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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 .
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 ... Buildings and structures in Manila by district ... Binondo (3 C, 7 P) E. ...
The district consists of barangays 268 to 394 in the northern Manila districts of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz. [4] Until 1972, the district encompassed the eastern Manila districts of Sampaloc, which included the present-day Santa Mesa, and San Miguel that are presently part of the city's fourth and sixth districts, respectively ...
The city was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984, and elected six representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Manila was reapportioned into six congressional districts under the new Constitution [2] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987.
As of 2015, there are 1,710 barangays in Metro Manila. [2] [3] These original four cities of Metro Manila (Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay) comprise 83% (1,428 of 1,710) of all these. The high number is attributed to these areas having more people and higher density when the barangay system was initiated (note that Caloocan North is ...
The 100 zones in Manila serve as an administrative layer immediately below the geographic district level. Many barangay names contain the words "district" (170 barangays) [9] or "zone" (264 barangays), [10] but they are fully functioning barangays and are not just mere administrative categories.
Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz or Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz (traditional Chinese: 花園口廣場; simplified Chinese: 花园口广场; pinyin: Huāyuánkǒu Guǎngchǎng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoe-hn̂g-kháu Kóng-tiûⁿ; lit. 'at the foot/mouth of the garden') [1] is a major public square in Binondo, Manila, bounded by Quintin Paredes Street (formerly Calle Rosario) to the east and Juan Luna Street (formerly ...