Pandacan

Pandacan
Pandacan
District of Manila
	Pandacan skyline in 2023
Country	Philippines
Region	National Capital Region
City	Manila
Congressional districts	Part of the 6th district of Manila
Barangays	38
Area
• Total	1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	84,769
• Density	51,000/km2 (130,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (Philippine Standard Time)
Zip codes	1011
Area codes	02

Pandacan is a district in Manila, Philippines, known in recent history for the Pandacan oil depot that supplies the majority of oil exports in the country.

Etymology

Pandacan is a corrupted term derived from its older designation, Pandanan. The name is rooted in the word pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius), referencing a tree that was once abundant in the area.

Profile

In 2020, Pandacan was reported to have a total population of 84,769. The original residents of the district were Tagalog migrants from the nearby province of Bulacan. When the district grew and progressed as a manufacturing center for Manila, several ethnic groups from other parts of the country migrated into the district after the Second World War.

The district is bounded to the north and northeast by the Pasig River, the Estero de Pandacan to the west and south and the district of Santa Ana to the southeast.

Socio-economically, the majority of Pandacan residents range from lower to middle class gainfully employed as blue-collar workers in the nearby factories and oil depots, with smatterings of upper middle class property owners. Pandacan was originally established as the industrial center for the city of Manila during the turn of the 20th century. Oil depots which service more than half of the fuel requirement of the country were established along the banks of the Pasig River in the district.

Landmarks

Churches

Four of the leading Christian religious dominations in the Philippines established their presence in the district. For Roman Catholics, there is the Santo Niño Parish along Jesus Street. The Iglesia ni Cristo and the United Methodist Church both have a church along Quirino Avenue, and the Philippine Independent Church has a church (Parish of Sto. Niño) at the corner of Central and Labores Streets.

Romualdez House

Former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos claims Pandacan as her ancestral home in Manila. Since marrying former President Ferdinand Marcos in the 1960s, caretakers have been constantly maintaining her home. The house serves to validate Mrs. Marcos as a resident of Manila, despite her family's political bailiwick in the Leyte province of Visayas.

References

1 2 Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Pandacan: the land of arts and depots (Part 1)". The Urban Roamer. May 22, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
↑ Cator, Currie (July 10, 2020). "Fire razes Sto. Niño Church in Manila". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
↑ "Definition of Bailiwick". Lexico.com. Oxford University Press. 2020. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

By Sword and Fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February-3 March 1945 by Alphonso J. Aluit (1994) Bookmark, Inc. © 1994 National Commission for Culture and the Arts ISBN 971-569-162-5

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[PSA20–no-1] 1 2 Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[2] "Pandacan: the land of arts and depots (Part 1)". The Urban Roamer. May 22, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[3] Cator, Currie (July 10, 2020). "Fire razes Sto. Niño Church in Manila". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

[4] "Definition of Bailiwick". Lexico.com. Oxford University Press. 2020. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-16.