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Tondo, Manila

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Tondo is one of the districts of the Philippines' capital city of Manila. Tondo is located in the northwest portion of the city and is primarily residential-industrial in nature. Tondo is notorious for being the poorest and most underdeveloped district. Many of the city's slums are found in this area.

Tondo is well over a thousand years old

Historically, Tondo was first mentioned in the
Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in the National Museum of the Philippines, dated April 21 900. See History of the Philippines.