The legislative districts of Taguig are the representations of the

highly urbanized city A city ( fil, lungsod/siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities ( fil, nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own ...

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng 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 ...

in the

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. The city is currently represented in the

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of the Congress through its lone congressional district.

History

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

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from 1898 to 1899. The then-town was later incorporated to the province of

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

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, it was represented as part of the at-large district of Rizal in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944. Taguig was 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, still a municipality then, was grouped with

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and

Pateros Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros ( tgl, Bayan ng Pateros), is the lone municipality of Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 63,643 people. This municipality is famous for its duck-rai ...

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

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. The municipality was grouped with Pateros again to form one

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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 from the congressional district of Pateros–Taguig 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 elected its first separate representative in

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. There remains an unresolved 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 (Fort Bonifacio, Pinagsama, Western Bicutan, and Ususan) are claimed by the neighboring city of

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as part of its own two barangays ( Post Proper Northside and Post Proper Southside). Residents of areas where Taguig exercise ''de facto'' control vote as part of this congressional district except for areas under barangay Ususan (part of Taguig's 1st district), while residents of areas where Makati exercises ''de facto'' control vote as part of its second congressional district.

History

Current Districts

Historical districts

1987–2007

See also

References