Binondo

Binondo
Binondo
Traditional Chinese	岷倫洛區
Simplified Chinese	岷伦洛区
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mínlúnluò Qū
Bopomofo	ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄩ
Wade–Giles	Min2-lun2-lo4 Ch'ü1
IPA	[mǐn.lwə̌n.lwô tɕʰý]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Màhn lèuhn lok kēui āu
Jyutping	Man4 leon4 lok3 keoi1 au1
IPA	[mɐn˩ lɵn˩ lɔːk̚˧ kʰɵy˥ ɐu˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Bîn-lûn-lo̍h-khi

Binondo
Binondo
Constituent and Central Business District of Manila
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	岷倫洛
	Filipino-Chinese Friendship Arch
	Nickname: Chinatown
	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)
• 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

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 Filipino-Chinese 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]}

[Census2020-1] "Highlights of the National Capital Region (NCR) Population 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved November 14, 2021.

[2] New discoveries in the world's oldest Chinatown GMA news

[3] Geni Raitisoja (July 8, 2006). "Chinatown Manila: Oldest in the world". Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[4] Wherry, Frederick F. (September 1, 2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 355. ISBN 9781452226439. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[5] Umali, Justin (February 4, 2019). "How Binondo Became the World's Oldest Chinatown". Esquire. Summit Media. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[6] 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.

[7] Simon Ostheimer (September 12, 2012). "World's best Chinatowns". Retrieved January 12, 2015.^{[dead link]}

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