San Nicolas, Manila

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San Nicolas
District of Manila
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View of the skyline of San Nicolas (left) and Binondo (right), taken from Fort Santiago, Manila
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San Nicolas, Manila
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
City Manila
Congressional districtPart of the 3rd district of Manila
Barangays 15
Founded1598
Founded by Dominican Order
Named for Saint Nicholas
Area
  Total1.6385 km2 (0.6326 sq mi)
Population
 (2020) [1]
  Total42,957
  Density26,000/km2 (68,000/sq mi)
Zip codes
1010
Area codes 2

San Nicolas is one of the sixteen districts in the city of Manila in the Philippines. It is located at the west central part of the city, on the northern bank of the Pasig River [2] bounded by the districts of Binondo to the east by Estero de Binondo, and Tondo to the north and west, and by the Pasig River to the south. Considered as a heritage district of Manila, [3] this community has kept its 19th-century ancestral houses, which symbolizes the wealthy lives of the people who used to live there, similar to the ancestral houses of Silay and Vigan.

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As of the May 1, 2020, national census, the population of San Nicolas, which is composed of 15 barangays named as numbers from 268 to 276 and from 281 to 286, is 42,957. This is slightly lower than the 2010 census that counted San Nicolas residents at 44,241. [1]

History

The town of San Nicolas was originally named Baybay, meaning "shore" in Tagalog. [3] [4]

During Spanish rule, Baybay was renamed to San Nicolas, after the patron saint of sailors, boatmen, and mariners. [5] San Nicolas is the western part of the first Chinatown in the Philippines, and perhaps the world; [6] the eastern part is Binondo, which was founded in 1594 by Governor-General Luis Pérez Dasmariñas. [6] The Dominican order came to western part of Chinatown in 1596 [6] and then founded San Nicolas in 1598. [3] This was the first mission by the Dominicans outside Intramuros. [3]

In 1901, during the American Occupation of the Philippines, San Nicolas became a district of the newly chartered city of Manila as its borders were extended outside the walled city presently known as Intramuros. [7] Daniel Burnham, an American architect and urban planner, was commissioned to build a Plan of Manila. [8] The result of the plan was the making of places and parishes that included San Nicolas. [9] In modern times, San Nicolas is one of the administrative districts of Manila and part of the third legislative district of Manila. [10] It became an extension of the Filipino-Chinese community in Binondo. [11]

Barangays

Zone/BarangayLand area (km²)Population (2020 census)
Zone 25
Barangay 2680.04373 km²489
Barangay 2690.04217 km²904
Barangay 2700.03705 km²918
Barangay 2710.06139 km²633
Barangay 2720.01970 km²1,064
Barangay 2730.02041 km²825
Barangay 2740.01210 km²1,944
Barangay 2750.02696 km²19,809
Barangay 2760.02080 km²2,543
Zone 26
Barangay 2810.09284 km²2,288
Barangay 2820.1113 km²2,458
Barangay 2830.05035 km²1,345
Barangay 2840.05324 km²961
Barangay 2850.05489 km²2,066
Barangay 2860.04595 km²4,710

Barangays 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, and 276 are part of Zone 25; and Barangays 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, and 286 are part of Zone 26.

List of cultural properties of San Nicolas

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Notes

  1. wmph is an internal identifier used by Wikimedia Philippines to identify the monument. This is not an official identifier, and only shown temporarily in the templates until the government creates an updated complete list.

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