Ncr (National Capital Region)

|City |History/Etymology |Borders |Attractions |Product & Cuisines |Accommodation |Fiesta |
|Caloocan |The city is historically significant because it|Northern Caloocan |1. Bonifacio Monument |1. Macapuno Tarts |1. Kabayan Hotel |1. Bonifacio Day |
| |was the center of activities for the Katipunan,|North- San Jose Del Monte |2. Gubat sa Ciudad Resort |2. Pastillas |2. Victoria Court |2. Tourism Awareness |
| |the secret militant society that launched |South- Quezon City |3. Luzviminda Resort |3. Red Velvet |3. Hotel Sogo |and Promotion |
| |the Philippine Revolution during the Spanish |East- Quezon City |4. Manila Central University | | |3. Pamaypay ng |
| |occupation of the Philippines. It was in a |West- Valenzuela | | | |Caloocan Festival |
| |house in Caloocan where secret meetings were | | | | | |
| |held by Andrés Bonifacio and his men, and it | | | | | |
| |was within the city's perimeters where the very| | | | | |
| |first armed encounter took place between | | | | | |
| |the Katipunan and the Spaniards. | | | | | |
| | |Southern Caloocan | | | | |
| | |North- Valenzuela City | | | | |
| | |South – Manila | | | | |
| | |East- Quezon City | | | | |
| | |West- Navotas City | | | | |
|Manila |In the 13th century, the city consisted of a |North- Navotas, South Caloocan|1. Plaza San Luis |1. Hopia |1. Bayview Park Hotel |1. Sto. Nino Fiesta |
| |fortified settlement and trading quarter at the|South- Pasay |2. Fort Santiago |2. Mami |2. Pan Pacific Manila |2. Independence day |
| |shores of thePasig River, on top of previous |East- San Juan Mandaluyong |3. Palacio del Gobernador |3. Siopao |3. Hyatt Regency Hotel & |3. Araw ng Maynila |
| |older towns. There is also early evidence of |West- Manila Bay | | |Casino | |
| |Manila being invaded by the Indianized empire | | | | | |
| |of Majapahit, referenced in the epic eulogy | | | | | |
| |poem Nagarakretagama which inscribed its | | | | | |
| |conquest by Maharaja Hayam Wuruk. | | | | | |
|Las Pinas |The story about the true origin of the city's |North E. – Paranaque |1. Bamboo Organ |1. Salt |1. Marcielo Villas |1. Bamboo Organ |
| |name, "Las Piñas", varies. Some said that |North W – Manila Bay |2. Nature Church |2. Jeepneys |2. Mandaue Villas |Festival |
| |traders from the province |South E. – Muntinlupa |3. St. Joseph Church | |3. Eurotel Las Pinas |2. Feast of St. Joseph|
| |of Cavite and Batangas shipped first |South W - Bacoor | | | |3. 7th Water Lily |
| |their piña (pineapples) for sale to this town | | | | |Festival |
| |before they are distributed in nearby markets. | | | | | |
| |Others related that it was "Las Peñas" (the | | | | | |
| |rocks) evident by the quarrying of stones | | | | | |
| |and adobe which were used to construct | | | | | |
| |buildings and bridges. | | | | | |
|Makati |When the first Governor-General of the |North – Mandaluyong |1. Guadalupe Ruins |1. Fruits |1. City Garden Hotel |1. Caracol |
| |Philippines, Miguel López de Legazpi, explored |South – Taguig |2. Philippine Army Museum |2. Vegetables |2. Berjaya Makati Hotel |2. Ganito Kami Noon |
| |a swamp near the Pasig River, he asked for the |East – Pateros |3. Manila Golf & Country Club |3. Fish |3. Perla Mansion |3. Flores De Mayo |
| |name of the place but, because of the language |West - Pasay | | | | |
| |barrier, was misinterpreted by the Tagalog | | | | | |
| |people. Pointing to the receding tide of the | | | | | |
| |Pasig River, the Tagalogs answered, “Makati, | | | | | |
| |kumakati na,” literally meaning ebbing tide. | | | | | |
| |Makati (maka-ti) means "ebbed tide". | | | | | |
|Malabon | came from the words maraming labong which |North – Valenzuela |1. Asilo de Huertanos |1. Pansit Malabon |1. Bayview Park Hotel |1. Pagoda-Caracol |
| |means "plenty of labong", the edible bamboo |South – South Caloocan |2. Malabon Zoo & Aquarim |2. Fish Sauce |2. Manila Hotel | |
| |shoots. Originally called the town |East – South Caloocan |3. Okd Ancestral Homes |3. Sapin-sapin |3. Vinta Lodge Inn | |
| |of Tambobong, Malabon was founded as a “Visita”|West- Navotas | | | | |
| |of Tondo by the Augustinian friars on May 21, | | | | | |
| |1599 and remained under the administrative | | | | | |
| |jurisdiction of the province of Tondo from 1627| | | | | |
| |to 1688. | | | | | |
|Mandaluyong |Mandaluyong formed part of what was once |North- San Juan |1. Dove of Peace |1. Adelina’s Ham |1. Lancaster Hotel |1. 29 de Agosto |
| |the Kingdom of Sapa of the Great Majapahit |South- Pasig River |2. Tatlong Bayani Monument | |2. New Horizon Hotel |2. Pasko, Pasko sa |
| |Empire around 1300. More than a century later, |East – Pasig |3. Edsa Shrine | |3. The Legend Villas |Policarpio |
| |around 1470, it expanded and was called the |West- Manila | | | | |
| |Kingdom of Namayan. | | | | | |
|Marikina |The term Marikina is used after |North – Quezon City |1. Kapitan Moy Residence |1. Export Quality Shoes |1. Tropicana Garden City |1. Police Memorial Day|
| |the Americans took possession in the |South – Pasig, Cainta |2. Shoe Museum | |2. Balaz Pension House |2. Sapatero Festival |
| |Philippines on June 1901, and at the same time,|East – Rizal |3. Marikina Sports Center | |3. Marikina Skyline Hotel &|3. Ilognayan |
| |the creation of the province of Rizal. The area|West – Quezon City | | |Restaurant | |
| |was earlier called Mariquina after Felix | | | | | |
| |Berenguer de Marquina in 1787 who was | | | | | |
| |the governor-general at that time, and the town| | | | | |
| |was declared a pueblo under the Spanish | | | | | |
| |colonial government. It is often abbreviated | | | | | |
| |as MKNA. | | | | | |
|Muntinlupa |1601: Some 80 years after the discovery of the |North – Taguig |1. Japanese Shrine |1. Cake Food |1. Parque Espana |1. Serenata |
| |islands for King |South – San Pedro Laguna |2. Jamboree | |2. Acacia Hotel Manila |2. Senakulo |
| |PhilipII of Spain by Portuguese navigator Ferdi|East – Laguna de Bay |3. Memorial Hill | |3. Bellevue Manila |3. Banhayan |
| |nand Magellan, the original lands constituting |West – Las Pinas | | | | |
| |Muntinlupa could be deduced to have been friar | | | | | |
| |lands administered by the Augustinians, then | | | | | |
| |sold and assigned to the Sanctuary of | | | | | |
| |Guadalupe. | | | | | |
|Paranaque |Palanyag, as Parañaque was formerly known, is |North – Pasay |1. Baclaran Church |1. Kare-Kare |1. Nichols Hotel |1. Sambalilo “Hat” |
| |loosely translated to mean "my beloved", |South East – Muntinlupa |2. Bulungan sa La Huerta |2. Corn fritters |2. Carlston Hotel |Festival |
| |referring to the residents' affection for their|South West – Las Pinas |3. Sucat | |3. Isabelle Garden Hotel |2. Sunduan Festival |
| |hometown. The name could also come from the | | | | |3. Gems of the |
| |combination of the terms "palayan" and | | | | |Philippines |
| |"paglalayag", the former pertaining to the | | | | | |
| |city's once-abundant rice fields, and the | | | | | |
| |latter pertaining to the sailing and fishing | | | | | |
| |occupation of many of its residents. | | | | | |
|Pasay |Paz may have been the name of a hacienda |North – Manila |1. Cultural Center of the |1. Dampa |1. Copacabana Hotel |1. Feast Day of Sta |
| |owner's daughter, who was bewailed by her |South – Paranaque |Philippines |2. Seafoods |2. Manila Marriott Hotel |Clara de Montefalco |
| |brokenhearted lover at her death as "Paz-ay!". |East – Taguig |2. Coconut Palace |3. Floating Restaurant |3. Atrium Hotel |2. Malibay Cenaculo |
| |This became the name of the hacienda and in |West – Manila Bay |3. Imelda Madera | | | |
| |turn came to be known simply as Pasay. | | | | | |
|Pasig |It was also called “mapaksik” by Chinese |North – Marikina |1. Pasig City Hall |1. Weaving |1. Richmonde Hotel |1. Itik Itik Festival |
| |in Binondo, Manila. “Mapaksik” later became |South – Pateros |2. Rainforest Park |2. Butterscotch |2. Astoria Plaza |2. Araw ng Pasig |
| |"Pasik" and then "Pasig". It may also come from|East – Taytay |3. Dona Geronima’s Cave |3. Sweet Potato Chips |3. The Linden Suites | |
| |"pasigan" which means riverbank. |West - Mandaluyong | | | | |
|Quezon |Before Quezon City was created, it was composed|North - Bulacan, San Jose del |Barrio Pugad Lawin Balintawak |Customized Calendars |Garden Heights |La Naval de Manila |
| |of small individual towns. These were San |Monte City |Quezon Memorial Circle/Shrine |Chinatown |Imperial Palace Suites |Anniversary of Cry of |
| |Francisco del Monte, Novaliches, and |South - Mandaluyong |Smart Araneta Coliseum | |Great Eastern Hotel |Pugad Lawin |
| |Balintawak. On August 23, 1896, the Katipunan |East - San Mateo, Rizal, |La Mesa Dam Water Reservoir | | | |
| |led by Andres Bonifacio declared a revolution |Marikina | | | | |
| |against Spain in the house of Melchora Aquino |West - South Caloocan | | | | |
| |in Pugad Lawin (now known as Bahay Toro, | | | | | |
| |Project 8). In the early 20th century, | | | | | |
| |President Manuel L. Quezon dreamt of a city | | | | | |
| |that would become the future capital of the | | | | | |
| |country to replace Manila. | | | | | |
|Taguig |Before the Spaniards came, Taguig was a part of|North - Pateros/Pasig |Simborio |Leather Bags |F1 Hotel Manila |Taga-Giik Festival |
| |the Kingdom of Tondo ruled by Rajah Soliman. |South - Muntinlupa |Parola |Signature Brands |Sea Breeze Resort |Sta. Ana ng Banak |
| |There were also accounts that |East - Laguna de Bay |Fort Bonifacio Global City |Cuisine from all over the |The Luxe Residence |Taguig River Festival |
| |Chinesesettlements were once present in the |West- Pasay Paranaque | |world | | |
| |area as revealed by the recent archeological | | | | | |
| |diggings of various artifacts like cups, plates| | | | | |
| |and other utensils, which bear Chinese | | | | | |
| |characters. | | | | | |
|Valenzuela |For hundreds of years, present-day Valenzuela, |North - Meycauayan |Arkong Bato |Rice Cakes |Naguid Hotel |1. Mano po San Roque |
| |Obando and Novaliches (now in Quezon City) were|South - Novaliches |Museo Valenzuela |Putong Pulo |Buenas Diaz Resort |Festival |
| |parts of Bulacan. Areas covered by Valenzuela |East - Navotas |Church of San Roque | |Villa Marth Resort | |
| |to present times were divided economically into| | | | | |
| |a Spanish friar hacienda, small political | | | | | |
| |settlement and a Spanish garrison | | | | | |
| |beforePhilippine Independence in 1898. These | | | | | |
| |areas were known as Polo. | | | | | |
|Navotas |The entire region of Navotas was once part of |North - Obando, Bulacan |1. Navotas Fish Port Complex |1. Fish Sauce |1. Lemon Tree Inn |1. Pangisdaan Festival|
| |Malabon. According to one legend, the long and |South - Manila | |2. Shrimp Paste |2. Manila Grand Opera Hotel| |
| |narrow delta extended unbroken from north to |East - Malabon | |3. Dried Smoke Fish |3. Torre Venezia | |
| |south along the seashore. The strip of land |West - Manila Bay | | | | |
| |between the former district of Tondo, Manila | | | | | |
| |and this town was eaten away by the sea until | | | | | |
| |an opening was made. Water began to flow | | | | | |
| |through the opening. | | | | | |
|San Juan |"San Juan City" is a contraction of the city's |North - Quezon |Pinaglabanan Shrine |Chinese foods |Orange Place Hotel |Battle of Pinaglabanan|
| |longer, ceremonial name of San Juan del Monte |South - Mandaluyong |Greenhills Shopping Center |Signature Brands of |Benson Apartelle |Anniversary of San |
| |(English: "Saint John of the Mountain"). It is |East - Quezon City |Old Convent of Kabayanan & |Restaurant |Asia Travels Hotel |Juan |
| |named in honour of St. John the Baptist, the |West - Manila |Sanctuario Cristo Church | | | |
| |city's patron saint, and the hilly terrain the | | | | | |
| |city is situated on. | | | | | |
|Pateros |The name Pateros most likely derived from the |North - Pasig |Dulong Bayan Monument |Balut |Haven Hotel |Bonifacio Day |
| |duck-raising industry. The Tagalog word (of |South - Taguig |Manggahan Shrine |Alfromba |Seda |Pateros Foundation |
| |Spanish origin) for "duck" is pato and pateros |East - Taguig |San Roque Church | |Victoria Court |Feast of Sta. Martha |
| |means "duck-raisers". Another theory, though |West - Makati | | | | |
| |less known, is that the name may allude to the | | | | | |
| |town's small shoe-making industry. The Tagalog | | | | | |
| |word for "shoe"—also of Spanish origin—is | | | | | |
| |sapatos and shoemakers are called sapateros. | | | | | |