Manila
Capital District
Ermita

Ermita

Ermita is a district in central , . It is a significant center of finance, education, culture, and commerce. Ermita serves as the civic center of Manila, bearing the seat of city government and a large portion of the area's employment, business, and entertainment activities.
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  • Type: Suburb with 22,900 residents
  • Description: district of Manila, Philippines
  • Also known as: “Ermita, Manila”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rizal Park and National Library of the Philippines.

Park
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, also known as Luneta Park or simply Luneta, is a historic located in Ermita, . It is considered one of the largest urban parks in the Philippines, covering an area of 58 hectares.

Library
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The is the ' official repository of information on cultural heritage and other literary resources. It is located in the district of Ermita in , near historically significant offices and institutions such as the National Museum of Natural History and the National Historical Commission.

Church
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The Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture, also known as the Church of Saint Augustine and Immaculate Conception Parish, is a Roman Catholic church under the auspices of the Order of Saint Augustine located inside the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila, Philippines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southeast Manila and Intramuros.

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The districts of Paco, Pandacan, San Andres Bukid, and Santa Ana form a vast working-class area on the southeast of . Though they have become homes for the lower class, the districts maintain their history and culture.

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, also known as the Ciudad Murada because of its most famous feature: a nearly 5-km-long circuit of massive stone walls and fortifications that almost completely surrounds the entire district, is the historic centre and oldest district of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

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is a district of , . Together with the district of Ermita, it serves as Manila's center for commerce and tourism.

Ermita

Latitude
14.57859° or 14° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
120.9795° or 120° 58′ 46″ east
Population
22,900
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PH ERM
Open location code
7Q62HXHH+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21721230
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1713828
Wiki­data ID
Q1111831
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Waray—“Ermita” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Էրմիտա”
  • Asturian: “Ermita”
  • Catalan: “Ermita”
  • Cebuano: “Ermita”
  • Chinese: “艾米塔区”
  • Chinese: “艾米塔區”
  • Danish: “Ermita”
  • Dutch: “Ermita”
  • French: “Ermita”
  • Galician: “Ermita”
  • German: “Ermita”
  • Hebrew: “מנילה/ארמיטה”
  • Iloko: “Ermita, Manila”
  • Iloko: “Ermita”
  • Japanese: “エルミタ (マニラ)”
  • Japanese: “エルミタ”
  • Latin: “Ermita”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ermita”
  • Portuguese: “Ermita”
  • Russian: “Эрмита”
  • Slovenian: “Ermita”
  • Spanish: “Ermita”
  • Tagalog: “Ermita, Maynila”
  • Tagalog: “Ermita”
  • Uzbek: “Ermita”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ermita”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ermita”. Photo: Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 3.0.