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Binondo (Chinese: 岷倫洛; pinyin: Mínlúnluò; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-lûn-lo̍h) is a district in Manila and is referred to as the city's Chinatown. [2] Its influence extends beyond to the places of Quiapo , Santa Cruz , San Nicolas and Tondo .
Manila has also attempted to bring down the number of barangays from 897 to 150 in 1996 through Ordinance 7907 [6] but failed to hold a plebiscite. This list covers all barangays sorted alphabetically with the exception of Manila, Caloocan and Pasay. Instead, district names are listed for these cities.
Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...
Districts of the City of Manila — one of the cities in the Metro Manila region of the Philippines. ... Binondo (3 C, 7 P) E. Ermita ...
Ongpin Street (Calle Ongpin) Binondo, Manila: Roman Ongpin: Filipino-Chinese businessman and philanthropist who aided Filipino revolutionaries against the Spanish and American colonial administration in the Philippine islands Osmeña Highway: Manila and Makati [a] Sergio Osmeña: Filipino president (1944–46). Avenida de Francisco Ortigas
Santa Cruz is a district in the northern part of the City of Manila, Philippines, located on the right bank of the Pasig River near its mouth, bordered by the districts of Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo, and Sampaloc, as well as the areas of Grace Park and Barrio San Jose in Caloocan and the district of La Loma in Quezon City.
Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, Manila's pre-war two-district representation was retained; this remained so until 1949. By virtue of the Revised Charter of the City of Manila , [ 1 ] enacted on June 18, 1949, the city was divided into four congressional districts.
Districts of Metro Manila — the official administrative districts of Metro Manila, aka the National Capital Region, located in Luzon of the northern Philippines. Also the informal business districts and neighborhoods of the 16 cities and 1 municipality within Metro Manila.