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Tranvía En España
The Tranvía was a streetcar system that served Manila and its surrounding cities during the early years of the 20th century. History Prior to the tranvia, modes of street transportation in Manila were mostly horse-drawn, consisting of the ''calesa'', the lighter '' carromata'', and the fancy . The tranvia served as the first railway transport to run in the Philippines, as in its earliest years the Ferrocarril de Manila–Dagupan are in its planning stages. The tranvia was renowned as "state-of-the-art" in East Asia, and had provided efficient transport to the residents of Manila. ''Tranvias de Filipinas'' During the Spanish colonial era, the tramway was referred to as the ''Tranvias de Filipinas''. The decree in 1875 by King Alfonso XII initiated the planning for railways in the Philippines. The following year, in 1876, the , prepared by the Administracion de Obras Publicas to identify the layouts of future railway documents. In the same year, Engineer Eduardo López Na ...
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Manila (province)
Manila, also known as Tondo until 1859, was a province of the Captaincy General of the Philippines that encompassed former History of the Philippines (900–1565), pre-Hispanic polities of Tondo (historical polity), Tondo, Maynila (historical polity), Maynila, and Namayan. In 1898, it comprised the city of Manila (primarily referring to present-day Intramuros) and 23 other municipalities. In 1901, the province was dissolved, with the city of Manila absorbing six of its smaller neighboring municipalities. The remaining part was merged with the adjacent district of Morong (district), Morong to form the Rizal (province), province of Rizal. Cities and municipalities The province was last composed of the City of Manila and 23 other municipalities. The districts of Binondo, Manila, Binondo, Paco, Manila, Dilao, Ermita, Manila, Ermita, Malate, Manila, Malate, Pandacan, Manila, Pandacan, Quiapo, Manila, Quiapo, Sampaloc, Manila, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Manila, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Manil ...
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