1 Districts and Barangays

Parañaque is composed of a lone congressional district, and two legislative districts which are further subdivided into 16 Barangays. Legislative District One contains eight barangays in the eastern half of the city, while legislative District Two occupies the eight barangays in the western portion of the city.

While barangays are the admnistrative divisions of the city, and are legally part of the addresses of establishments and homes, many residents indicate their subdivision (village) instead of their barangay.

Listed below are the barangays in each district plus some notable subdivisions.

1.1 District One Barangays

• Baclaran
• Don Galo
• La Huerta
• San Donisio
• San Isidro
• Sto. Niño
• Tambo
• Vitalez

1.2 District Two Barangays

• B.F. Homes
• Don Bosco
• Marcelo Green
• Merville
• Moonwalk
• San Antonio
• San Martin de Porres
• Sun Valley

1.3 Subdivisions

• Gatchalian Subdivision
• B.F. Homes Parañaque
• Better Living Subdivision
• Severina Diamond Subdivision Km.18
• Marcelo Green Village
• Merville Subdivision
• Multinational Village
• San Antonio Valley (numerous phases)
• Sun Valley Subdivision
• United Parañaque Subdivision
• Parañaque Greenheights
• Teoville East & West
• Teoville 3
• Maywood (numerous village)
• Tahanan Village
• Salvador Estate

2 Attractions

• Saint Andrew's Cathedral, La Huerta, Parañaque
• Terminal 1, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
• Baclaran Redemptorist Church, (one of the most active parishes in the country where parishioners flock to hear Mass every Wednesday)
• Casino Filipino
• Manila Memorial Park
• Loyola Memorial Park
• Fiesta Shopping Mall (Duty Free Philippines)
• SM Super Center Sucat

3 Colleges and Universities

• St. Andrew's School
• Saint James College Of Parañaque
• St. Paul College of Parañaque
• St. Rita College
• Airlink International Flying School
• PATTS College of Aeronautics
• Philippine State College of Aeronautics
• Olivarez College
• AMA Computer College
• STI Computer College
• Informatics Computer Institute

4 History

Parañaque, when it was founded in 1572 by Spanish missionaries, was then called the town of Palanyag. The town was then under the authority of the Augustinians, first under the administration of Fr. Diego de Espinar in 1580Events Michel de Montaigne publishes first Essay. September 26 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe 1580- 1764 First session if Jewish Waad ( Sejm of 4 countries) in Lublin, Poland. 70 delegates of Jewish local kahals met to discuss issue of taxati.

During the Philippine Revolution , Parañaque became one of the hottest battle zones, being at the middle of the province of CaviteCavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. Its capital is the municipality of Imus although Trece Martires City, which was the former capital,, where the revolutionaries held sway, and ManilaFor other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). Manila Maynila in Filipino) is the capital city of the Philippines. The city stands on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon. Despite pockets of grinding poverty, it is one of t, the seat of the Spanish colonial government.

At the time of the Americans, Parañaque became one of the first municipalities in the area. From a municipality, it then became a chartered city on February 15, 1998.