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CityA city is a tier of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities, whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies the administrative structure...
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ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
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| Congressmen |
Benjamin Asilo
Jaime Lopez |
| Population (2007) |
630,604 |
| – Density |
69,297 per km² |
| Area |
9.10 km² |
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259 |
| – Cong. Districts |
1st to 2nd Districts |
Tondo is a district of
ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
,
PhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The locale has existed prior to the arrival of the Spanish, referred to as "
Tundun" in the
Laguna Copperplate InscriptionThe Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand laborer working on Lumbang River near the outlet to Laguna de Bay, in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, in the Laguna province.The inscription on the plate was first...
. One of the most densely populated areas of land in the world, Tondo is located in the northwest portion of the city and is primarily residential-industrial in nature. Tondo is known for being one of the poorest and most underdeveloped districts of the country. Many of the city's slums are found in this area. It is the birthplace of former president
Joseph EstradaJoseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, King Of Comedy
DolphyRodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
, businessman and politician Manuel Villar, Manila Mayor and
Gatpuno Antonio Villegas, and
Andres BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
, the leader of the Katipuneros.
Kingdom of Tondo
The former region of Tondo is over eleven hundred years old. Historically, Tondo already existed in the year
900Year 900 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* April 21 – Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon by the Datu of Tondo, as represented Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pila, which released them of all their debts as inscribed in the...
AD according to the
Laguna Copperplate InscriptionThe Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand laborer working on Lumbang River near the outlet to Laguna de Bay, in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, in the Laguna province.The inscription on the plate was first...
, a legal document written in Kawi now housed in the National Museum of the Philippines. According to this document, Tondo was ruled by person called Jayadeva who holds the
SanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
title Senapati or "admiral".
Tondo was ruled by a line of
LakanLakan originally referred to a rank in the pre-Hispanic Filipino nobility in the island of Luzon, which means "paramount ruler." It has been suggested that this rank is equivalent to that of Rajah, and that different ethnic groups either used one term or the other, or used the two words...
until the Spanish conquest.
Colonial period
After the Spaniards conquered the City in 1571 AD, Tondo was initially included in the creation of the
Province of PampangaPampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
, the first colonial province carved out of the former Sultanate. In census conducted by Miguel de Loarca in 1583 AD, Tondo was reported to have spoken the same language as the natives of the province of Pampanga. Institute of National Language commissioner Jose Villa Panganiban once wrote that the dividing line between
KapampanganThe Kapampangans or Capampan͠gans are the sixth largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group, numbering about 2,890,000. The original Kapampangans may have descended from Austronesian-speaking immigrants to Luzon during the Iron Age.The province of Pampanga is traditional homeland of the Kapampangans...
and Tagalog was the Pasig River, and that Tondo therefore originally spoke
KapampanganThe Pampangan language, or Kapampangan , is one of the major languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pampanga, the southern half of the province of Tarlac and the northern portion of the province of Bataan. Kapampangan is also understood in some barangays of...
. Tondo eventually became a separate province in the later half of the Spanish colonial era.
Tondo was one of the first provinces to declare rebellion against Spain in year 1896. In 1911, under the American colonial regime, there was a major reorganization of political divisions, and the province of Tondo was dissolved, and its towns given to the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan. Today, Tondo just exists as a district in the City of Manila.
Characteristics
- A densely populated district
- It has a land area of 5.64 km². with a population of 407,330 (2007); 72,222 persons per km².
- Tondo II has a land area of 3.46 km². with a population of 223,274 (2007); 64,530 persons per km².
- average residential population density: 69,297 persons per km².
- The 6th administrative district which covers the 4 districts of Sta. Ana, Sta. Mesa, Pandacan
Pandacan is a district of the City of Manila in the Philippines, located south of the banks of the Pasig River and belongs under the 6th congressional district of Manila, divided into thirty eight barangays that includes Zone 90 to Zone 95 and barangays 833 to 872.-Profile:Based on a year 2000...
, San Miguel has a total land area of 5.48 km². with a total population of 259,157 (2007); 47,291 persons per km².
- It is the location of a notorious and now closed landfill called Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain was a Filipino singing group formed by musical director, composer, conductor Ryan Cayabyab and executive producer Judd Berlin...
.
- The Divisoria area, also located in Tondo, is a major business center and shopping area where dry goods, kitchen utensils, vegetables and fruits, shoes, clothing, coffee, candles, candies, fishing equipment etc., can be brought—wholesale or retail. Shoe Mart once had a small store here, as well as being the home of Yangco Market, which sells dry goods; the Divisoria Public Market, now rebuilt; and the new 168 Shopping Mall. Ambulant vendors frequent its major and minor streets.
- It once was the location of the major Procter and Gamble plant in the Philippines at Vitas Street—now closed and dismantled.
- The main terminal of the Philippine National Railways
The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...
is located at the Tutuban district, which is close to the birthplace of Andres BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
. This is now converted to a mall (Tutuban Center).
- West of the district lies the major inter-island port of Manila, North Harbor, and the Manila Container Port.
- The slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...
(matadero) of the Manila City Government is located also at Vitas Street.
- Every third Sunday of January, the Feast of the Sto. Niño of Manila (the Infant Jesus) is celebrated by a procession early in the morning from Tondo Church and winding down its narrow streets punctuated by fireworks.
- The Light Rail Transit (LRT)
The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...
has 5 stations in the Tondo area, namely: Abad SantosAbad Santos LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Abad Santos station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo and Sta. Cruz both in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue...
, TayumanTayuman LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Tayuman station is above-ground. The station serves Santa Cruz in Manila and is located at the corner of Rizal Avenue and Tayuman Street...
, BlumentrittBlumentritt LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves Sampaloc in Manila. The station itself is located near Blumentritt Street, which the station was named after...
, BambangBambang LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Bambang station is above-ground. The station is located in Santa Cruz in Manila, on Rizal Avenue...
and R. PapaR. Papa LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, R. Papa station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue Extension. The station is named after Ricardo Papa Street. The station is the first station in Rizal...
.
- It is the Location of Largest Common Locale of Iglesia ni Cristo
Iglesia ni Cristo also known as INC, is the largest entirely indigenous Christian religious organization that originated from the Philippines and the largest independent church in Asia. Due to a number of similarities, some Protestant writers describe the INC's doctrines as restorationist in...
which is the 6000 seater INC Tondo Locale Chapel at Juan Luna st. cor. Moriones Road.
Sto. Niño Festival
On the third Sunday of January, the Sto. Niño festivals began in various parts of the country, particularly in Tondo, Manila. Its parish priest Fr. Enrique Santos, of the Sto. Niño Parish, said the celebrations of 2008 started "with the traditional procession of devotees dancing on the street while carrying images of the Child
JesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
; a
pagodaA pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
carrying an old image of Sto. Niño from Spain will lead the parade with 20 smaller boats accompanying it; the parish in Tondo houses the image of Sto. Niño made of ivory that was brought to the country by Augustinian priests from Acapulco, Mexico in the late 1570’s."
In the January 20, 2008 celebration of the feast of Sto. Niño, Guillermo Llanza, 32, of Velasquez St., Tondo, Julius Tarigo, 36, and Michael Banika, 32, of Area D in Parola were killed, while 5 others were wounded including PO2 Anthony Bongcal, 24, Don Bosco police, who was shot.
Celebrities/Politicians born/raised in Tondo
- Rolando Tinio
Rolando Santos Tinio was a Filipino poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic, essayist and educator.-Biography:...
, Poet, Director, And Actor, Born In Gagalangin
- Emilio Jacinto
Emilio Jacinto y Dizon , was a Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan.-Biography:Born in Trozo, Tondo, Manila. Jacinto was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon...
, The Brain Of The Katipunan
- Macario Sacay
Macario Sakay y de León was a Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution against Spain and in the Philippine-American War. According to some historians, He may have been a president of the Philippines but is currently not recognized as such by the Philippine government.He continued resistance...
, Revolutionary And Katipunero
- Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
, revolutionary, supremo leader of katipunan
- Dolphy
Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
, Comedian
- Ethel Booba
Ethel Gabison, also known by her stage name Ethel Booba, is a Filipino TV personality and comedienne. She has also worked in the recording industry.She is a former talent of GMA Network and was one of the hosts of Extra Challenge...
, TV host/comedienne
- Vice Ganda
Vice Ganda is a Filipino comedian, host, actor and recording artist. He is a regular host/judge on ABS-CBN’s talent show Showtime and starred on his two films, one of which considered as the highest-grossing film in Philippine cinema....
, TV host/comedienne
- Angelica Panganiban
Angelica Panganiban is a Filipina film and television actress and comedian.-Early years:...
, Actress/comedienne
- Valerie Concepcion
Valerie Concepcion is a Filipina actress, host and celebrity endorser. A former GMA-7 talent, she is known of her role as Nora Ferrer in the soap opera Sinasamba Kita but later transferred to its rival network ABS-CBN...
, WowoweeWowowee was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show premiered on February 5, 2005, and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel...
co-host
- Arnold Clavio
Arnold Clavio is a popular radio and television newscaster, journalist, and a TV host in the Philippines. He currently co-anchors GMA Network's late-night newscast, Saksi with Vicky Morales and hosts a morning radio show, One on One with Igan on DZBB.-Biography:In his elementary and high school...
, broadcaster, GMA-7
- Joseph Estrada
Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, former President of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
- Jose Manalo
Jose Manalo is a Filipino actor, comedian working for GMA Network and stars in noon-time variety show Eat Bulaga!.-Biography and Career:...
, entertainer
- Isko Moreno
Francisco Domagoso is the current vice mayor of Manila, Philippines, and a former three-term councilor of the city's first congressional district...
, ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
Vice-Mayor
- Aiza Seguerra
Cariza Yamson Seguerra better known as Aiza Seguerra is a Filipino actress, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She traces her roots from Calauag, Quezon....
, singer, former child star
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CityA city is a tier of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities, whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies the administrative structure...
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ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
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| Congressmen |
Benjamin Asilo
Jaime Lopez |
| Population (2007) |
630,604 |
| – Density |
69,297 per km² |
| Area |
9.10 km² |
| – Barangay A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s |
259 |
| – Cong. Districts |
1st to 2nd Districts |
Tondo is a district of ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
, PhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The locale has existed prior to the arrival of the Spanish, referred to as "Tundun" in the Laguna Copperplate InscriptionThe Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand laborer working on Lumbang River near the outlet to Laguna de Bay, in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, in the Laguna province.The inscription on the plate was first...
. One of the most densely populated areas of land in the world{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}, Tondo is located in the northwest portion of the city and is primarily residential-industrial in nature. Tondo is known for being one of the poorest and most underdeveloped districts of the country. Many of the city's slums are found in this area. It is the birthplace of former president Joseph EstradaJoseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, King Of Comedy DolphyRodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
, businessman and politician Manuel Villar, Manila Mayor and Gatpuno Antonio Villegas, and Andres BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
, the leader of the Katipuneros.
Kingdom of Tondo
{{Main|Kingdom of Tondo}}
The former region of Tondo is over eleven hundred years old. Historically, Tondo already existed in the year 900Year 900 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* April 21 – Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon by the Datu of Tondo, as represented Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pila, which released them of all their debts as inscribed in the...
AD according to the Laguna Copperplate InscriptionThe Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand laborer working on Lumbang River near the outlet to Laguna de Bay, in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, in the Laguna province.The inscription on the plate was first...
, a legal document written in Kawi now housed in the National Museum of the Philippines. According to this document, Tondo was ruled by person called Jayadeva who holds the SanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
title Senapati or "admiral".
Tondo was ruled by a line of LakanLakan originally referred to a rank in the pre-Hispanic Filipino nobility in the island of Luzon, which means "paramount ruler." It has been suggested that this rank is equivalent to that of Rajah, and that different ethnic groups either used one term or the other, or used the two words...
until the Spanish conquest.
Colonial period
After the Spaniards conquered the City in 1571 AD, Tondo was initially included in the creation of the Province of PampangaPampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
, the first colonial province carved out of the former Sultanate. In census conducted by Miguel de Loarca in 1583 AD, Tondo was reported to have spoken the same language as the natives of the province of Pampanga. Institute of National Language commissioner Jose Villa Panganiban once wrote that the dividing line between KapampanganThe Kapampangans or Capampan͠gans are the sixth largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group, numbering about 2,890,000. The original Kapampangans may have descended from Austronesian-speaking immigrants to Luzon during the Iron Age.The province of Pampanga is traditional homeland of the Kapampangans...
and Tagalog was the Pasig River, and that Tondo therefore originally spoke KapampanganThe Pampangan language, or Kapampangan , is one of the major languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pampanga, the southern half of the province of Tarlac and the northern portion of the province of Bataan. Kapampangan is also understood in some barangays of...
. Tondo eventually became a separate province in the later half of the Spanish colonial era.
Tondo was one of the first provinces to declare rebellion against Spain in year 1896. In 1911, under the American colonial regime, there was a major reorganization of political divisions, and the province of Tondo was dissolved, and its towns given to the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan. Today, Tondo just exists as a district in the City of Manila.
Characteristics
- A densely populated district
- It has a land area of 5.64 km². with a population of 407,330 (2007); 72,222 persons per km².
- Tondo II has a land area of 3.46 km². with a population of 223,274 (2007); 64,530 persons per km².
- average residential population density: 69,297 persons per km².
- The 6th administrative district which covers the 4 districts of Sta. Ana, Sta. Mesa, Pandacan
Pandacan is a district of the City of Manila in the Philippines, located south of the banks of the Pasig River and belongs under the 6th congressional district of Manila, divided into thirty eight barangays that includes Zone 90 to Zone 95 and barangays 833 to 872.-Profile:Based on a year 2000...
, San Miguel has a total land area of 5.48 km². with a total population of 259,157 (2007); 47,291 persons per km².
- It is the location of a notorious and now closed landfill called Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain was a Filipino singing group formed by musical director, composer, conductor Ryan Cayabyab and executive producer Judd Berlin...
.
- The Divisoria area, also located in Tondo, is a major business center and shopping area where dry goods, kitchen utensils, vegetables and fruits, shoes, clothing, coffee, candles, candies, fishing equipment etc., can be brought—wholesale or retail. Shoe Mart once had a small store here, as well as being the home of Yangco Market, which sells dry goods; the Divisoria Public Market, now rebuilt; and the new 168 Shopping Mall. Ambulant vendors frequent its major and minor streets.
- It once was the location of the major Procter and Gamble plant in the Philippines at Vitas Street—now closed and dismantled.
- The main terminal of the Philippine National Railways
The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...
is located at the Tutuban district, which is close to the birthplace of Andres BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
. This is now converted to a mall (Tutuban Center).
- West of the district lies the major inter-island port of Manila, North Harbor, and the Manila Container Port.
- The slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...
(matadero) of the Manila City Government is located also at Vitas Street.
- Every third Sunday of January, the Feast of the Sto. Niño of Manila (the Infant Jesus) is celebrated by a procession early in the morning from Tondo Church and winding down its narrow streets punctuated by fireworks.
- The Light Rail Transit (LRT)
The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...
has 5 stations in the Tondo area, namely: Abad SantosAbad Santos LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Abad Santos station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo and Sta. Cruz both in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue...
, TayumanTayuman LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Tayuman station is above-ground. The station serves Santa Cruz in Manila and is located at the corner of Rizal Avenue and Tayuman Street...
, BlumentrittBlumentritt LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves Sampaloc in Manila. The station itself is located near Blumentritt Street, which the station was named after...
, BambangBambang LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Bambang station is above-ground. The station is located in Santa Cruz in Manila, on Rizal Avenue...
and R. PapaR. Papa LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, R. Papa station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue Extension. The station is named after Ricardo Papa Street. The station is the first station in Rizal...
.
- It is the Location of Largest Common Locale of Iglesia ni Cristo
Iglesia ni Cristo also known as INC, is the largest entirely indigenous Christian religious organization that originated from the Philippines and the largest independent church in Asia. Due to a number of similarities, some Protestant writers describe the INC's doctrines as restorationist in...
which is the 6000 seater INC Tondo Locale Chapel at Juan Luna st. cor. Moriones Road.
Sto. Niño Festival
On the third Sunday of January, the Sto. Niño festivals began in various parts of the country, particularly in Tondo, Manila. Its parish priest Fr. Enrique Santos, of the Sto. Niño Parish, said the celebrations of 2008 started "with the traditional procession of devotees dancing on the street while carrying images of the Child JesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
; a pagodaA pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
carrying an old image of Sto. Niño from Spain will lead the parade with 20 smaller boats accompanying it; the parish in Tondo houses the image of Sto. Niño made of ivory that was brought to the country by Augustinian priests from Acapulco, Mexico in the late 1570’s."
In the January 20, 2008 celebration of the feast of Sto. Niño, Guillermo Llanza, 32, of Velasquez St., Tondo, Julius Tarigo, 36, and Michael Banika, 32, of Area D in Parola were killed, while 5 others were wounded including PO2 Anthony Bongcal, 24, Don Bosco police, who was shot.
Celebrities/Politicians born/raised in Tondo
- Rolando Tinio
Rolando Santos Tinio was a Filipino poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic, essayist and educator.-Biography:...
, Poet, Director, And Actor, Born In Gagalangin
- Emilio Jacinto
Emilio Jacinto y Dizon , was a Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan.-Biography:Born in Trozo, Tondo, Manila. Jacinto was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon...
, The Brain Of The Katipunan
- Macario Sacay
Macario Sakay y de León was a Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution against Spain and in the Philippine-American War. According to some historians, He may have been a president of the Philippines but is currently not recognized as such by the Philippine government.He continued resistance...
, Revolutionary And Katipunero
- Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
, revolutionary, supremo leader of katipunan
- Dolphy
Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
, Comedian
- Ethel Booba
Ethel Gabison, also known by her stage name Ethel Booba, is a Filipino TV personality and comedienne. She has also worked in the recording industry.She is a former talent of GMA Network and was one of the hosts of Extra Challenge...
, TV host/comedienne{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Vice Ganda
Vice Ganda is a Filipino comedian, host, actor and recording artist. He is a regular host/judge on ABS-CBN’s talent show Showtime and starred on his two films, one of which considered as the highest-grossing film in Philippine cinema....
, TV host/comedienne
- Angelica Panganiban
Angelica Panganiban is a Filipina film and television actress and comedian.-Early years:...
, Actress/comedienne
- Valerie Concepcion
Valerie Concepcion is a Filipina actress, host and celebrity endorser. A former GMA-7 talent, she is known of her role as Nora Ferrer in the soap opera Sinasamba Kita but later transferred to its rival network ABS-CBN...
, WowoweeWowowee was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show premiered on February 5, 2005, and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel...
co-host{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Arnold Clavio
Arnold Clavio is a popular radio and television newscaster, journalist, and a TV host in the Philippines. He currently co-anchors GMA Network's late-night newscast, Saksi with Vicky Morales and hosts a morning radio show, One on One with Igan on DZBB.-Biography:In his elementary and high school...
, broadcaster, GMA-7{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Joseph Estrada
Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, former President of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
- Jose Manalo
Jose Manalo is a Filipino actor, comedian working for GMA Network and stars in noon-time variety show Eat Bulaga!.-Biography and Career:...
, entertainer{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Isko Moreno
Francisco Domagoso is the current vice mayor of Manila, Philippines, and a former three-term councilor of the city's first congressional district...
, ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
Vice-Mayor
- Aiza Seguerra
Cariza Yamson Seguerra better known as Aiza Seguerra is a Filipino actress, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She traces her roots from Calauag, Quezon....
, singer, former child star
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Tondo is a district of ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
, PhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The locale has existed prior to the arrival of the Spanish, referred to as "Tundun" in the Laguna Copperplate InscriptionThe Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand laborer working on Lumbang River near the outlet to Laguna de Bay, in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, in the Laguna province.The inscription on the plate was first...
. One of the most densely populated areas of land in the world{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}, Tondo is located in the northwest portion of the city and is primarily residential-industrial in nature. Tondo is known for being one of the poorest and most underdeveloped districts of the country. Many of the city's slums are found in this area. It is the birthplace of former president Joseph EstradaJoseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, King Of Comedy DolphyRodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
, businessman and politician Manuel Villar, Manila Mayor and Gatpuno Antonio Villegas, and Andres BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
, the leader of the Katipuneros.
Kingdom of Tondo
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The former region of Tondo is over eleven hundred years old. Historically, Tondo already existed in the year 900Year 900 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* April 21 – Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon by the Datu of Tondo, as represented Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pila, which released them of all their debts as inscribed in the...
AD according to the Laguna Copperplate InscriptionThe Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand laborer working on Lumbang River near the outlet to Laguna de Bay, in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, in the Laguna province.The inscription on the plate was first...
, a legal document written in Kawi now housed in the National Museum of the Philippines. According to this document, Tondo was ruled by person called Jayadeva who holds the SanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
title Senapati or "admiral".
Tondo was ruled by a line of LakanLakan originally referred to a rank in the pre-Hispanic Filipino nobility in the island of Luzon, which means "paramount ruler." It has been suggested that this rank is equivalent to that of Rajah, and that different ethnic groups either used one term or the other, or used the two words...
until the Spanish conquest.
Colonial period
After the Spaniards conquered the City in 1571 AD, Tondo was initially included in the creation of the Province of PampangaPampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
, the first colonial province carved out of the former Sultanate. In census conducted by Miguel de Loarca in 1583 AD, Tondo was reported to have spoken the same language as the natives of the province of Pampanga. Institute of National Language commissioner Jose Villa Panganiban once wrote that the dividing line between KapampanganThe Kapampangans or Capampan͠gans are the sixth largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group, numbering about 2,890,000. The original Kapampangans may have descended from Austronesian-speaking immigrants to Luzon during the Iron Age.The province of Pampanga is traditional homeland of the Kapampangans...
and Tagalog was the Pasig River, and that Tondo therefore originally spoke KapampanganThe Pampangan language, or Kapampangan , is one of the major languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pampanga, the southern half of the province of Tarlac and the northern portion of the province of Bataan. Kapampangan is also understood in some barangays of...
. Tondo eventually became a separate province in the later half of the Spanish colonial era.
Tondo was one of the first provinces to declare rebellion against Spain in year 1896. In 1911, under the American colonial regime, there was a major reorganization of political divisions, and the province of Tondo was dissolved, and its towns given to the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan. Today, Tondo just exists as a district in the City of Manila.
Characteristics
- A densely populated district
- It has a land area of 5.64 km². with a population of 407,330 (2007); 72,222 persons per km².
- Tondo II has a land area of 3.46 km². with a population of 223,274 (2007); 64,530 persons per km².
- average residential population density: 69,297 persons per km².
- The 6th administrative district which covers the 4 districts of Sta. Ana, Sta. Mesa, Pandacan
Pandacan is a district of the City of Manila in the Philippines, located south of the banks of the Pasig River and belongs under the 6th congressional district of Manila, divided into thirty eight barangays that includes Zone 90 to Zone 95 and barangays 833 to 872.-Profile:Based on a year 2000...
, San Miguel has a total land area of 5.48 km². with a total population of 259,157 (2007); 47,291 persons per km².
- It is the location of a notorious and now closed landfill called Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain was a Filipino singing group formed by musical director, composer, conductor Ryan Cayabyab and executive producer Judd Berlin...
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- The Divisoria area, also located in Tondo, is a major business center and shopping area where dry goods, kitchen utensils, vegetables and fruits, shoes, clothing, coffee, candles, candies, fishing equipment etc., can be brought—wholesale or retail. Shoe Mart once had a small store here, as well as being the home of Yangco Market, which sells dry goods; the Divisoria Public Market, now rebuilt; and the new 168 Shopping Mall. Ambulant vendors frequent its major and minor streets.
- It once was the location of the major Procter and Gamble plant in the Philippines at Vitas Street—now closed and dismantled.
- The main terminal of the Philippine National Railways
The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...
is located at the Tutuban district, which is close to the birthplace of Andres BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
. This is now converted to a mall (Tutuban Center).
- West of the district lies the major inter-island port of Manila, North Harbor, and the Manila Container Port.
- The slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...
(matadero) of the Manila City Government is located also at Vitas Street.
- Every third Sunday of January, the Feast of the Sto. Niño of Manila (the Infant Jesus) is celebrated by a procession early in the morning from Tondo Church and winding down its narrow streets punctuated by fireworks.
- The Light Rail Transit (LRT)
The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...
has 5 stations in the Tondo area, namely: Abad SantosAbad Santos LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Abad Santos station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo and Sta. Cruz both in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue...
, TayumanTayuman LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Tayuman station is above-ground. The station serves Santa Cruz in Manila and is located at the corner of Rizal Avenue and Tayuman Street...
, BlumentrittBlumentritt LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves Sampaloc in Manila. The station itself is located near Blumentritt Street, which the station was named after...
, BambangBambang LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Bambang station is above-ground. The station is located in Santa Cruz in Manila, on Rizal Avenue...
and R. PapaR. Papa LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, R. Papa station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue Extension. The station is named after Ricardo Papa Street. The station is the first station in Rizal...
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- It is the Location of Largest Common Locale of Iglesia ni Cristo
Iglesia ni Cristo also known as INC, is the largest entirely indigenous Christian religious organization that originated from the Philippines and the largest independent church in Asia. Due to a number of similarities, some Protestant writers describe the INC's doctrines as restorationist in...
which is the 6000 seater INC Tondo Locale Chapel at Juan Luna st. cor. Moriones Road.
Sto. Niño Festival
On the third Sunday of January, the Sto. Niño festivals began in various parts of the country, particularly in Tondo, Manila. Its parish priest Fr. Enrique Santos, of the Sto. Niño Parish, said the celebrations of 2008 started "with the traditional procession of devotees dancing on the street while carrying images of the Child JesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
; a pagodaA pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
carrying an old image of Sto. Niño from Spain will lead the parade with 20 smaller boats accompanying it; the parish in Tondo houses the image of Sto. Niño made of ivory that was brought to the country by Augustinian priests from Acapulco, Mexico in the late 1570’s."
In the January 20, 2008 celebration of the feast of Sto. Niño, Guillermo Llanza, 32, of Velasquez St., Tondo, Julius Tarigo, 36, and Michael Banika, 32, of Area D in Parola were killed, while 5 others were wounded including PO2 Anthony Bongcal, 24, Don Bosco police, who was shot.
Celebrities/Politicians born/raised in Tondo
- Rolando Tinio
Rolando Santos Tinio was a Filipino poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic, essayist and educator.-Biography:...
, Poet, Director, And Actor, Born In Gagalangin
- Emilio Jacinto
Emilio Jacinto y Dizon , was a Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan.-Biography:Born in Trozo, Tondo, Manila. Jacinto was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon...
, The Brain Of The Katipunan
- Macario Sacay
Macario Sakay y de León was a Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution against Spain and in the Philippine-American War. According to some historians, He may have been a president of the Philippines but is currently not recognized as such by the Philippine government.He continued resistance...
, Revolutionary And Katipunero
- Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
, revolutionary, supremo leader of katipunan
- Dolphy
Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
, Comedian
- Ethel Booba
Ethel Gabison, also known by her stage name Ethel Booba, is a Filipino TV personality and comedienne. She has also worked in the recording industry.She is a former talent of GMA Network and was one of the hosts of Extra Challenge...
, TV host/comedienne{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Vice Ganda
Vice Ganda is a Filipino comedian, host, actor and recording artist. He is a regular host/judge on ABS-CBN’s talent show Showtime and starred on his two films, one of which considered as the highest-grossing film in Philippine cinema....
, TV host/comedienne
- Angelica Panganiban
Angelica Panganiban is a Filipina film and television actress and comedian.-Early years:...
, Actress/comedienne
- Valerie Concepcion
Valerie Concepcion is a Filipina actress, host and celebrity endorser. A former GMA-7 talent, she is known of her role as Nora Ferrer in the soap opera Sinasamba Kita but later transferred to its rival network ABS-CBN...
, WowoweeWowowee was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show premiered on February 5, 2005, and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel...
co-host{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Arnold Clavio
Arnold Clavio is a popular radio and television newscaster, journalist, and a TV host in the Philippines. He currently co-anchors GMA Network's late-night newscast, Saksi with Vicky Morales and hosts a morning radio show, One on One with Igan on DZBB.-Biography:In his elementary and high school...
, broadcaster, GMA-7{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Joseph Estrada
Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, former President of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
- Jose Manalo
Jose Manalo is a Filipino actor, comedian working for GMA Network and stars in noon-time variety show Eat Bulaga!.-Biography and Career:...
, entertainer{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
- Isko Moreno
Francisco Domagoso is the current vice mayor of Manila, Philippines, and a former three-term councilor of the city's first congressional district...
, ManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
Vice-Mayor
- Aiza Seguerra
Cariza Yamson Seguerra better known as Aiza Seguerra is a Filipino actress, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She traces her roots from Calauag, Quezon....
, singer, former child star{{Citation needed|date=October 2009
- Regine Velasquez
Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez , better known as Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez, is a Filipino singer, actress, record producer and TV host...
, singer
- Manuel Villar, Senator of the Philippines
Hospitals
- Tondo General Hospital
- Mary Johnston Hospital
- Gat. Andres Bonifacio Hospital
- Metropolitan Hospital
- Ospital ng Tondo
- Amisola Maternity Hospital (Hermosa Street, Manuguit, Tondo)
- Santa Rita College Hospital (T.Ernshaw Street, Gagalangin Tondo)
Malls, Supermarkets and Public Markets
- Tutuban Cluster Bldg.
- Robinson's Tutuban
- Tutuban Centermall
- SM Hypermarket Road 10, Tondo
- PureGold Tayuman
- Pritil Public Market
- Puregold Divisoria
- Obrero Market (Blumetritt)
- Gagalangin Public Market (Pampanga Street, Gagagalangin)
Landmarks
- Plaza Andres Bonifacio
- Plaza Moriones
- Plaza A. Hernandez
- Plaza Morga
- Smokey Mountain
- Plaza Leon
- Plaza Vicente Del Fierro (Gagalangin)
In popular culture
Tondo is the backdrop for the independent movie TribuTribu is a 2007 Filipino crime drama film directed by Jim Libiran, released in its home country of the Philippines in 2007. It stars real life members of gangs from the films setting in Tondo, Manila. The tagline is "Every night, juvenile tribes prowl the streets of Tondo...
, which shows street life and gang life from an impoverished boy's point of view.
External links
{{Portal|Manila}}
{{Districts of Manila}}