Pasay, officially known as the City of Pasay, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
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12 Facts About Pasay
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In that year, Pasay was renamed "Pineda" in honour of Don Cornelio Pineda, a Spanish horticulturist.
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In 1862, a number of prominent citizens of Pasay sent a petition to the civil and ecclesiastical authorities asking that they be allowed to manage their own political and religious affairs.
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Pasay had to redo the signs all over town, with Filipino was ordered to prevail over English.
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Pasay residents began to move away from the city to the provinces outside.
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Pasay issued an executive order that would dissolve the City of Greater Manila effective August 1,1945, thus reinstating Pasay's pre-war status as a municipality of Rizal.
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On May 3,1950, President Elpidio Quirino, once a resident of Pasay himself, signed into law Republic Act No 437, which changed the name of Rizal City to Pasay City.
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Pasay suffered some wounds and broken nails but on the whole, she emerged unscathed from that close encounter.
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Pasay was the host city of Miss Universe 1974, the first time this event had been held in the morning and in the Asia Pacific, and thus was in the international spotlight in the leadup to the pageant day.
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Pasay is composed of seven districts, subdivided into 20 zones, with a total of 201 barangays.
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Pasay is home to sports venues such as the Cuneta Astrodome and Mall of Asia Arena.
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Special education is provided by the Philippine School for the Deaf and Philippine National School for the Blind, Pasay SPED Center, and one Alternative Learning System center.
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