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Manila (province)

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1571–1901
  
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Sovereignty transferred to United States
  
1899

Date dissolved
  
1901

Historical era
  
Spanish era

Disestablished
  
1901

Manila (province)

Today part of
  
Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon

Capitals
  
Manila, Marikina (1898–1899)

Manila, also formerly known as Tondo, was a historical province in the Philippines, encompassing the former pre-Hispanic kingdoms of Tondo and Maynila. In 1898, it included the City of Manila and 23 other municipalities. It was incorporated into the Province of Rizal in 1901.

Contents

The province of Manila, as of 1898.

Cities and municipalities

The province was composed of the City of Manila and 23 other municipalities. The districts of Binondo, Dilao, Ermita, Malate, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, and Tondo are often referred to as "pueblos", "arrabales" ("suburbs") or "neighbourhoods" of Manila. The name Manila originally referred to the "city within the walls" (now Intramuros), but its meaning eventually came to include the suburbs surrounding it, leading to confusion about which places constitute "Manila" in the late 19th century. From the 1860s onward, the area was often referred to as Ciudad de Manila y sus arrabales ("The City of Manila and its suburbs") or as Manila y los pueblos de extramuros ("Manila and the communities outside the walls"). The present-day City of Manila includes all these areas.

The table below presents information from the cited source.

Map

Shown below are the locations of the municipalities of the province of Manila. Except for Montalban and San Mateo, all these areas are included in the present-day cities of Metro Manila.

The province of Manila, as of 1898.

References

Manila (province) Wikipedia