NCR – NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

NCR – National Capital Region also known as Metropolitan Manila home to 12

million people and has 16 urbanized cities Manila and 1705 Barangays

Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Mandaluyong, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon,

Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig and
Valenzuela.
In 1571 Manila became the Capital of the Philippines under the rule of Spanish
1898 – 1899 Marikina served as the capital of the Philippines under the rule of
United states
In 1901 the recreation of manila began and they commissioned the Philippine
commonwealth to build churches around manila.
In 1948 – 1976 President Quezon established the Quezon city it was later
returned to manila under presidential decree no. 940
November 7 1975 Metro Manila was officially Established through presidential
Decree no. 824
June 2 1978 Manila was declared the National Capital Region of the Philippines
with Imelda Marcos as the ruler.
1995 Corazon Aquino reorganized the structure of the Metropolitan Manila
Commission and renamed it to MMDA Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority.

THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE NCR

THE FOUR DISTRICTS OF MANILA

1st District is the city of manila
2nd District is Mandaluyong, Pasig, Quezon city, San Juan.
3re District Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Venlenzuela.
4re District Las Piñas, Makati, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Pateros, Tagauig.

METRO MANILA
–A city of great diversity. And a place of attraction rich in historical, cultural, and
religious influences. Interesting Places include Rizal Park, the National Museum,
Manila bay, the walled city of Intramuros, The cultural center of the Philippines in
makati, Quezon city memorial circle and Ninoy Aquino wildlife center, and as well
the shopping centers in Ortigas center.

–The metropolis has an extensive system of highways connecting the various

cities and municipalities. The major roads include ten radial roads, which branch
out from central manila and five circumferential roads which form a series of
concentric semi-circular around downtown Manila.

TRANSPORTATION
C-4(circumferential Road1) also called Epifanio de Los santos Avenue or more
popularity as edsa.
R-1 (Radial Road1) Roxas Boulevard and Manila cavite expressway.
R-3 or the south Luzon Expressway (SLEX)
R-6 (Aurora Boulevard and Marcos Highway)
R-8 or the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX)

TWO DIFFERENT TRANSIT SYSTEM IN METRO MANILA

–The manila light rail transit system or the LRT, and the manila Metro transit
system or the MRT. The yellow Line (LRT-1) and the Purple line (MRT-2) form the
LRT network, while the blue line (MRT-3) forms the MRT network, with the 29
station on the LRT and 13 station on the MRT.

The Ninoy Aquino international airport (NAIA) which straddles the boundary
between Parañaque city and Pasay city it presently consists of two terminals,
while a third one will open soon.

The main international airport serving the manila metropolitan area in the
Philippines Located between the cites of pasay and parañaque, about 7
kilometers sout of manila proper and southwest of makati, is the main gate way
for travelers to the philippines and serves as a hub for Air swift, cargo, cebu
pacific, pal express, and Philippines Airlines, it is also the main operating base for
philippines Air asia.
Manila is the main hub of the spanish mestizo minority, small foreign
communities include the chinese, Americans, South Asians, spaniards,
indonesians, japanese, koreans, Arabs and various others

Being in the Heart of the tagalog region, Tagalogs constitute the majority in the
metro manila, however being the capital of the nation metro manila has also
attracted great migrations of the Filipino ethno linquaistoc groups from around
the country especially those of ilocano, bicolano, cebuano, waray

Manileño tagalog, was proclaimed as the national language during the years of
former president Manuel L. Quezon during the Philippine commonwealth in 1935
and the foreign languages other than English spoken by a limited number of
people, mostly immigrant communities include spanish, sindia punjabi, japanese,
bahasa, indonesia,
Korean, and several other european languages.
Some of the festivities, holidays, and traditions are:

• Feast of Black Nazarene

- It is one of the most famous religious processions of the Philippines. In this
procession, barefoot men and women join and walk for hours through the street
of the city. It is celebrated annually on january 9. The people believe that
touching the black nazarene can heal sick people and the black nazarene has a
miracle power. The procession of the black nazarene is ti commemorates the
“translacion”

• Aliwan Fiesta
- It is one of the most popular celebrations in the philippines. It started in 2003
but has already earned a place among the parties most visited by tourists. The
aliwan fiesta is an annual event that brings together different cultures across the
country, showing their dances, traditions, art and culture. Aliwan fiesta is the
mother of all festivals. Aliwan is a filipino word for “entertainment” or “
amusement”.

• Santo Niño
- The celebration of the Santo Niño makes filipino decorate their streets,
specially the district of tondo. It is celebrated on the third day of january. The
residents celebrate the feast with a grand fluvial procession. One of the much
awaited activities is the lakbayaw.

• Old Makati’s Bailes de los Arcos

- The Baile de los Arcos is a party held for generations in Manila. It also has
religous character, since it’s dedicated to the Virgen de la Rosa, Saint Peter, and
Saint Paul. The Panatang Sayaw or Baile de los Arcos is performed for two
consecutive mornings.

• Buling-buling Pandacan
- The buling-buling in Pandacan is one of the most popular dance celebrations
in the area. Buling-buling is a religous and cultural event celebrated annually in
Pandacan Manila it is usually held on the third day of january.

• Battle of Manila
- Every 3rd of february the capital of the philippines celebrates the release of
its territory during world war II in 1945.

• Manila Day
 - June 24th is a holiday in Manila. The party is celebrated by most religions
living in the Philippines. Each of those prepare a feast to remember and
celebrate. The city celebrates the day as a special public holiday for the city
wherein schools, private officers, and government agencies are closed

Austronesians who migrated from the pacific islands and established

settlements along manila bay and the banks of the pasig river, as the first
residents of what we call now manila.

The modern name for the dish originates with the spanish, the dish as adobo de
los naturales literally "The marinade of the natives"

When Chinese traders first arrived on the islands in the 9th century, they brought
them an array of noodle from the homeland that have in 1594 when spanish
governor granted land to immigrant Chinese merchants who had converted to
Catholicism.

Over the centuries the noodles or the pancit spread throughout the Philippines
and made each version of the Pancit. Like Pancit canton, Pancit Malabon, Pancit
Palabok and others

The Halo-Halo the Americans built the first country’s insular ice plant for the
benefit of their soldiers and in 1920’s the Japanese immigrants came and made
business with the americans and the Japanese set up their own shop installed
with ice shavers and so they combined the food of the Philippines and the
Japanese desserts. The dessert is inspired by another desserts Mitsumane and
kakigori and other ingredients of the Philippines.

Metro Manila is home to several leading Educational Institution such as Ateneo,

La Salle, university of the Philippines and University of santo Tomas and other
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