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Binondo | |
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Constituent and Central Business District of Manila | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 岷倫洛 |
 Binondo skyline at night | |
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 Location within Manila | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region |
| City | Manila |
| Congressional District | Part of 3rd District of Manila |
| Barangays | 10 |
| Founded | 1594 |
| Founded by | Luis Pérez Dasmariñas |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.66 km2 (0.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 20,491 |
| • Density | 31,000/km2 (79,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Philippine Standard Time) |
| Zip codes | 1006 |
| Area codes | 2 |
| Languages | Hokkien Tagalog Mandarin |
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| Traditional Chinese | 岷倫洛區 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 岷伦洛区 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Binondo (Chinese: 岷倫洛; pinyin: Mínlúnluò; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-lûn-lo̍h) is a district in Manila and is referred to as the city's Chinatown.[2] Its influence extends beyond to the places of Quiapo, Santa Cruz, San Nicolas and Tondo. It is the oldest Chinatown in the world, established in 1594[3][4][5][6] by the Spaniards as a settlement near Intramuros but across the Pasig River for Catholic Chinese; it was positioned so that the colonial administration could keep a close eye on their migrant subjects.[7] It was already a hub of Chinese commerce even before the Spanish colonial period. Binondo is the center of commerce and trade of Manila, where all types of business run by Chinese Filipinos thrive.
Noted residents include Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the Filipino protomartyr, and Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, founder of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
- ^ "Highlights of the National Capital Region (NCR) Population 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
- ^ New discoveries in the world's oldest Chinatown GMA news
- ^ Geni Raitisoja (July 8, 2006). "Chinatown Manila: Oldest in the world". Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- ^ Wherry, Frederick F. (September 1, 2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 355. ISBN 9781452226439. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Umali, Justin (February 4, 2019). "How Binondo Became the World's Oldest Chinatown". Esquire. Summit Media. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Bernard P. Wong; Chee-Beng Tan (March 21, 2013). Chinatowns around the World: Gilded Ghetto, Ethnopolis, and Cultural Diaspora. Brill Publishers. p. 272. ISBN 9789004255906. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Simon Ostheimer (September 12, 2012). "World's best Chinatowns". Retrieved January 12, 2015.[dead link]