Editing Metro Manila (section)

===Third Philippine Republic===
====Creation of the National Capital Region====
[[World War II]] resulted in the loss of more than 100,000 lives in the [[Battle of Manila (1945)|battle of Manila]] in 1945. Most of the developments in Burnham's design were also destroyed. Later on, Quezon City was eventually declared as the [[national capital]] in 1948 and later expanded to the areas formerly under the jurisdiction of Caloocan, Marikina, and [[San Mateo, Rizal]]. 

====Reinstitution as Metropolitan Manila under martial law====
On February 27, 1975, a [[1975 Philippine executive and legislative powers referendum|referendum]] was held wherein residents of Greater Manila approved granting President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] the authority to restructure the local governments into an integrated system like a manager-commission for under such terms and conditions as he may decide. On November 7, 1975, Metro Manila was formally established through Presidential Decree No. 824. The Metropolitan Manila Commission was also created to manage the region.<ref name="PD824" /> On June 2, 1978, through Presidential Decree No. 1396, the metropolitan area was declared the National Capital Region of the Philippines.<ref name="PD1396">{{cite PH act|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/26/16961|title=Creating the Department of Human Settlements and the Human Settlements Development Corporation, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and Accordingly Amending Certain Presidential Decrees|chamber=PD|number=1396|date=1978-06-02|publisher=[[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court E-Library]]|accessdate=2023-07-10|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710122046/https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/26/16961|archivedate=2023-07-10|url-status=live}}</ref> When Metro Manila was established, there were four cities, [[Manila]], [[Quezon City]], [[Caloocan]], [[Pasay]] and the thirteen municipalities of [[Las Piñas]], [[Makati]], [[Malabon]], [[Mandaluyong]], [[Marikina]], [[Muntinlupa]], [[Navotas]], [[Parañaque]], [[Pasig]], [[Pateros]], [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]], [[Taguig]], and [[Valenzuela, Philippines|Valenzuela]]. At present, all but one of these municipalities have become independent chartered cities; only Pateros still remains as a [[Municipalities of the Philippines|municipality]].

President Marcos appointed his wife, [[First Spouse of the Philippines|First Lady]] [[Imelda Marcos]], as the first [[governor of Metro Manila]]. She launched the [[City of Man]] campaign. The [[Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex]], Metropolitan [[Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas|Folk Arts Theater]], [[Philippine International Convention Center]], [[Coconut Palace]] and healthcare facilities such as the [[Lung Center of the Philippines]], [[Philippine Heart Center]], and the [[National Kidney and Transplant Institute|Kidney Center of the Philippines]] are all constructed precisely for this purpose. 

The capital of the Philippines was re-designated to [[Manila]] in 1976 through Presidential Decree No. 940. The decree states that Manila has always been, to the Filipino people and in the eyes of the world, the premier city of the Philippines, being the center of trade, commerce, education, and culture. While the then-newly formed region was designated as the [[seat of government]].<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=940|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno940.html#.UXU0i8qwV7k|title=Establishing Manila as the Capital of the Philippines and as the Permanent Seat of the National Government |date=June 24, 1976|publisher=Chan C. Robles Virtual Law Library|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307060640/http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno940.html#.UXU0i8qwV7k|archive-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>