Tondo is one of the districts of the Philippines' capital city of Manila and is the most densely populated area of land in the world. Tondo is located in the northwest portion of the city and is primarily residential-industrial in nature. Tondo is notorious for being the poorest and most underdeveloped district. Many of the city's slums are found in this area. Manilas President Manuel Roxas Boulevard also known as the Baywalk Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ...

The world's most densely populated district

Tondo I has a land area of 5.64 sq km. with a population of 364,965 (1995); 64,710 persons per sq km.

Tondo II has a land area of 3.46 sq km. with a population of 224,679 (1995); 64,936 persons per sq. km.

Tondo's average residential population density: 64,796 persons per sq. km.

The 6th administrative district which covers the 4 districts of Sta. Ana, Sta. Mesa, Pandacan, San Miguel has a total land area of 5.48 sq. km. with a total population of 374,099 (1995); 68,266 persons per sq. km.

Luzon railway system

The main terminal of the Luzon railway system is located in Tutuban, Tondo, Manila.

History

Historically, Tondo was first mentioned in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in the National Museum of the Philippines, dated April 21, 900. During the Spanish colonial era, Tondo was one of the first provinces to be established, and on 1896, it was also one of the first to declare rebellion against Spain. On 1911, under the American tutelage, there was a major reorganization of political divisions, and the province of Tondo was dissovled, and its towns given to the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan. Today, Tondo just exists as a district in the City of Manila, a blow to its grand history. The Laguna Copperplate inscription, found 1989 in Laguna de Bay, in the metroplex of Manila, Philippines, has inscribed on it a date of Saka era 822, corresponding to April 21st, 900CE according to Vedic astronomy, containing words from Sanskrit, old Javanese, old Malay and old Tagalog, releasing its bearer, Namwaran... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Events Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. ...