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Sampaloc is a district of Manila, Philippines.It is referred to as the University Belt or simply called "U-Belt" for numerous colleges and universities are found within the district such as the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant university in Asia; the National University, the first private nonsectarian and coeducational institution in the Philippines; the Far Eastern University ...
The following is a list of buildings at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Sampaloc, Manila.. The university sits on an almost perfect square of 21.5 hectares. The university transferred to its present campus in 1927 when the Dominicans deemed the Intramuros campus inadequate for the university's growing population.
España Boulevard is infamous for its floods during the rainy season. This is because it serves as a catch basin for runoff water from higher-elevated Quezon City, as Sampaloc was a swamp marsh area. It is common to find people wading in waist-deep floods, especially when a typhoon passes through Manila, causing class suspensions. [4]
Legarda Street is a short street in the Sampaloc district of Manila, Philippines. It crosses through the eastern section of the University Belt area in a generally east–west orientation between the Nagtahan Interchange and the intersection with Nepomuceno Street in Quiapo. Legarda station of the LRTA's Line 2 system serves it.
The University Belt is a de facto subdistrict in Manila, Philippines, referring to an area with a significant concentration of major colleges and universities in the city. [1] The districts of Quiapo , Sampaloc , and San Miguel are traditionally considered part of the University Belt. [ 2 ]
Blumentritt Road is a major road in Manila, Philippines. It runs through the border of the City of Manila with Quezon City from Rizal Avenue in Santa Cruz district to G. Tuazon Street in Sampaloc district. The road also forms the southern boundary of the Manila North Cemetery. It is named after Bohemian professor and filipinologist Ferdinand ...
Circumferential Road 2 (C-2), informally known as the C-2 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the second beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. [1] Spanning some 10.18 kilometers (6.33 mi), it connects the districts of Tondo, Santa Cruz, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Mesa, Paco, Pandacan, and Malate in Manila. [2] [3]
AU Manila is the Main Campus of Arellano University. It is located at Legarda Street in Sampaloc, Manila and it the largest campus by landa area. It is the home to the AU Juan Sumulong High School.