Manila (province)
| Manila Maynila Tondo (1571–1859) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former province of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1571–1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location of the historical province of Manila in 1899 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Manila Mariquina (1898–1899) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1898 | 683 km2 (264 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1898 | 269,793 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish colonial period | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1571 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Became the capital of colonial Philippines | 1595 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Occupied by Great Britain | 1762–1764 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Renamed as Manila | 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Sovereignty transferred to the United States | 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Manila, also known as Tondo until 1859, was a province of the Captaincy General of the Philippines that encompassed former pre-Hispanic polities of Tondo, Maynila, and Namayan. In 1898, it comprised the city of Manila (primarily referring to present-day Intramuros) and 23 other municipalities. In 1901, the province was dissolved, with the city of Manila absorbing six of its smaller neighboring municipalities. The remaining part was merged with the adjacent district of Morong to form the province of Rizal.