Estero de Vitas

An outrigger banca on Estero de Vitas, as viewed from R-10 Bridge I, on Radial Road 10, Balut, Tondo, Manila. 14°36'35"N 120°57'29"E

The Estero de Vitas is one of the rivulets, known as esteros, which delineated the small islands which historically constituted the city of Manila[1] and its predecessors, the Tagalog polities (called "bayan") of Maynila and Tondo.[2] These esteros, along with the larger rivers of Manila Bay and the Pasig River delta, originally formed an important connecting network which allowed the precolonial polities of that Tagalog and Kapampangan peoples.

The Estero de Vitas drains water from Manila as far as Tayuman Street, and then dumps water directly to Manila Bay. It is connected to the Navotas River, as well as to Canal de la Reina and Estero de Sunog Apog.

References

  1. ↑ "Physiognomy". City of Manila Tourism. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pre-colonial Manila". Malacañang Presidential Museum and Library. Malacañang Presidential Museum and Library Araw ng Maynila Briefers. Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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