អត្ថបទនេះស្ដីអំពី the capital of the Philippines។ ចំពោះthe Manila metropolitan area សូមមើល Metro Manila។ ចំពោះ ការប្រើប្រាស់ផ្សេងសូមមើល ម៉ានីល (អសង្ស័យកម្ម)។
Manila has a total population of 1,652,171 according to the 2010 census[៣] and is the second most populous city in the Philippines, behind Quezon City. The populace inhabit an area of only 38.55 square kilometers, making Manila the most densely populated city in the world.[៤][៥]
Listed as a global city, Manila has its strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport making it the historical, cultural, political, economic and educational center of the Philippines.[៦]
The earliest written account of the city is the 10th-century Laguna Copperplate Inscription which describes a context of an Indianisedkingdom maintaining diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Medang. The city was invaded by Brunei'sSultanBolkiah and was already Islamized by the 15th century when the Spanish Conquistadors first arrived. Manila eventually became the center of Spanish activity in the Far East and one end of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade route linking Latin America and Asia. The city would eventually be given the moniker of the "Pearl of the Orient", as a result of its central location in the vital Pacific sea trade routes. Several Chinese insurrections, local revolts, a British Occupation and a Sepoy mutiny also occurred shortly thereafter. Manila also saw the rise of the Philippine Revolution which was followed by the arrival of the Americans who made contributions to the city's urban planning and development only to have most of those improvements lost in the devastation of World War II. Since then the city has been rebuilt.
↑"Cities". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Archived from the original on 9 មីនា 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.