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Description: The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines and one of the ... more

Manila ... municipalities that comprise Metro Manila. The city is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on Luzon, the country's largest island. Manila is the hub of a thriving metropolitan area home to over 10 million people. The Metro Manila area also known as the National Capital Region (NCR), of which the City of Manila is a part, is a much bigger metropolis consisting of 17 cities and municipalities. This article discusses the city itself; see Metro Manila for the article on the metropolis.

Newest Review: ... Manila's traffic jams. If you think you have seen the worst of jams, visit Manila and you will very soon change your mind. The city has had to come up with ingenious ways of reducing traffic, including barring odd and even numbered registered vehicles from entering the city on different days of the week. So, if your car registration began with a '6' for instance, you might not be ... more

... allowed to drive in the city on a Wednesday. Shopping is good in Manila and cheaper than Singapore or Malaysia, for instance, especially for well known brands. Among the city Malls that could hold an attraction for the visitor are Glorietta and Gaisano...more

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Manila - A city of contrasts (316 words)
by - written on 26/01/01 (Very useful, 131 readings)
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MANILA, a city full of contrasts, from the rich beautiful buildings of its colonial past to the present day corrugated roofed patched wooden dwellings. Where child beggars turn up their dirty palms to shiny black Mercedes benz cars waiting at the traffic lights.Where it takes six months to get a phone line but one day to make a best friend. This is Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. No review of Manila is complete without mention of Manila's traffic jams. If you think you have seen the worst of jams, visit Manila and you will very soon change your mind. The city has had to come up with ingenious ways of reducing traffic, ... Read the complete review