Tondo, Manila

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.\n

Tondo is well over a thousand years old

\nHistorically, 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.