck that lays the eggs for balut making. “Pateros”

 meaning duck-raisers and from early shoemakers

“SAPATERO”. Balut-making and shoe-making were

introduced to the town by Chinese settlers.

The sound and stable income of Pateros led to

issuance by the Spanish Governor General of a

decree in 1700 creating it as a Municipality. In 1896,

when the Philippine Revolution broke out, many Pateros

 inhabitants joined the Katipunan in the struggle of

freedom from Spanish rule. These patriots attacked

 the Spanish soldiers fortified at the Pasig Church.

The following year, the Spaniards retaliated, and after

burning Pasig, swooped down on Pateros,

 Malapad na Bato and Taguig. On August 6, 1898,

Pateros joined the revolutionary government of Emilio Aguinaldo.

                                          

 

 

 

                                      

 

 

 

 

Two years after on March 29, 1900, Pateros was incorporated as a

Municipality with the newly created province of Rizal by virtue of Genera

l Order No. 40 Act No. 137 of the Philippine Commission promulgated on

 June 11, 1901. Two years later (

October 12, 1903), Act No. 942 consolidated Pateros, Taguig and

Muntinlupa for purposes of economy and centralization with

 Pateros as the seat of Municipal Government. On March 22, 1905

, the “Municipality of Pateros” was changed to “Municipality of

 Taguig”. Later, Executive Order No. 20 dated February 29, 1908

 separated Pateros from Taguig. Pateros gained its independent

 status as a Municipality on January 1, 1909

by virtue of Executive Order No. 36. On November 7, 1975, Pateros

 became part of the Metropolitan Manila through Presidential Decree No. 924.

 

 

Description

The foremost tourist attraction in Pateros is also its biggest and

most famous industry - balut-making. Balut are duck eggs, and

 have been the source of a thriving industry in Pateros, which has

 been handed down from generation to generation. It presently

accounts for about 23% of the total industry.

Balut makers mostly come from Aguho.

Another attraction, and another industry, in Pateros is its

 popular Alfombra slippers. In fact, slipper manufacturing was

one of the earliest and original skills of the people of Pateros.

 Today, the Alfombra slipper business ranks fourth in the

registered industrial establishments of Pateros, with stores situated along the streets of

 M. Almeda and B. Morilla.

Geography

Pateros is approximately 13 km. southeast of Manila and

north of the Pasig River. It is bounded by the following

municipalities: Pasig in the northeast, Taguig in the south,

Makati in the northwest, and the Pateros River in the west.

 It occupies a total land area of 10.4 sq. kilometers.