Tondo

Tondo lay on the northern side of the Pasig River delta, across from Maynila. Its chiefs commanded an important trading community at the head of Manila Bay, linked by water to the interior and by sea to merchants from China and other lands. A place called Tundun appears in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription of 900, evidence of the antiquity of the settlement and its connections.

When the Spanish arrived in 1571, Tondo's leading ruler bore the title Lakandula. He met Miguel López de Legazpi and made peace, while the Spanish established their city across the river. The old ruling families did not immediately disappear from local affairs. In 1587–1588 a group of Tagalog and Kapampangan chiefs, including Lakandula's son Magat Salamat, plotted against Spanish rule. The conspiracy was uncovered and its leaders punished, marking another stage in the subordination of the old polities around the bay.

The later city of Quezon City lies here.