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The Greater Manila Area (Filipino: Malawakang Maynila) is the contiguous urbanization region surrounding the Metropolitan Manila area. This built-up zone includes Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces of Bulacan to the north, Cavite and Laguna to the south, and Rizal to the east. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Though sprawl continues to absorb new zones, some ...
The Divisoria Mall is located in the San Nicolas district. Inside the shopping mall are gift shops and a food court. In 1909, Manila's earliest and biggest market was built in the same area. The market transitioned into a mall during the mid-1990s, in which it was rebranded and rebuilt into the current Divisoria Mall. [14]
Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, or between 400 and 1500s, due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Raja Matanda, the old King of Luzon, who was born in the early 1500s.
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Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas (Spanish, lit. " Hydrographical and Chorographical Chart of the Philippine Islands "), more commonly known as the Velarde map, is a map of the Philippines made and first published in Manila in 1734 by the Jesuit cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde [es], the engraver Nicolás de la Cruz ...
The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange is located on a 4.5-hectare (11-acre) site in AsiaWorld, a subdistrict of Bay City in Parañaque, [16] where 2.7-hectare (6.7-acre) is currently used for transport services, commercial spaces, and office buildings, while the remaining 1.8-hectare (4.4-acre) will serve as part of a ₱5 billon expansion project of the terminal and will be allocated ...
For the Chilean commuter rail system also known as "Metrotren", see Metrotrén. The PNR Metro Commuter Line was a commuter rail line operated by the Philippine National Railways. It was first inaugurated as the Metro Manila Commuter Service in 1970, and originally served the North Main Line and the South Main Lines, as well as the defunct ...
The Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX), also known as the Central Luzon Link Freeway, [ 3 ] is a partially operational expressway [ 4 ] in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. It will connect the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) and the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEX) to the currently under-construction ...