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Makati

About Makati

Population

529,039 in city
12,846,760 in metro

Size

21 km² (8 mi²)

Altitude

18 m

Due to its strategic location, a great number of local and foreign businesses situate their headquarters or main offices in Makati making it the nation's international commercial and financial center. The 1989 listing of the local Permit Division showed a record of 27,501 business establishments registered in Makati. In 1990, out of 1,000 top corporations of the country, 343 are based here. At least 57 of the Philippines top 1,000 corporations are found in the town. 84% of the country's private commercial banks, and 9 out of 10 largest life insurance companies have their head offices in Makati with 46 of the 56 embassies and consultancies located here. Travel bureaus, airline offices, advertising and design agencies abound in the city. Ayala Avenue is the "Wall Street of the Philippines" where some of the tallest buildings and most important headquarters offices and financial institutions are located.

Boroughs

District I (2),

Metro Cities

Caloocan, Las Pinas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina City, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Pateros, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
362	All Buildings
287	existing
54	under construction
12	planned
8	unbuilt
1	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Trump Tower at Century City	919 ft	2016
2	PBCOM Tower	848 ft	2000
3	Gramercy Residences	820 ft	2012
4	Discovery Primea	820 ft	2014
5	G.T. International Tower	713 ft	2002

Building types

No.	Type
227	high-rise building
113	skyscraper
22	low-rise building

Other buildings

No.	Type
3	Famous buildings
2	Buildings with construction images