On the other hand, the neighboring place from the east called Muntinlupa had rice farmers who were referred to as taga-Palayan.

Īnother version of the story was that, before the Spanish colonizers came to the Philippines, there were some natives who lived close to the Manila Bay whose main livelihood was fishing or pangingisda. This earned it the name Palanyag, taken from the term 'palayag', which means “point of navigation”. One such story stated that long ago, at the mouth of what is now known as the Parañaque River, there stood a balete tree that, when viewed from afar, looked like a majestic ship. There are several accounts as to how Parañaque got its name.

It is also the home of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange public transport and the Aseana City business district development which includes Ayala Malls Manila Bay. Parañaque is the home of the PAGCOR Entertainment City, a gaming and entertainment complex under development by the state owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation spanning an area of 8 km 2 (3.1 sq mi) in Bay City, where four large integrated resorts are based namely Solaire Resort & Casino, City of Dreams Manila, Okada Manila, and the soon to be completed Westside City Resorts World. The city enjoys an annual rainfall of 1,822 millimeters (71.7 in) and an average daily maximum temperature of 34.4 ☌ (93.9 ☏). Like the rest of Metro Manila, Parañaque is experiencing a tropical climate with only two distinct seasons, wet (July to September) and dry (October to June). It is bordered to the north by Pasay, to the northeast by Taguig, to the southeast by Muntinlupa, to the southwest by Las Piñas, and to the west by Manila Bay. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,992 people. Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( Tagalog: Lungsod ng Parañaque, Tagalog pronunciation: ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.

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