Paco, Manila

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Paco
District of Manila
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Aerial view of Paco Park
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Paco, Manila
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
City Manila
Congressional districtsPart of the 5th and 6th districts of Manila
Barangays 43 [1]
Foundedc.1580
Founded bySpanish Franciscan missionaries
Area
  Total
2.7869 km2 (1.0760 sq mi)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total
79,839
  Density29,000/km2 (74,000/sq mi)

Paco, formerly known as Dilao, is a district of Manila, Philippines, located south of the Pasig River and San Miguel, west of Santa Ana, southwest of Pandacan, north of Malate, northwest of San Andres Bukid, and east of Ermita. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 79,839 people. [2]

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History

Municipal Market, 1911 Municipal market, Paco, Manila, 1911 LCCN2006686202.tif
Municipal Market, 1911

Paco was known as Dilao because of the Amaryllis plants that were once plentiful in this district. [3] Dilao or dilaw is a Tagalog word for the color yellow. Although, some sources say, [4] [5] it was named Dilao or "Yellow Plaza" by the Spanish settlers because of the Japanese migrants who lived there, describing their physiognomy. Spanish Franciscan missionaries founded the town of Paco as early as 1580. [3] It was a town part of the province of Tondo, which was later renamed Manila in 1859, until 1901.

The name Dilao was used until 1791. The name San Fernando was added, making it San Fernando de Dilao. [3] In the 19th century, the town of San Fernando de Dilao was given the nickname of Paco (which means Francisco). Paco, along with Sampaloc, Santa Ana, San Juan del Monte, and San Pedro de Macati became the second largest district to become part of Manila. [6] It came to be known as Paco de Dilao [7] and eventually Paco, as it is known today.

The Japanese had established an enclave quite early or Nihonmachi at Dilao, a suburb of Manila, where they numbered between 300 and 400 in 1593. A statue of Takayama can be found there. In 1603, during the Sangley rebellion, they numbered 1,500 and 3,000 in 1606. The Franciscan friar Luis Sotelo was involved in the support of the Dilao enclave between 1600 and 1608.

The Japanese led an abortive rebellion in Dilao against the Spanish in 1606–1607. Their numbers rose again during the interdiction of Christianity by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1614, when 300 Japanese Christian refugees under Takayama Ukon settled in the Philippines. As population assimilated to native population, numbers dimmed. However, there are today around 200,000 recorded Japanese people in the Philippines, based on modern day immigrants' records distinct from the population of colonial era immigrants which assimilated to the native population.

Paco was incorporated as a district of the newly chartered city of Manila in 1901, thus reducing from its independent municipality status. [8]

From 1907 to 1949, Paco was part of the 2nd congressional district of Manila. Reapportionment of districts made Paco part of the 4th district from 1949 to 1972. In the 1987 Constitution, Paco was split to the 5th and 6th congressional districts, with the former covering the southern half and the latter covering the northern areas.

List of barangays

Zone and barangayAdministrative districtLegislative districts
Zone 71: Barangays 662 and 664-ASouthern Paco 5th District
Zone 73: Barangays 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, and 676
Zone 74: Barangays 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, and 685
Zone 75: Barangays 686 and 687
Zone 88: Barangays 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, and 820
Zone 89: Barangays 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, and 828
Zone 90: Barangays 829, 830, 831, and 832Northern Paco 6th District

Fifth District

Southern Paco

BarangayLand area (km2)Population (2020 census)
Zone 71
Barangay 6620.01324 km21,601
Barangay 664-A0.1585 km2640
Zone 73
Barangay 6710.03397 km21,227
Barangay 6720.09134 km23,133
Barangay 6730.08489 km22,764
Barangay 6740.1768 km21,398
Barangay 6750.08596 km21,988
Barangay 6760.1475 km21,431
Zone 74
Barangay 6770.06482 km21,591
Barangay 6780.06117 km21,294
Barangay 6790.4506 km2931
Barangay 6800.03812 km2968
Barangay 6810.03503 km21,094
Barangay 6820.06793 km2822
Barangay 6830.01948 km2784
Barangay 6840.02984 km22,730
Barangay 6850.04547 km21,044
Zone 75
Barangay 6860.04315 km23,250
Barangay 6870.03438 km21,434
Zone 88
Barangay 8090.01958 km21,189
Barangay 8100.02513 km22,293
Barangay 8110.03306 km22,332
Barangay 8120.05098 km21,703
Barangay 8130.02246 km21,001
Barangay 8140.01700 km22,196
Barangay 8150.2892 km21,374
Barangay 8160.01067 km2781
Barangay 8170.008420 km21,716
Barangay 8180.01419 km21,388
Barangay 8190.01458 km22,007
Barangay 8200.04513 km21,417
Zone 89
Barangay 8210.01365 km21,995
Barangay 8220.01358 km2897
Barangay 8230.01714 km23,002
Barangay 8240.03873 km21,302
Barangay 8250.05945 km2388
Barangay 8260.02126 km21,760
Barangay 8270.1127 km22,661
Barangay 8280.01625 km22,658

Sixth District

Northern Paco

Zone/BarangayLand area (km2)Population (2020 census)
Zone 90
Barangay 8290.1688 km24,226
Barangay 8300.4191 km25,191
Barangay 8310.1731 km23,350
Barangay 8320.09123 km22,888

Landmarks

The San Fernando de Dilao Church is a Roman Catholic parish church that served as the temporary pro-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila from 2012 to 2014 during the renovations of Manila Cathedral in Intramuros. [9]

A Sikh Temple and Unilever Philippines is located on United Nations Avenue. Unilever was moved to Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. There is a ten-minute walk away is a Hindu temple at Looban Street. Presently, Dilao is traversed by Quirino Avenue. A loop road from Quirino Avenue is named Plaza Dilao to commemorate the once flourishing Japanese and the Japanese-Filipino communities and districts there in Japantown in Manila.

Paco Park, was a former municipal cemetery of the old city of Manila, and once contained the remains of Philippine national hero, José Rizal and the GOMBURZA priests.

The Osmeña Highway starts in this district and it leads to Calabarzon region via South Luzon Expressway and Southern Tagalog Arterial Road that starts in Magallanes Interchange, Makati and ends in Batangas City.

Philippine National Railways owns and operates the Paco railway station.

The Paco Public Market located along the edge of Estero de Paco was designed by William Parsons and built in 1911.

Schools include the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia, or simple Concordia College, and the Paco Catholic School.

In January, 2024, Cardinal Jose Advincula unveiled the Important Cultural Property (Philippines) marker for Pope Pius XII Catholic Center along United Nations Avenue in Paco, Manila with Charles John Brown and Jeremy R. Barns, National Museum of the Philippines Director-General, witnessed by 80 bishops gathered for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines's 127th plenary assembly. [10]

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