Manila's 5th congressional district

Manila's 5th congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Boundary of Manila's 5th congressional district in Manila
Location of Manila within Metro Manila
CityManila
RegionMetro Manila
Population395,065 (2020)[1]
Electorate217,787 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
6 city districts
Area11.56 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1987
RepresentativeWilliam Irwin C. Tieng
Political party  Asenso Manileño
  Lakas
Congressional blocMajority

Manila's 5th congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Manila. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1987.[3] The district consists of barangays 649 to 828 in the south Manila districts of Ermita, Intramuros, Malate, Port Area, San Andres and south Paco bordering the adjacent cities of Makati and Pasay.[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by William Irwin C. Tieng of Asenso Manileño and Lakas–CMD.[5]

This district also includes the Manila City Hall and Manila South Cemetery, an exclave of Manila surrounded by Makati, within its borders.

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 30, 2023.