page_title: Tondo (historical polity)
section_title: Names and etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Tondo (historical polity) / Names and etymology
caption_attribution_description: Plate from book
context_page_description: In early Philippine history, the Tagalog settlement at Tondo or Tundun was a major trade hub located on the northern part of the Pasig River delta, on Luzon island.
  Together with Maynila, the polity on the southern part of the Pasig River delta, it established a shared monopoly on the trade of Chinese goods throughout the rest of the Philippine archipelago, making it an established force in trade throughout Southeast Asia and East Asia.
  Tondo is of particular interest to Filipino historians and historiographers because it is one of the oldest historically documented settlements in the Philippines. Scholars generally agree that it was mentioned in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the Philippines oldest extant locally produced written document, dating back to 900 CE.
  Following contact with the Spanish Empire beginning in 1570 and the defeat of local rulers in the Manila Bay area in 1571, Tondo was ruled from Manila. Tondo's absorption into the Spanish Empire effectively ended its status as an independent political entity; it now exists as a district of the modern City of Manila.
caption: Plate depicting the "tundok" plant (Aegiceras corniculatum), from Fray Francisco Manuel Blanco's "Flora de Filipinas"
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