Manila (province)

This article is about the former province. For the present city of Manila proper, see Manila. For the greater metropolitan area, see Metro Manila. For the pre-Hispanic entity, see Kingdom of Maynila. For other uses, see Manila (disambiguation).

Manila Maynila
Former province of the Philippines
←   ← 1571–1901 →   →
Location of Manila Location of the historical province of Manila.
Capital		Manila Mariquina (1898–1899)
Historical era		Spanish era
•	Legazpi's conquest of Maynila and Tondo	1571
•	Became capital of colonial Philippines
•	Occupied by Great Britain	1762–1764
•	Sovereignty transferred to United States	1899
•	Disestablished	1901
Today part of		Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Pateros, Taguig, Quezon City, San Juan

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.

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.

City/Municipality	Population (1898)	Notes
Manila	110,000
Caloocan	9,843	situated 7 miles from Manila. There are highroads to Manila, Novaliches, Mariquina, and Sampaloc.
Dilao (Paco)	4,625	situated 3 miles from Manila.
Ermita	4,726	situated 1¼ miles from Manila.
Las Piñas	4,000	situated 8 miles from Manila.
Malate	2,319	situated 1⅔ miles from Manila.
Malibay	2,890	situated 4 miles from Manila.
Mariquina	10,313	situated 7 miles from Manila. It communicates with Caloocan by a highroad.
Montalban	3,055	situated 16 miles from Manila.
Muntinlupa	5,068	situated 21 miles from Manila.
Navotas	9,154	situated 6¼ miles from Manila.
Novaliches	1,871	situated 10 miles from Manila. It communicates with Caloocan and Manila by highroads.
Pandacan	2,446	situated 2 miles from Manila.
Parañaque	9,863	situated at a distance of 6⅛ miles from Manila.
Pasig	22,000	situated 7 miles from Manila.
Pateros	2,842	situated 3 miles from Manila.
Pineda (Pasay)	9,825	situated 3⅛ miles from Manila.
San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong)	5,465.
San Juan del Monte	2,011
San Mateo	6,700	situated 17 miles from Manila.
San Pedro Macati (Makati)	3,921	situated about 3 miles from Manila.
Santa Ana	2,194	situated about 3 miles from Manila.
Taguig	9,662	situated 4 miles from Manila.
Tambobong (Malabon)	25,000	situated 3 miles from Manila.

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.

Caloocan Las Piñas Malibay MANILA Mariquina Montalban Muntinlupa Navotas Novaliches Parañaque Pasig Pateros Pineda San Felipe Neri San Juan del Monte San Mateo San Pedro Macati Taguig Tambobong Binondo Dilao Ermita Malate Pandacan Quiapo Sampaloc San Miguel Santa Ana Santa Cruz Tondo BULACAN CAVITE LAGUNA Laguna de Bay Manila Bay MORONG DISTRICT

The province of Manila, as of 1898.

See also

• Geography of Manila