Makati

The Ceety o Makati (pronoonced /məˈkɑːtɪ/ mə-KAH-tee; Filipino: Makati) is ane o the 16 ceeties that mak up Metro Manila, ane o the maist populous metropolitan auries in the warld. Makati is the financial centre o the Philippines an ane o the major financial, commercial an economic hubs in Asie. As the host o various embassies, it is an' a' an important centre for internaitional affairs.

Makati City Lungsod ng Makati
Heichlie urbanisit ceety
City of Makati
Eik-name(s):  The Financial Capital of the Philippines, the Wall Street of the Philippines
Motto(s):  Makati, Mahalin Natin, Atin Ito
Map o Metro Manila heichlichtin Makati Ceety
Makati City Location athin the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°33′N 121°02′E / 14.550°N 121.033°E / 14.550; 121.033
Country	Philippines
Region	National Caipital
Destricts	1st an 2nt destricts o Makati City
Settled	1670
Cityhood	January 2, 1995
Barangays	33
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–cooncil govrenment
• Mayor	Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, Jr. (Unitit Naitionalist Alliance)
• Vice Mayor	Romulo V. Peña, Jr. (Leeberal)
• Makati City Council	Cooncilors 1st District: Virgilio Hilario Jr. Manuel Monsour T. del Rosario III Ichi Yabut Fredie Eusebio Mayeth Casal-Uy Tosca Puno-Ramos Idol Magpantay Romy Medina 2nd District: Leo Magpantay Doc Pasia Vincent Sese Henry Jacome Boyet Cruzado King Yabut Tetchie Nillo De Lara Ruth Tolentino
Area [1]
• Total	21.57 km2 (8.33 sq mi)
Elevation	15.4 m (50.5 ft)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	529,039
• Density	24527/km2 (63,520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP Code	1200 to 1299
Dialing code	2
Website	www.makati.gov.ph

Wi a population o 510,383, Makati is the 16t lairgest ceety in the kintra an ranked as the 40t maist densely populatit ceety in the warld wi 18,654 indwallers per km².

Makati wis foondit bi Spaniard Miguel López de Legazpi, who dismissed Makati as a wirthless swamp. Accordin tae folklore, Legazpi asked for the name o the place but, acause o the leid barrier, wis misinterpretit bi the natives. Pointin tae the recedin tide o Pasig River, the natives answered, “Makati, kumakati na,” literally meanin ebbin tide.

Makati became the financial centre o the Philippines durin the 1950s. Mony districts an laundmerks in the ceety hae acome weel kent tae ootsiders. Makati haes been iconified as the "Financial Caipital o the Philippines". Anchored bi Ayala Avenue, Makati is the financial caipital o the Philippines an is the hame o the Philippine Stock Exchynge an the Makati Business Club, ane o the maist important economic hubs in the Philippines. Warld-cless research varsities are locatit in the ceety.