The Port of Manila, which is located in the western section of the city on Manila Bay, is the largest and chief seaport of the Philippines. Under direct Spanish rule, banking, industry, and education flourished more than they had in the previous two centuries. Private hospitals that operate in the city are Manila Doctors Hospital, [337] Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, [338] José R.

The University of the Philippines (1908), the country's main state university, was established in Ermita, Manila. In 1947, the government implemented a public housing policy that established the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation (PHHC). Silver that was mined in Mexico and Peru was exchanged for Chinese silk, Indian gems, and spices from Indonesia and Malaysia.

It contains 123 barangays and includes "Downtown Manila", the historic business district of the city, and the oldest Chinatown in the world. Smokey Mountain on Balut Island was once known as the country's largest landfill where thousands of impoverished people lived in slums. When the Philippines hosts the Southeast Asian Games, most of the events are held at the complex but in the 2005 Games, most events were held elsewhere. Reconstruction took place afterward, replacing the destroyed historic Spanish-era buildings with modern ones, erasing much of the city's character. In 1905, American architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham was commissioned to design the new capital.

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. The diversity here is immense such that I could go on forever trying to differentiate lands and peoples. Both the historic Walled City of Intramuros and Rizal Park were designated as flagship destinations and as tourism enterprise zones in the Tourism Act of 2009. 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. Along with buildings for government bureaus and departments, it would form a quadrangle with a central lagoon and a monument to José Rizal at the other end of the field.On June 24, 1976, the 405th anniversary of the city's founding, President Marcos reinstated Manila as the capital of the Philippines for its historical significance as the seat of government since the Spanish Period. It is unlikely native Tagalog speakers would completely drop the final consonant /d/ in nilad to arrive at the present form Maynilà.

Neotectonics of the Marikina Valley fault system (MVFS) and tectonic framework of structures in northern and central Luzon, Philippines". In 2012, DMCI Homes began constructing Torre de Manila, which became controversial for ruining the sight line of Rizal Park.

Manila's land has been substantially altered by human intervention; there has been considerable land reclamation along the waterfronts since the early-to-mid twentieth century. Of the three cities reviewed by the Supreme Court; the City of Manila, Navotas, and Quezon City; only the curfew ordinance of Quezon City was approved. Manila has many Taoist and Buddhist temples like Seng Guan Temple that serve the spiritual needs of the Chinese Filipino community.