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Makati, Philippines

Makati, city, south-central Luzon, Philippines. A southern residential, financial, and industrial suburb of Manila, it has a large, modern manufacturing complex along its segment of the regional belt highway, where a number of national and foreign firms are located. Makati’s Forbes Park sector, called millionaires row, has many foreign residents. Fort Andres Bonifacio (formerly Fort William McKinley) is the site of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, the largest cemetery maintained by the American Battle Monuments Program. Pop. (2007) 510,383; (2010) 529,039.

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