Binondo

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Chinatown district historic district

Binondo is Manila’s historic Chinatown, renowned as one of the oldest Chinatowns in the world and a bustling center of commerce, culture, and Chinese-Filipino heritage.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinatown → district → historic district →
adjacentTo	Intramuros → San Nicolas, Manila → Santa Cruz, Manila →
borderedBy	Pasig River →
country	Philippines →
economy	commercial center → trade hub →
ethnicGroup	Chinese Filipinos → Tsinoy community →
foundedBy	Spanish colonial government →
hasPart	Binondo Church → Binondo-Intramuros Bridge → Carvajal Street → Escolta Street → Lucky Chinatown Mall → Ongpin Street → Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz →
hasPlaceOfWorship	Binondo Church → Minor Basilica of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz → Seng Guan Temple →
heritageDesignation	oldest Chinatown in the world →
historicalPeriod	Spanish colonial period in the Philippines →
inception	1594 →
knownFor	Catholic churches → Chinese restaurants → Chinese temples → Chinese-Filipino culture → gold and jewelry shops → lunar new year celebrations → traditional Chinese medicine shops →
languageUsed	English → Filipino → Hokkien → Mandarin Chinese →
locatedIn	Manila →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	City of Manila → Metro Manila → National Capital Region →
locatedOn	north bank of the Pasig River →
locatedOnStreet	Escolta Street → Ongpin Street →
originallyIntendedFor	Chinese migrants who converted to Catholicism →
partOf	City of Manila → Philippines →
religion	Buddhism → Chinese folk religion → Roman Catholicism → Taoism →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Intramuros →	nearbyDistrict
Manila →	notableDistrict