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Manila - Philippines
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. Manila lies on the island of Luzon. It is one from another 16 towns and communes, these the 635 km ² form a large region metro Manila together. Almost 15 million lives in the complete region Manila in the real city of almost 1600000 million people. Those inhabitants particularly foreigner and Filipinos who live outside the metro pole region describe the complete metro region as a Manila.
Story of Manila
Rajah Sulaiman was ruling at the time in the Manila, which maintained contacts with the sultanates Brunei, Ternate and Sulu at the same time, did a Spanish expedition reach Manila, led by Martin de Goiti, and did the settlement at which all members of the court of the sultan were killed conquer. A year later Miguel López de Legaspi seized the town in the name of the Spanish crown into possession and it declared the capital of the Spanish colony of the Filipinos. To which the enclave of Intramuros was set up to southern shores of the Pasig, to the fortress to the protection of the Spanish settlers. 1579 set up pope Gregor XIII. the diocese Manila, which one pope Clemens VIII. 1595 to the archbishopric lifted up. Manila seat of the bishops of the diocese is Manila since then.
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