Editing Metro Manila (section)

===American rule===
====Creation of the province of Rizal====
During American rule, the province was dissolved and most of it was incorporated into the newly created province of [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] on June 11, 1901, by Act No. 137.<ref>{{Cite PH act |url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l2485 |date=June 11, 1901 |title=An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Rizal |chamber=Act |number=137 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814142946/https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l2485 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the current territory of Metropolitan Manila, the towns of [[Caloocan]], [[Las Piñas]], [[Marikina|Mariquina]] (now Marikina), [[Pasig]], [[Parañaque]], [[Malabon]], [[Navotas]], [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan del Monte]] (now San Juan), [[Makati|San Pedro de Macati]] (now Makati), [[Mandaluyong|San Felipe Neri]] (now Mandaluyong), [[Muntinlupa]] and the [[Taguig]]-[[Pateros]] area were designated to Rizal, with Pasig being the provincial capital. On the other hand, [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Polo]] (now Valenzuela) remained in [[Bulacan]].

Manila in 1901 was composed of [[Binondo]], [[Ermita]], [[Intramuros]], [[Malate, Manila|Malate]], Manila, [[Pandacan]], [[Quiapo, Manila|Quiapo]], [[Sampaloc, Manila|Sampaloc]], [[Paco, Manila|San Fernando de Dilao]], [[San Miguel, Manila|San Miguel]], [[San Nicolas, Manila|San Nicolas]], [[Santa Ana, Manila|Santa Ana de Sapa]], [[Santa Cruz, Manila|Santa Cruz]], and [[Tondo, Manila|Tondo]].<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=183|title=An act to incorporate the City of Manila|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l8b5e|date=July 31, 1901|access-date=May 26, 2023|archive-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002020316/https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l8b5e|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the American rule, the American [[architect]] [[Daniel Burnham]] was commissioned to propose a [[Burnham Plan of Manila|Plan of Manila]] for the Philippine government.