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Santa Ana is a district in the City of Manila, Philippines. It is located on the city's southeast, bordering the cities of Mandaluyong and Makati in the east, the city districts of Paco and Pandacan in the west, and Santa Mesa in the north. It is part of the 6th congressional district of Manila, with thirty-five barangays.
The Santa Ana Heritage Zone is a portion of the district of Santa Ana, Manila, Philippines, that was declared a heritage zone in 2014 by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). A larger portion of district was previously declared a histo-cultural heritage/overlay zone by the city government of Manila in 2011.
The districts Santa Mesa, which was partitioned from Sampaloc, [198] and San Andres, which was partitioned off from Santa Ana, were later created. Manila's mix of architectural styles reflects its, and the Philippines', turbulent history. During World War II, Manila was razed to the ground by Japanese forces and the shelling of American forces.
The said territory is what we know now as the district of Santa Ana, Manila. Upon the arrival of the Franciscan missionaries on July 2, 1578, in Manila, they proceeded to evangelize the inhabitants of Namayan and organized it into a pueblo and named it Visita Santa Ana de Sapa. It comprised the communities of Meycatmon, Calatongdongan, Dongos ...
The district consists of barangays 587 to 648 and 829 to 905 in the eastern Manila districts of north Paco, Pandacan, San Miguel, Santa Ana and Santa Mesa bordering Makati, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, and San Juan also facing the Pasig River. [4]
In local folk history about the period before the arrival of Spanish colonizers, Pasay is said to have been part of Namayan (sometimes also called Sapa), a confederation of barangays which supposedly controlled territory stretching from Manila Bay to Laguna de Bay, and which, upon the arrival of the Spanish, eventually became known as Santa Ana ...
Manila's border was expanded to include Santa Ana de Sapa. [27] The Manila Grand Opera House opened in Santa Cruz. 1903 Population: 219,928 city; 330,345 metro. [28] Trozo Fire in Manila (May 1903) 1905 The Manila Elks Club was established. Félix Roxas became mayor. 1908 The University of the Philippines Manila was founded. [29]
Civilians fleeing other parts of Manila sought refuge in this district during the war. Thus, many ancestral houses are still standing up to the present time. Dubbed as the "Forbes Park of Manila", some houses were owned by prominent personalities and wealthy families. [1] The following is a list of historic houses in Santa Ana.