 The names ‘Seludong’, ‘Saludong’ or ‘Selurong’ are all interchangeably used to denote an area where the Kingdom of Maynila was later established prior to the arrival of Spanish colonizers in the Philippines in the 16th century.The Kingdom of Tondo is located at the northern part of Pasig River.As it is located at the center of regional trading route, it capitalized on the trade with China during the Ming dynasty and with other countries in Southeast and East Asia.