Santa Cruz, Manila Explained

Santa Cruz
Settlement Type:District of Manila
Coordinates:14.5998°N 120.9802°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Philippines
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:National Capital Region
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Manila
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Part of the 3rd district of Manila
Subdivision Type4:Barangays
Subdivision Name4:82
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:3.0901
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:126,735
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:Philippine Standard Time
Utc Offset1:+08:00
Postal Code Type:Zip codes
Postal Code:1003 (Santa Cruz South)
1014 (Santa Cruz North)
Area Code Type:Area codes
Area Code:02

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 2km2 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

See main article: Santa Cruz Church (Manila). 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 (shared with Caloocan), 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.

Education

As of February 2024, the Manila Department of Education lists three senior high schools in Santa Cruz, namely Cayetano Arellano, Manuel L. Quezon (SHS) and Doña Teodora Alonzo.[2]

Barangays

Santa Cruz has 82 barangays, group in nine Zones of the City of Manila.

Zone/BarangayLand area (km2)Population (2020 census)
Zone 29
Barangay 2970.03272 km22,005
Barangay 2980.03450 km21,020
Barangay 2990.03215 km21,300
Barangay 3000.01291 km2981
Barangay 3010.01767 km2448
Barangay 3020.01031 km2654
Barangay 3030.06499 km2641
Barangay 3040.02792 km2298
Barangay 3050.03740 km2645
Zone 31
Barangay 3100.08649 km213,602
Barangay 3110.04576 km22,401
Barangay 3120.03626 km23,328
Barangay 3130.05434 km22,848
Barangay 3140.05279 km22,064
Zone 32
Barangay 3150.06805 km21,786
Barangay 3160.01934 km2829
Barangay 3170.02480 km21,542
Barangay 3180.01268 km2740
Barangay 3190.01705 km21,209
Barangay 3200.02429 km21,300
Barangay 3210.01300 km2240
Barangay 3220.01519 km2799
Barangay 3230.02378 km21,060
Barangay 3240.01246 km2605
Barangay 3250.009850 km2522
Zone 33
Barangay 3260.01226 km2825
Barangay 3270.03052 km21,239
Barangay 3280.01152 km2679
Barangay 3290.01629 km2439
Barangay 3300.02729 km22,244
Barangay 3310.1383 km2924
Barangay 3320.01247 km2582
Barangay 3330.01653 km2877
Barangay 3340.03035 km21,461
Barangay 3350.02878 km21,350
Zone 34
Barangay 3360.03266 km22,134
Barangay 3370.02884 km21,386
Barangay 3380.02865 km21,378
Barangay 3390.02748 km21,265
Barangay 3400.02861 km22,009
Barangay 3410.03320 km21,463
Barangay 3420.05714 km21,634
Barangay 3430.04155 km22,209
Zone 35
Barangay 3440.03498 km2536
Barangay 3450.02953 km21,149
Barangay 3460.02944 km21,511
Barangay 3470.02963 km21,266
Barangay 3480.02268 km21,249
Barangay 3490.01395 km2788
Barangay 3500.1555 km26,776
Barangay 3510.05098 km23,401
Barangay 3520.03569 km21,342
Zone 36
Barangay 3530.04906 km22,232
Barangay 3540.04162 km21,810
Barangay 3550.04534 km2970
Barangay 3560.02078 km2505
Barangay 3570.02063 km2736
Barangay 3580.02023 km21,029
Barangay 3590.01921 km2410
Barangay 3600.03144 km2741
Barangay 3610.02054 km2715
Barangay 3620.01722 km2252
Zone 37
Barangay 3630.02382 km2559
Barangay 3640.02242 km21,985
Barangay 3650.01923 km21,278
Barangay 3660.02240 km21,193
Barangay 3670.03112 km21,708
Barangay 3680.02616 km21,337
Barangay 3690.02241 km21,396
Barangay 3700.02005 km2772
Barangay 3710.02486 km2842
Barangay 3720.5443 km24,136
Zone 38
Barangay 3730.01963 km23,788
Barangay 3740.02657 km23,277
Barangay 3750.01737 km23,909
Barangay 3760.04343 km2930
Barangay 3770.01518 km2578
Barangay 3780.02461 km2602
Barangay 3790.009460 km2654
Barangay 3800.01454 km2921
Barangay 3810.02978 km21,591
Barangay 3820.03314 km2896

Sub-districts

Barangays

ZoneBarangays
Zone 29Barangays 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305
Zone 31Barangays 310, 311, 312, 313, and 314
Zone 32Barangays 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, and 325
Zone 33Barangays 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 334, and 335
Zone 34Barangays 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, and 343
Zone 35Barangays 344, 345, 346, 347, 348 349, 350, 351, and 352
Zone 36Barangays 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, and 362
Zone 37Barangays 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, and 372
Zone 38Barangays 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[3] and 1003 for Santa Cruz South.[4]

List of Streets within Santa Cruz (North)!STREETS
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
List of Streets within Santa Cruz (South)
Streets
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

Gallery

Residences

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 Census of Population and Housing Results. Philippine Statistics Authority. August 16, 2021. April 28, 2022.
  2. Web site: Directory of Schools: Senior High Schools . 11 February 2024 . Manila Department of Education.
  3. Web site: 1014 MANILA (STA. CRUZ NORTH) Zip Codes Philippines. March 26, 2021. brgy.info.
  4. Web site: 1003 manila Zip Codes Philippines. March 26, 2021. brgy.info.

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