Makati

The Ceety o Makati (pronoonced /məˈkɑːtɪ/ mə-KAH-tee; Filipino: Makati) is ane o the 16 ceeties that mak up Metro Manila, ane o the maist populous metropolitan auries in the warld. Makati is the financial centre o the Philippines an ane o the major financial, commercial an economic hubs in Asie. As the host o various embassies, it is an' a' an important centre for internaitional affairs.

Makati City Lungsod ng Makati
Heichlie urbanisit ceety
City of Makati
Eik-name(s):  The Financial Capital of the Philippines, the Wall Street of the Philippines
Motto(s):  Makati, Mahalin Natin, Atin Ito
Map o Metro Manila heichlichtin Makati Ceety
Makati City Location athin the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°33′N 121°02′E
Country	Philippines
Region	National Caipital
Destricts	1st an 2nt destricts o Makati City
Settled	1670
Cityhood	January 2, 1995
Barangays	33
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–cooncil govrenment
• Mayor	Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, Jr. (Unitit Naitionalist Alliance)
• Vice Mayor	Romulo V. Peña, Jr. (Leeberal)
• Makati City Council	Cooncilors 1st District: Virgilio Hilario Jr. Manuel Monsour T. del Rosario III Ichi Yabut Fredie Eusebio Mayeth Casal-Uy Tosca Puno-Ramos Idol Magpantay Romy Medina 2nd District: Leo Magpantay Doc Pasia Vincent Sese Henry Jacome Boyet Cruzado King Yabut Tetchie Nillo De Lara Ruth Tolentino
Area [1]
• Total	21.57 km2 (8.33 sq mi)
Elevation	15.4 m (50.5 ft)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	529,039
• Density	24527/km2 (63,520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP Code	1200 to 1299
Dialing code	2
Website	www.makati.gov.ph

Wi a population o 510,383, Makati is the 16t lairgest ceety in the kintra an ranked as the 40t maist densely populatit ceety in the warld wi 18,654 indwallers per km².

Makati wis foondit bi Spaniard Miguel López de Legazpi, who dismissed Makati as a wirthless swamp. Accordin tae folklore, Legazpi asked for the name o the place but, acause o the leid barrier, wis misinterpretit bi the natives. Pointin tae the recedin tide o Pasig River, the natives answered, “Makati, kumakati na,” literally meanin ebbin tide.

Makati became the financial centre o the Philippines durin the 1950s. Mony districts an laundmerks in the ceety hae acome weel kent tae ootsiders. Makati haes been iconified as the "Financial Caipital o the Philippines". Anchored bi Ayala Avenue, Makati is the financial caipital o the Philippines an is the hame o the Philippine Stock Exchynge an the Makati Business Club, ane o the maist important economic hubs in the Philippines. Warld-cless research varsities are locatit in the ceety.

Barangays

Makati is deevided intae 33 barangay.

Barangay	Population (2004)	Population (2010)[2]	Area (km2)	District
Bangkal	22,433	23,378	0.74	1st
Bel-Air	9,330	18,280	1.71	1st
Carmona	3,699	3,096	0.34	1st
Cembo	25,815	27,998	0.22	2nd
Comembo	14,174	14,433	0.27	2nd
Dasmariñas	5,757	5,654	1.90	1st
East Rembo	23,902	26,433	0.44	2nd
Forbes Park	3,420	2,533	2.53	1st
Guadalupe Nuevo	22,493	18,271	0.57	2nd
Guadalupe Viejo	13,632	16,411	0.62	2nd
Kasilawan	6,224	5,291	0.09	1st
La Paz	8,843	7,931	0.32	1st
Magallanes	7,509	5,576	1.20	1st
Olympia	20,172	21,270	0.44	1st
Palanan	16,614	17,283	0.65	1st
Pembo	35,035	44,803	1.23	2nd
Pinagkaisahan	6,186	5,804	0.16	2nd
Pio del Pilar	22,495	27,035	1.20	1st
Pitogo	13,367	15,332	0.14	2nd
Poblacion	8,446	17,120	0.46	1st
Rizal	37,022	41,959	3.55	2nd
San Antonio	12,226	11,443	0.89	1st
San Isidro	8,686	7,589	0.50	1st
San Lorenzo	6,487	10,006	2.09	1st
Santa Cruz	7,419	7,440	0.47	1st
Singkamas	6,226	7,426	0.13	1st
South Cembo	13,570	14,672	0.20	2nd
Tejeros	16,820	13,868	0.29	1st
Urdaneta	3,817	3,717	0.74	1st
Valenzuela	5,908	7,261	0.24	1st
West Rembo	28,889	28,406	0.55	2nd

Internaitional relations

Diplomatic missions

Kintras that hae set up permanent missions or offices in the ceety include:

Sister ceeties

Makati's sister ceety is Los Angeles, Californie. Makati is twinned wi Ramapo, New York an Vladivostok, Roushie an aw.

Internaitional ceeties
Cluj-Napoca, Romanie Los Angeles, Unitit States Ramapo, New York, Unitit States Vladivostok, Roushie Taichung, Taiwan