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The City of Manila occupies a unique position in the Philippines'
political geography, for it is both a chartered city, and also
it fulfills the functions of a province for the four cities and
thirteen municipalities composing its metropolitan area.
But
then, Manila has always been an exceptional case, defying just
about every political formula devised to govern other towns,
cities and provinces. It has required special laws and
governmental systems to rule it, practically from the beginning
of the Spanish rule of the Philippines in the 16th century up to
the present. |
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Manila City proper is bounded on the north by Navotas and
Caloocan City, on the northeast by Quezon City and San Juan del
Monte, on the southeast by Mandaluyong and Makati, and on the
south by Pasay City. It faces beautiful Manila Bay to the west.
A relatively new development is the
incorporation of all the cities and municipalities comprising
the Manila metropolitan area into one unit - a
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It is
governed as one unit by a governor, who coordinates its
functions and services through the various city and municipal
officials, very much like a provincial governor rules many
towns. And yet, the component cities, provinces and
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Manila derived its name from two Tagalog words; "may,"
meaning "there is," and "nilad," the name of
a shrub that originally grew abundantly along the shores of the
Pasig River and Manila Bay. Long before the Spanish conquest,
Manila was settled by Mohammedans, who carried on a thriving
trade with Chinese and other Southeast Asian merchants.
In 1595, Manila was decreed to be the capital of the
Archipelago, although it had already in fact served that
function practically from its founding in 1571. Besides being
Spain's pre-eminent city in the Philippines, and dominant over
other provincial capitals, it was itself a provincial capital
over a province whose territory at one time covered nearly all
of Luzon, and included the modern territorial subdivisions of
Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Mindoro,
Masbate and Marinduque. |
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Later, these subdivisions were
themselves made provinces, leaving Manila province with a
territory roughly equal to the present City of Manila proper
(except Intramuras, the capital site), and the northwestern
two-thirds of Rizal province. The boundary of Manila province
went from northeast to southwest, including Antipolo, Cainta,
Taytay and Taguig, and all of the towns north and west of them,
in Manila province; and Angono, Teresa, Morong, and the towns
south and east of them, in Laguna province. |
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Early in the
province's history, the provincial name was changed from Manila
to "Tondo" province, by which it was known for most of
the Spanish era.
With the outbreak of World War II, Manila entered a five-year
period of sorrow and destruction. Hoping to minimize the loss of
life and property, government officials declared Manila an open
city on December 26, 1941. |
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On the following New Years' Day (1942)
President Quezon decreed the merger of the towns of Quezon City,
Caloocan, San Juan del Monte, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay and
Paranaque with Manila City to form the town he called
"Greater Manila," to sinplify the administration of
the metropolitan area during the war. Being practically
destroyed in the process, the city was liberated from Japanese
control in March of 1945 by the joint Filipino-American forces.
Soon thereafter, "Greater Manila" was dissolved, and
its towns returned to their pre-war status. |
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