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A ZIP code is composed of a four-digit number representing a locality. Usually, more than one code is issued for areas within Metro Manila, and a single code for each municipality and each city in provinces, with exceptions such as: [1] Davao City with eleven ZIP codes (8000, 8016 to 8026); Antipolo with six ZIP codes (1870 to 1875);
PhilPost recommends the use of postal codes in the country and correct addressing. [3] However, most residents do not use, let alone know how to use ZIP codes, and thus the codes are usually omitted. According to PhilPost, the proper use of ZIP codes assists in letter sorting and reduces letter misrouting. [3]
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 ...
Santa Cruz, officially the Municipality of Santa Cruz (Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Cruz), is a municipality and capital of the province of Laguna, Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 123,574 people.
San Nicolas is now the western part of Manila Chinatown, the first Chinatown in the Philippines, and perhaps the world; [7] the eastern part is Binondo, which was founded in 1594 by Governor-General Luis Pérez Dasmariñas. [7] The Dominican order came to western part of Chinatown in 1596 [7] and then founded San Nicolas in 1598. [3]
Regina Building, previously known as Roxas Building, is a historic building located along Escolta Street in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. It was designed sequentially by Andrés Luna de San Pedro and Fernando H. Ocampo. The neoclassical beaux-arts commercial structure was built in 1915.
The First National City Bank also occupied the building. In 2009, the building was bought by businessman Carlos Araneta who planned to the building to host a business process outsourcing company. [2] The building underwent renovation in 2012 and was meant to be named as the Juan Luna e-Services Building. [4]