Manila 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 recorded a population of 1,902,590 at the 2024 census within a city area of about 42.34 square kilometres. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Population2024 census figure. Area (sq km) Founding YearRefers to the Spanish founding of the walled city of Intramuros; a Tagalog-fortified polity, Maynila, existed on the site earlier, by 1258 per the same section. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Rounded from the infobox figure of 9.0 m above sea level. Connections
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manila is associated with metro-manila.
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Manila is Philippines's capital.
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manila is the capital of metro-manila.
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Manila is Philippines's capital.
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The Supreme Court compound is located in what was formerly a part of the University of the Philippines Manila campus.
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With 44,935 inhabitants per square kilometer (116,380/sq mi), Manila is one of the world's most densely populated cities proper.
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1,902,590
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2024
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42.34
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9 m
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120.9772
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On June 24, 1571, after the defeat of the polity's last indigenous ruler, Rajah Sulayman, in the Battle of Bangkusay, Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi began constructing the walled fortification of Intramuros on the ruins of an older settlement from whose name the Spanish and English name Manila derives.
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Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.
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Wikidata: Manila
- Wikidata Q1461, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
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