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The University of Santo Tomas, the oldest-existing university in Asia, which was established in 1611. Water services used to be provided by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), which served 30% of the city; most other sewage was directly dumped into storm drains, septic tanks, and open canals. It attracts 1million people every month and is expected to add another 400,000 people upon the completion of the LRT Line 2 West Extension, making it Manila's busiest transfer station. Manila Health Department is responsible for the planning and implementation of healthcare programs provided by the city government.

Lack of a progressive health system, inadequate infrastructure, and the unstable political environment are seen as hindrances to its growth. National government [ edit ] Especially since martial law era, Manila, being home of nationally significant government offices and being the national capital, has been a venue for major protests. District V (2020 population: 395,065) [128] covers Ermita, Malate, Port Area, Intramuros, San Andres Bukid, and a portion of Paco.

This explains the abrupt drop of the proportion of Chinese, Spanish, and Mestizo peoples across the country by the time of the first American census in 1903. This image was interpreted to be of Marian nature, and it was found during the Miguel de Legazpi expedition and eventually, a Mexican hermit built a chapel around that image. On the other hand, in a rather first account of importance on the Philippine flora that appeared in 1704 as an Appendix to Ray's Historia Plantarum which is the Herbarium aliarumque Stirpium in Insula Luzone Philippinarum primaria nascentium. Spanish-era horse-drawn calesas are a popular tourist attraction and mode of transportation in Binondo and Intramuros.

Manila also hosts important national institutions such as the National Library, National Archives, National Museum of the Philippines, and Philippine General Hospital. Multiple Large Earthquakes in the Past 1500 Years on a Fault in Metropolitan Manila, the Philippines". The National Museum Complex of the National Museum of the Philippines, located in Rizal Park, is composed of the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Anthropology, the National Museum of Natural History, [246] and the National Planetarium. The stadium also hosted its first rugby test for the 2012 Asian Five Nations Division I tournaments. The city comprises 16 administrative districts and is divided into six political districts for the purposes of representation in the Congress of the Philippines and the election of city council members.As of 2013, plans by the city government of Manila to turn the Chinatown area into a business process outsourcing (BPO) hub were in progress; thirty unoccupied buildings had been already identified for conversion into BPO offices. Other faiths like the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) have temples within Metro Manila such as the Manila Philippines Temple in Quezon City and Alabang Philippines Temple in Muntinlupa. Neotectonics of the Marikina Valley fault system (MVFS) and tectonic framework of structures in northern and central Luzon, Philippines". France was the first nation to try financing its Asian trade with a partnership in Manila through Armenian khojas.

The University of the Philippines (1908), the country's main state university, was established in Ermita, Manila. Jesuits In The Philippines (1581-1768)" Page 132 "In 1591 there arrived in Manila a secular priest named Juan Fernandez de Leon.

SM City Manila is located on the former site of YMCA Manila beside Manila City Hall in Ermita, while SM City San Lazaro is built on the site of the former San Lazaro Hippodrome in Santa Cruz. In May 2019, Estrada said Manila was debt-free; [102] two months later, however, the Commission on Audit said Manila was 4. Moreover, replacing the raw craniometric values with their shape variables did not significantly alter the trends already observed. Under direct Spanish rule, banking, industry, and education flourished more than they had in the previous two centuries. Many trolley boy are homeless and live alongside the railroad line, which is actively used by passenger trains so collisions with passenger trains are a consistent danger, although casualties are rare.

Manila is the home to the headquarters of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Western Pacific and Country Office for the Philippines.The Chinese minority were punished for supporting the British, and the fortress city Intramuros, which was initially populated by 1,200 Spanish families and garrisoned by 400 Spanish troops, [52] kept its cannons pointed at Binondo, the world's oldest Chinatown. Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories.