Pasig, officially known as the City of Pasig, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
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18 Facts About Pasig
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The city is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig, based in Pasig Cathedral, a landmark built around the same time as the town's foundation in 1573.
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Pasig was formerly part of Rizal province before the formation of Metro Manila, the national capital region of the country.
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City's name, Pasig is a Tagalog word which means, a river that flows into the sea or sandy bank of a river.
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Pasig was incorporated into the province of Rizal, and was designated as the capital of the new province.
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Pasig was home to a number of prominent human rights advocates who became prominent during the administration of Ferdinand Marcos.
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In July 1994, Pasig was converted into a highly urbanized city through Republic Act 7829.
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Pasig is accessed by the Pasig River, wherein the waters of Marikina River channeled and the Manggahan Floodway routed to Laguna de Bay.
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Pasig is bordered on the west by Quezon City and Mandaluyong; to the north by Marikina; to the south by Makati, the municipality of Pateros, and Taguig; and to the east by the municipalities of Cainta and Taytay in the province of Rizal.
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Population growth of Pasig has consistently been higher than the regional average.
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Pasig's population is projected to reach one million between the 2025 and 2030 census years.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig was established in 2003 by Pope John Paul II as the diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, with the Immaculate Conception Parish as the seat.
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Pasig is the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church of the Philippines.
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Pasig is derived from a Hindu word meaning a body of water connecting two bodies of water.
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Pasig Catholic College is a private sectarian college located at the heart of Pasig.
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Pierre Cornelis De Brouwer at the present Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Pasig, it is considered as the city's center of Catholic educational institution of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig.
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St Paul College Pasig was near the Philippine Institute of Sports Complex .
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RTU Pasig campus is established 1994 that offered different courses in the field of Engineering, Education, Astronomy, Business and Entrepreneurship.
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