Editing Las Piñas (section)

===Spanish colonial era===
{{See also|Salt industry in Las Piñas}}
Las Piñas was one of the earliest fishing settlements on the shores of [[Manila Bay]]. It was proclaimed as a province of [[Manila]] either in 1762 or 1797. Agustin,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cavada y Méndez de Vigo|first1=Agustín de la|title=Historia geográfica, geológica y estadiśtica de Filipinas. Con datos geográficos, geológicos y estadiśticos de las islas de Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao y Joló; y los que corresponden a las islas Batanes, Calamianes, Balabac, Mindoro, Masbate, Ticao y Burias, situadas al n. so. y s. de Luzon|date=1876|publisher=Imp. de Ramirez y Giraudier|location=Manila|url=https://archive.org/download/historiageogrfi00vigogoog/historiageogrfi00vigogoog.pdf}}</ref> a Spanish historian, and Fr. Juan de Medina<ref>{{cite book|last1=de Medina|first1=Juan S.|title=Historia de los sucesos de la Orden de N. gran P. S. Agustín, de estas Islas Filipinas... / compuesta por el venerable Fray Juan de Medina. Sucesos que los religiosos de la Orden de N. P. S. Agustín han tenido en las Islas Filipinas... / compuesta por el Padre Pedro del Viva|date=1893|publisher=Tipo-Litografía de Chofré y Comp.|location=Manila|pages=486|url=http://bibliotecadigital.jcyl.es/i18n/catalogo_imagenes/icono_mime.cmd?mime=application%2Fpdf}}</ref> placed it at 1762. Las Piñas was formerly called "Las Pilas" due to its separation from Parañaque due to tribal conflicts. On the other hand, Manuel Buzeta recorded the date at 1797.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buzeta|first1=Manuel|title=Diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histórico de las Islas Filipinas ... / por Manuel Buzeta y Felipe Bravo|date=1851|publisher=Imprenta de José C. de la Peña|location=Madrid|url=http://bibliotecadigital.jcyl.es/i18n/consulta/registro.cmd?id=2046}}</ref> Felix Timbang was the first ''gobernadorcillo'' in 1762, while Mariano Ortiz was the first municipal president of the town of Las Piñas.<ref name="Augustinian">{{cite book|last=Salonga|first=Isayas R.|title=Rizal Province Directory: History, Government and General Information with the Full Text of the Philippine Independence Law, Volume One |date=1934|publisher=General Printing Press}}</ref>

Las Piñas is famous for its [[Bamboo Organ]], which was built by Fr. Diego Cera and completed in 1824. In 1880, the city experienced an outbreak of cholera and smallpox leading to the loss of many lives. Years later, Las Piñas also became a central battleground between Spanish and Philippine forces during the [[Philippine Revolution]].<ref name="alabangbulletin.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.alabangbulletin.com/a-brief-history-of-las-pinas/|title=A Brief History of Las Pinas|work=Alabang Bulletin|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref>

The town of Las Piñas was also a major war theater during the 1896 Philippine Revolution, as it was occupied by forces of General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]].