INTRODUCTION
Barangay
La Paz is one of the seven (7) barangays comprising the Westside Cluster or
Cluster 2 in the first district of Makati. It has a land area 0.2478 square
kilometers which occupies 0.9% of the City’s total land area. Based on the 2010
Census of population released by the National Statistics Office, La Paz has a
percentage share of 1.5% or 7,931 of the total City’s population with a density
of 32 persons per 1,000 square meters. Barangay La Paz is a predominantly
residential area.
La Paz is
bounded by the City of Manila, barangays Singkamas and Tejeros in the north,
Barangay San Antonio in the south, Barangay Sta. Cruz in the East and City of
Manila in the West.
Barangay
La Paz houses the City’s biggest indoor sporting arena which is Makati Coliseum
with a seating capacity of 3,000 and became a regular venue for major sporting
events.
HISTORY
It was almost 60 years ago when this part of Makati was
opened by the Ayala Corporation as its first post war residential subdivision.
It used to be part of Barrio Tejeros carved out of rice land, water lilies,
kangkong, talahib and other swamp undergrowth. But even for those who start a
new home they can truly call their own, it was a good enough place to live in.
By May 1949, no more than five families have built their modern homes.
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