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San Andres San Andres Bukid
District of Manila
A street of San Andres Bukid
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 km (0.6487 sq mi)
Population
• Total	133,727
• Density	80,000/km (210,000/sq mi)

San Andres (also San Andres Bukid) 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, respectively and Pedro Gil and Tejeron streets 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 5th Congressional District of Manila, and includes the Manila South Cemetery, an exclave of the city surrounded by land administered by Makati.

Etymology

San Andres is also known by its longer name San Andres Bukid. The first part of the name comes from Spanish for Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Manila; while the second part comes from Tagalog bukid, meaning "farm" or " field", which the area once was.

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Although San Andres has only a small land area, it is the second most densely populated district in Manila, as of 2020, after Santa Ana. San Andres is divided into its eastern and western sectors by the Osmeña Highway. Mostly residential, San Andres also has some sections classified as commercial.

The majority of the district's population live just above the poverty line, mostly composed of post-World War II settlers from various provinces while the original inhabitants were middle or lower-class migrant families who had formerly settled in Tondo but found the rough working-class lifestyle less suitable for raising children. The influx of settlers into the district was unregulated, resulting in a lack of urban planning as evidenced by irregular buildings, narrow roadways, and large blocks of houses accessible only through meter-wide alleyways.

History

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), Santa Ana, Malate, and Paco. 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.

Barangays

San Andres has 65 barangays.

References

1. ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. Roces, Alejandro (October 7, 2006). "Fiesta de La Naval". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
3. 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.
4. "MAKATI CADASTRAL MAP". Flickr. January 12, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
5. Antiqua Print Gallery (1920). Manila (Map). 1:30,000. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

• "By Sword and Fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February-3 March 1945" by Alphonso J. Aluit (1994) Bookmark, Inc. © 1994 National Commission for Culture and the Arts ISBN 971-569-162-5
• San Andres Manila Volunteer Fire Brigade Inc., History by Charles Chua, Callsign San Andres 1, Presently President and Brigade Fire Marshall

External links

• Official Website of Manila

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