Known nationwide for its bamboo organ, salt beds, jeepney factory, and the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetlands, the city is distinguished as one of Metro Manila’s fastest-growing communities. Although it became a city only in 1997, Las Piñas was one of the first settlements at the outskirts of Manila. The city is bounded on the north and northeast by the City of Paranaque, on the east and southeast by the City of Muntinlupa, on the south by the municipality of Imus and Bacoor in Cavite province, and on the northeast by the scenic Manila Bay. Half of the land area of the city has already been developed for residential purposes and the remaining half is used for commercial, industry and institutional area.
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH AND THE BAMBOO ORGAN
The bamboo organ is housed inside the St. Joseph Church (Simbahan ng Las Piñas). The bamboo organ was constructed in 1816 under the direct supervision of Fray Diego Cera dela Virgen del Carmen who was also the first parish priest of Las Piñas. His remarkable contribution included the construction of the church. This magnificent instrument took eight years to build, aptly called the “bamboo organ” due to majority of its pipes was made of bamboo. This instrument consisted of 1,031 pipes of which 902 were bamboo pipes, and 129 metal pipes.
