Santa Cruz, Manila
Santa Cruz | |
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District of Manila | |
 Carriedo Fountain at Plaza Santa Cruz | |
 Map of Manila showing the location of Santa Cruz | |
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| Coordinates: 14°35′59″N 120°58′49″E / 14.5998366°N 120.9801955°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region |
| City | Manila |
| District | Part of the 3rd district of Manila |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 126,735 |
| ZIP code | 1003 (Santa Cruz South) 1014 (Santa Cruz North) |
Santa Cruz is a district in the northern part of the City of Manila, Philippines, located on the right bank of the Pasig River near its mouth, bordered by the districts of Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo, and Sampaloc, as well as the areas of Grace Park and Barrio San Jose in Caloocan and the district of La Loma in Quezon City. The district belongs to the 3rd congressional district of Manila.
History
Spanish colonial era
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors to the Philippine Islands, the district of Santa Cruz was partly a marshland, patches of greeneries, orchards and partly rice fields. A Spanish expedition in 1581 claimed the territory and awarded to the Society of Jesus whose members are known as 'Jesuits'.
The Jesuits built the first Roman Catholic church in the area where the present Santa Cruz Parish stands on June 20, 1619. The Jesuits enshrined the image of the Our Lady of The Pillar in 1643 to serve the pre-dominantly Chinese residents in the area. The image drew a lot of devotees and a popular cult grew around it.
On June 24, 1784, King Carlos III of Spain gave the deeds to about 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) of land that was part of the Hacienda de Mayhaligue to the San Lazaro Hospital which served as a caring home for lepers in Manila at that time.
At the Santa Cruz Parish, a small park was built that linked the area into the headquarters of the Spanish cavalry, the building that once was the Colegio de San Ildefonso, operated by the Jesuits. The district in the Spanish times also had a slaughter house and a meat market and up north was the Chinese cemetery.
The Franciscan fathers were given the responsibility to care for the lepers of the city and specifically the San Lazaro Hospital. Father Felix Huerta developed San Lazaro into a refuge for the afflicted and it became a famous home for those afflicted in the north side of the Pasig River.
World War II
During World War II, the Japanese occupational forces, caught unaware of the fast approaching liberation by the combined American & Filipino soldiers from the north, abandoned in 1945 the northern banks of the Pasig River including Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz and much of the northern portions of Manila were spared from the artillery bombardment and to date, a number of pre-World War II buildings and houses still stand in Santa Cruz.
When the Philippine republic was finally established in July 1946, the San Lazaro Hospital complex became the head office of the country’s Department of Health.
Notable buildings
Santa Cruz Church
The first Santa Cruz Church was built when the Arrabal (Suburb) of Santa Cruz was established by the Jesuits in the early 1600s. The church had undergone many repairs and reconstruction, with the last reconstruction done in the 1950s. Today, the church architecture employs a California Spanish Mission style facade silhouette with the usual Filipino (Asian-Hispanic mix) Baroque ornamentation. The church facade is topped with an effigy statue of Our Lady of the Pillar, the patroness of the church whose feast happens every third Sunday of October and on the 12th day of October.
Cemeteries
Santa Cruz is home to Manila's oldest cemeteries located in the district's northern section namely, La Loma Cemetery, the Manila Chinese Cemetery, and the city's biggest, the Manila North Cemetery.
Main thoroughfares
Rizal Avenue is the main thoroughfare in the district. The district is also accessible via the following roads:
Stations of the LRT Line 1 located in Santa Cruz are Carriedo (shared with Quiapo), Doroteo Jose, Bambang, Tayuman and Blumentritt (shared with Tondo). The Philippine National Railways has a station in Blumentritt. Jeepneys coming from Baclaran, Pasay, Valenzuela, Novaliches and Caloocan pass through Rizal Avenue.
Barangays
Santa Cruz has 82 barangays.
| Barangay |
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| Barangay 297 |
| Barangay 298 |
| Barangay 299 |
| Barangay 300 |
| Barangay 301 |
| Barangay 302 |
| Barangay 303 |
| Barangay 304 |
| Barangay 305 |
| Barangay 310 |
| Barangay 311 |
| Barangay 312 |
| Barangay 313 |
| Barangay 314 |
| Barangay 315 |
| Barangay 316 |
| Barangay 317 |
| Barangay 318 |
| Barangay 319 |
| Barangay 320 |
| Barangay 321 |
| Barangay 322 |
| Barangay 323 |
| Barangay 324 |
| Barangay 325 |
| Barangay 326 |
| Barangay 327 |
| Barangay 328 |
| Barangay 329 |
| Barangay 330 |
| Barangay 331 |
| Barangay 332 |
| Barangay 333 |
| Barangay 334 |
| Barangay 335 |
| Barangay 336 |
| Barangay 337 |
| Barangay 338 |
| Barangay 339 |
| Barangay 340 |
| Barangay 341 |
| Barangay 342 |
| Barangay 343 |
| Barangay 344 |
| Barangay 345 |
| Barangay 346 |
| Barangay 347 |
| Barangay 348 |
| Barangay 349 |
| Barangay 350 |
| Barangay 351 |
| Barangay 352 |
| Barangay 353 |
| Barangay 354 |
| Barangay 355 |
| Barangay 356 |
| Barangay 357 |
| Barangay 358 |
| Barangay 359 |
| Barangay 360 |
| Barangay 361 |
| Barangay 362 |
| Barangay 363 |
| Barangay 364 |
| Barangay 365 |
| Barangay 366 |
| Barangay 367 |
| Barangay 368 |
| Barangay 369 |
| Barangay 370 |
| Barangay 371 |
| Barangay 372 |
| Barangay 373 |
| Barangay 374 |
| Barangay 375 |
| Barangay 376 |
| Barangay 377 |
| Barangay 378 |
| Barangay 379 |
| Barangay 380 |
| Barangay 381 |
| Barangay 382 |
Gallery
Religious buildings
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Santa Cruz Church -
Espiritu Santo Parish Church -
San Roque Church -
Bethel Knox United Methodist Church
Civic institutions
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Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center -
Chinese General Hospital -
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Chinese Cemetery
Commercial establishments
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Chinatown (Plaza Santa Cruz), Third Welcome Gate (Arch of Goodwill) to Ongpin Street towards Binondo -
Ongpin Commercial Center -
Bank of the Philippine Islands at Don Román Santos Building, a neo-classical, Graeco-Roman structure at Plaza Goiti (now Plaza Lacson) -
Carriedo Street with Plaza Lacson in the background -
Commercial Buildings in Rizal Avenue -
San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park (formerly the San Lázaro Racetrack) -
Capitan Pepe Building
Residences
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Bahay na bato house in Santa Cruz, Manila -
Bahay na bato apartments in Santa Cruz, Manila -
Period architecture in Santa Cruz, Manila -
Bahay na Bato House in Bambang Rizal Avenue
Sub-districts
Barangays
Zone 29: Barangays 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305
Zone 31: Barangays 310, 311, 312, 313, and 314
Zone 32: Barangays 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, and 325
Zone 33: Barangays 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 334, and 335
Zone 34: Barangays 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, and 343
Zone 35: Barangays 344, 345, 346, 347, 348 349, 350, 351, and 352
Zone 36: Barangays 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, and 362
Zone 37: Barangays 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, and 372
Zone 38: Barangays 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, and 382
Santa Cruz has two postal codes corresponding to its two sub-districts: 1014 for Santa Cruz North[2] and 1003 for Santa Cruz South.[3]
| STREETS |
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| ALMEDA |
| ANACLETO |
| ANDRADE |
| ARAGON |
| AURORA BLVD. |
| BALAGUER |
| BALANGA |
| BALDWIN |
| BATANGAS |
| BECERINA |
| BLUMENTRITT |
| BOLINAO |
| BUGALLON |
| BULACAN |
| CAMARINES |
| CAVITE |
| CHINESE CEMETERY |
| CONSUELO |
| DINALUPIHAN |
| ELIAS |
| FELINA |
| FELIX HUERTAS |
| FIESTA |
| GEN. DIOKNO |
| ILUSTRE |
| IPIL |
| JOSE ABAD SANTOS |
| KALIMBAS |
| KARAPATAN |
| KUSANG LOOB |
| LA LOMA CEMETERY |
| LICO |
| LICO EXT. |
| M. HIZON |
| M. NATIVIDAD |
| MAKATA |
| MOUNT SAMAT |
| NEW ANTIPOLO |
| NORTH CEMETERY |
| OLD ANTIPOLO |
| ORANI |
| ORION |
| OROQUIETA |
| P.GUEVARRA |
| PAMPANGA |
| QUIROGA |
| RIVERA |
| RIZAL AVE. |
| S.REYES |
| SAGANI |
| SAMPAGUITA |
| SAN LAZARO HIPPODROME |
| SULU |
| TAMBUNTING |
| TAYABAS |
| TECSON |
| TIAGO |
| TINDALO |
| TINDALO EXT. |
| TOMAS MAPUA |
| VISION |
| YAKAL |
| Streets |
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| AGUILAR |
| ALEGRE |
| ALMEDA |
| ALONZO |
| ALVARADO EXT. |
| ALVAREZ |
| ALVAREZ EXT. |
| ANACLETO |
| APITONG |
| BAHAMA |
| BAMBANG |
| BENAVIDEZ |
| BERMUDA |
| BIAK-NA-BATO |
| BUSTOS |
| DAPDAP |
| DE GUIA |
| DIZON |
| DOROTEO JOSE |
| E. REMIGIO |
| ESPELETA |
| F.DE LEON |
| F. TORRES |
| FELIX HUERTAS |
| FERNANDEZ |
| G. ARANETA |
| GANDARA |
| GIL PUYAT |
| INFEROR |
| IPIL |
| J.REYES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |
| KALIMBAS |
| KATUBUSAN |
| KUSANG LOOB |
| LA TORRE |
| LOPE DE VEGA |
| LUZON |
| M. NATIVIDAD |
| MAKATA |
| MALABON |
| MASANGKAY |
| MAYHALIGUE |
| MILAGROS |
| NARCISA RIZAL |
| OKIPINJA |
| ONGPIN |
| OROQUIETA |
| P. GUEVARRA |
| PIEDAD |
| QUIRICADA |
| REYES |
| SALAZAR |
| SAN BERNARDO |
| SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL |
| SAN NICOLAS |
| SANCHEZ |
| SANTIAGO |
| SOLER |
| SULU |
| TECSON |
| TETUAN |
| TINDALO |
| TOMAS MAPUA |
| TRONQUED |
| TUBERIA |
| YAKAL |
| YEBANA |
| ZACATEROS |
See also
- Spanish East Indies
- Spanish Filipino
- Philippine Spanish
- Chavacano
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
- Intramuros Grand Marian Procession
- Gates of Intramuros
- Fort Santiago
References
- ^ "2020 Census of Population and Housing Results" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 16, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "1014 MANILA (STA. CRUZ NORTH) Zip Codes Philippines". brgy.info. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "1003 manila Zip Codes Philippines". brgy.info. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
External links
Media related to Santa Cruz, Manila at Wikimedia Commons
Santa Cruz, Manila travel guide from Wikivoyage- https://brgy.info/zipcodes/1014_manila.php
- https://brgy.info/zipcodes/1003_manila.php
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