Manila
Manila (/məˈnɪlə/ mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila, pronounced [majˈnilaʔ]), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila, [luŋˈsod nɐŋ majˈnilaʔ]), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city. As of 2019, it is the world's most densely populated city proper. It was the first chartered city in the country, and was designated as such by the Philippine Commission Act No. 183 on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949.[10] Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish Americas through the galleon trade; when this was accomplished, it was the first time an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling the planet had been established.[11][12]
This article is about the city proper. For the region and metropolitan area, see Metro Manila. For other uses, see Manila (disambiguation).
Manila
- Maynila (Filipino)
- Maynila (Filipino)
16 city districts
13th century or earlier
1500s
June 24, 1571
July 31, 1901
December 22, 1979
897 (see Barangays and districts)
1,133,042 voters (2022)
42.34 km2 (16.35 sq mi)
1,873 km2 (723 sq mi)
619.57 km2 (239.22 sq mi)
7.0 m (23.0 ft)
108 m (354 ft)
0 m (0 ft)
1,846,513
43,611.5/km2 (112,953/sq mi)
13,484,482[4]
21,764.3/km2 (56,369/sq mi)
24,922,000
13,305.9/km2 (34,462/sq mi)
486,293
English: Manileño, Manilan;
Spanish: manilense,[7] manileño(-a)
Filipino: Manileño(-a), Manilenyo(-a), Taga-Maynila
special city income class
0.781[9] – high (2019)
₱ 17,923 million (2020)
₱ 74,465 million (2020)
₱ 17,875 million (2020)
₱ 22,421 million (2020)
Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
• Maynilad (Majority)
• Manila Water (Santa Ana and San Andres)
+63 (0)2
Tagalog
Philippine peso (₱)
By 1258, a Tagalog-fortified polity called Maynila existed on the site of modern Manila. On June 24, 1571, after the defeat of the polity's last indigenous Rajah Sulayman in the Battle of Bangkusay, Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi began constructing the walled fortification Intramuros on the ruins of an older settlement from whose name the Spanish-and-English name Manila derives. Manila was used as the capital of the captaincy general of the Spanish East Indies, which included the Marianas, Guam and other islands, and was controlled and administered for the Spanish crown by Mexico City in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
In modern times, the name "Manila" is commonly used to refer to the whole metropolitan area, the greater metropolitan area, and the city proper. Metro Manila, the officially defined metropolitan area, is the capital region of the Philippines, and includes the much-larger Quezon City and the Makati Central Business District. It is the most-populous region in the country, one of the most-populous urban areas in the world,[13] and one of the wealthiest regions in Southeast Asia. The city proper was home to 1,846,513 people in 2020,[5] and is the historic core of a built-up area that extends well beyond its administrative limits. With 71,263 inhabitants per square kilometer (184,570/sq mi), Manila is the most densely populated city proper in the world.[5][6]
The Pasig River flows through the middle of the city, dividing it into north and south sections. The city comprises 16 administrative districts and is divided into six political districts for the purposes of representation in the Congress of the Philippines and the election of city council members. In 2018, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network listed Manila as an "Alpha-" global city,[14] and ranked it seventh in economic performance globally and second regionally,[15] while the Global Financial Centres Index ranks Manila 79th in the world.[16] Manila is also the world's second-most natural disaster exposed city,[17] yet is also among the fastest developing cities in Southeast Asia.[18]
Aerial view of Manila, 1936
![The Minor Basilica of San Sebastián is the only all-steel church in Asia.[246]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Bas%C3%ADlica_de_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n%2C_Manila%2C_Filipinas%2C_2023-08-27%2C_DD_07.jpg/155px-Bas%C3%ADlica_de_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n%2C_Manila%2C_Filipinas%2C_2023-08-27%2C_DD_07.jpg)
Quiapo Church, home of the iconic Black Nazarene, whose Traslacion feast is celebrated every January 9
International relations[edit]
Manila hosts the foreign embassies of the United States[430] and Vietnam.[431] Honorary consulates of Belize, Burkina Faso, Jordan, Nepal, Poland, Iceland, Paraguay, Thailand, and Tunisia are based in the city.[432]
