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Manila ( / məˈnɪlə / mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila, pronounced [maɪˈnilɐʔ] ), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila [lʊŋˈsod nɐŋ maɪˈnilɐʔ] ), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is ...
Metro Manila would add 1.85 million square meters (7.1 × 10 −7 × 10 ^ 6 sq mi) of office spaces between 2015 and 2017 in the central business districts in Makati, Taguig, and Quezon City as more global firms such as Google and HSBC seek to outsource business processes in the Philippines. [88]
AH 26 (N120) ( Roxas Boulevard) in Ermita. United Nations Avenue (also known as U.N. Avenue and formerly known as Isaac Peral Street) is a major thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines. A commercial, residential and industrial artery, the avenue runs east–west through the near-center of the city linking Ermita and Rizal Park with the eastern ...
The Metro Manila Skyway, officially the Metro Manila Skyway System ( MMSS) or simply the Skyway, is an elevated highway serving as the main expressway of Metro Manila, Philippines. It connects the North and South Luzon Expressways (NLEX and SLEX) with access to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via the NAIA Expressway (NAIAX).
The Cavite Boulevard was part of Architect Daniel Burnham's plan for beautifying the city of Manila. [11] At the request of Commissioner William Cameron Forbes, Burnham visited the country in 1905 at the height of the City Beautiful movement, a trend in the early 1900s in America for making cities beautiful along scientific lines, for the future urban development of Manila and Baguio.
Escolta Street (lit: Escort) is a historic east–west street located in the old downtown district of Binondo in Manila, Philippines. It runs parallel to the Pasig River, from Quintin Paredes Road ( Plaza Moraga) to Plaza Santa Cruz Road ( Plaza Lacson ). The street is home to several fine examples of early skyscraper design in the Philippines.
España Boulevard near University of Santo Tomas The Welcome Rotonda, also called the Mabuhay Rotonda. España is an east–west artery of Manila. It connects Lerma and Nicanor Reyes (formerly Morayta) streets of Sampaloc district at the west end to the Mabuhay (or Welcome) Rotonda, Quezon City at the east end.
Demographics. As of May 1, 2020, the Philippines had a population of 109,035,343. [ 12] More than 60 percent of the country's population live in the coastal zone [ 366] and in 2020, 54 percent lived in urban areas. [ 367] Manila, its capital, and Quezon City (the country's most populous city) are in Metro Manila.