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Manila's 4th congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Manila. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1949. [3] The district consists of barangays 395 to 586 in the northern Manila district of Sampaloc bordering Quezon City. [4]
Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, Manila's pre-war two-district representation was retained; this remained so until 1949. By virtue of the Revised Charter of the City of Manila , [ 1 ] enacted on June 18, 1949, the city was divided into four congressional districts.
The region as a whole is geographically divided into four districts, of which the first district is the central capital City of Manila, the second and third districts located to the east and north of the City, respectively, and the fourth district covering the remaining areas of the region south of the City and the Pasig River.
Congressional districts of the Philippines (Filipino: distritong pangkapulungan) refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the House of Representatives (with the other 63 being elected through a system of party-list proportional representation).
The city council district, coterminus with Manila's 4th congressional district, is composed of barangays in Sampaloc (Barangays 395-586). Councilors Don Juan Bagatsing, Louisa Quintos and Science Reyes are eligible for reelection, while Councilors Krystle Marie Bacani, Luisito Chua and Joel T. Villanueva are term-limited.
Districts of the City of Manila — one of the cities in the Metro Manila region of the ... Buildings and structures in Manila by district (16 C) B. Binondo (3 C, 7 P) E.
Districts of Metro Manila — the official administrative districts of Metro Manila, aka the National Capital Region, located in Luzon of the northern Philippines. Also the informal business districts and neighborhoods of the 16 cities and 1 municipality within Metro Manila .
Representation to the legislature traces its origin to the Spanish era, when the Philippines was granted very limited representation to the Spanish Cortes.During the American period, when the Philippine Bill of 1902 was enacted, the first Philippine Assembly was established as the lower house and the then-existing Philippine Commission as the upper house.