City of Greater Manila

City of Greater Manila Lungsod ng Kalakhang Maynila (Tagalog) Ciudad de Gran Manila (Spanish) 大マニラ市 Dai Manira-shi (Japanese)
Chartered city of the Philippines
1942–1945
Location of the historical city of Greater Manila
Government
Mayor
• December 24, 1941 – January 26, 1942	Jorge B. Vargas
• January 27, 1942 – July 17, 1944	León Guinto
Historical era	World War II
• Established	1 January 1942
• Disestablished	1 August 1945
Preceded by Succeeded by Manila (city) Rizal Manila (city) Rizal
Today part of	Metro Manila

Greater Manila, officially the City of Greater Manila and sometimes referred to as the Greater Manila Area (GMA),^[1] was a chartered city^[2] that existed during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II, from 1942 to 1945. Governed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines, it served as a model for the present-day Metro Manila and the administrative functions of the governor of Metro Manila—both established three decades later during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. It was a merger of Manila, Quezon City, and the then-Rizal towns of Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Parañaque, Pasay, and San Juan, all present parts of Metro Manila.