San Andres, Manila
San Andres
San Andres Bukid | |
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District of Manila | |
 A street of San Andres Bukid | |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region |
| City | Manila |
| Congressional districts | Part of the 5th district of Manila |
| Barangays | 65 |
| Named for | St. Andrew the Apostle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.6802 km2 (0.6487 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 133,727 |
| • Density | 80,000/km2 (210,000/sq mi) |
San Andres is a district of Manila, Philippines. San Andres shares the Estero Tripa de Gallina as its western and northern border with the districts of Malate and Paco, and to the east with the district of Santa Ana. It borders the city of Makati in the south. The area is under the jurisdiction of the Manila's 5th Congressional District, and includes the Manila South Cemetery, an exclave of the city surrounded by land administrated by Makati.
Etymology
[change | change source]San Andres is commonly known among locals by its longer name, San Andres Bukid. The first part of the name comes from Spanish for Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Manila;[1] while the second part comes from Tagalog bukid, meaning a "rice field", which the area once was.[2]
History
[change | change source]What is now San Andres Bukid was carved from the pre-World War II district of Singalong, as well as parts of the Hacienda de San Pedro Macati (as of 1851 purchase by the Zobel de Ayala family),[3] Santa Ana, Malate, and Paco.[4] Singalong district is largely absorbed into San Andres and is commemorated by a namesake street that runs perpendicular to Quirino Avenue and parallel to Taft Avenue. The street lies west of what is now the western section of San Andres. Elderly residents of Singalong believe that the area's name was derived from a Tagalog word for a cup fashioned from bamboo.
In the Spanish colonial era, Spaniards awarded the area to members of the Capuchin missionaries who thereafter converted the native population to Christianity. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the southern section of Manila was devastated as with most of the city. San Andres was then mostly open space, and it was repopulated by migrants from nearby provinces and the Visayas regions.
Gallery
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Heritage house in San Andres -
South Luzon Expressway overlooking San Andres -
Metro Manila Skyway Stage-3 overlooking San Andres
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ Roces, Alejandro (October 7, 2006). "Fiesta de La Naval". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ↑ de Gamoneda, Francisco J. (1898). Plano de Manila y sus Arrables [Map of Manila and its suburbs] (Map). 1:10,000 (in Spanish). Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ↑ "MAKATI CADASTRAL MAP". Flickr. January 12, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ↑ Antiqua Print Gallery (1920). Manila (Map). 1:30,000. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
