Manila

The Pearl City of Manila
The Pearl City of Manila; Lungsod ng Maynila
	— Caipital Ceety —
	(Frae top, left tae richt): Manila skyline, Paco Park, Manila City Hall, Rizal Park, Roxas Boulevard, Fort Santiago, Manila Bay, Cultural Center of the Philippines. (Frae top, left tae richt): Manila skyline, Paco Park, Manila City Hall, Rizal Park, Roxas Boulevard, Fort Santiago, Manila Bay, Cultural Center of the Philippines.
; Banner	; Seal
	Eik-name(s): Pearl of the Orient; The City of Our Affections; Distinguished and Ever Loyal City
	Motto: Linisin at Ikarangal ang Maynila; ("Clean and Honor Manila")
	Map o Metro Manila showin the location o the ceety o Manila
	; The Pearl City of Manila Map o the Philippines showin the location o Manila
	Coordinates: 14°35′N 120°58′E / 14.583°N 120.967°E
Kintra	Philippines
Region	Naitional Caipital Region
Destricts	1st tae 6t destricts o Manila
Ceety zones	100
Barangays	897
Settled	10 Juin 1574
	Govrenment
- Mayor	Alfredo Lim (Liberal)
- Vice Mayor	Isko Moreno (Nacionalista)
- Representatives	Ceety Representatives
- Ceety Cooncil	Councilors
	Aurie
- Caipital Ceety	38.55 km2 (14.9 sq mi)
- Urban	1,474.82 km2 (569.4 sq mi)
- Metro	638.55 km2 (246.5 sq mi)
Hicht	16.0 m (52 ft)
	Indwallers (2010)
- Caipital Ceety	1,652,171
- Densitie	42,858/km2 (111,001.7/sq mi)
- Urban	21,951,000
- Urban ; densitie	15,400/km2 (39,885.8/sq mi)
- Metro	11,855,975
- Metro ; densitie	18,567/km2 (48,088.3/sq mi)
Demonym	Manileño (m) / Manileña (f), Manilan
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	0900 to 1096
Aurie code(s)	2
Wabsteid	manila.gov.ph

Manila (Template:Lang-tgl; pronounced /maɪˈnilaʔ/ in Tagalog, /məˈnɪlə/ mə-NIL-ə in Inglis), offeecially the Ceety o Manila, is the caipital o the Philippines an ane o the saxteen ceeties athin the Manila metropolitan aurie, ane o the maist populous metropolitan auries in the warld wi a population o 20 million fowk.^[3]^[4] It is locatit on the eastren shores o Manila Bay on the wastren side o the island o Luzon. Several ceeties lie on its border: Navotas an Caloocan tae the north, Quezon Ceety tae the northeast, San Juan an Mandaluyong tae the east, Makati tae the sootheast, an Pasay tae the sooth.

References [edit]

↑ 'PEARL OF ORIENT' STRIPPED OF FOOD; Manila, Before Pearl Harbor, Had Been Prosperous—Its Harbor One of Best Focus for Two Attacks Osmena Succeeded Quezon. New York Times (1945-02-05). Retrieved on 10 Juin 2018. . “Manila, modernized and elevated to the status of a metropolis by American engineering skill, was before Pearl Harbor a city of 623,000 population, contained in an area of fourteen square miles.”
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↑ Brinkhoff, TH.. The Principal Agglomerations of the World. CityPopulation. Retrieved on 15 Juin 2010. .
↑ World: metropolitan areas. World Gazetteer. Retrieved on 15 Juin 2010. .