Paco, Manila
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| City | Manila |
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| Population (2000) | 64,184 |
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| – Barangays | 43 |
| – Cong. Districts | 5th District |
Paco is a district of Manila, Philippines. It is located south of Pasig River and San Miguel, west of Sta. Ana, southwest of Pandacan, north of Malate, northwest of San Andres, and east of Ermita. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 64,184 people in 13,438 households. [1]
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[edit] History
Paco was formerly known as Dilao because of plants that produce yellow color, were once plentiful in this district.[2] Dilao or dilaw is a Tagalog word for the color yellow. Although, some sources say[3][4], it was named Dilao or "Yellow Plaza" by the Spaniards because of the more than 3,000 Japanese who lived there, describing their physiognomy. Franciscan missionaries founded the town of Dilao as early as 1580. [2]
The name Dilao was used until 1791 at the time of Governor-General Félix Berenguer de Marquina governorhsip. The words San Fernando was added before the old name, making it San Fernando de Dilao. [2] In the 19th century, San Fernando de Dilao along with Sampaloc, Sta. Ana, San Juan del Monte and San Pedro de Macati were the second batches of village that became part of Manila.[5]It became to known as Paco de Dilao[6] and eventually as Paco as it known today.
[edit] Barangays
Paco is politically subdivided into 43 barangays:
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[edit] Landmarks
- Dilao, was a settlement of 3000 Japanese during the Spanish era around the year 1600. The term probably originated from the Tagalog term 'dilaw', meaning 'yellow', which describes their general physiognomy[3]The Japanese had established quite early an enclave at Dilao, a suburb of Manila, where they numbered between 300 to 400 in 1593. A statue of Takayama can be found there. In 1603, during the Sangley rebellion, they numbered 1,500, and 3,000 in 1606. The Franciscan friar Luis Sotelo was involved in the support of the Dilao enclave between 1600 and 1608. The Japanese led an abortive rebellion in Dilao against the Spanish in 1606-1607, but their numbers rose again until the interdiction of Christianity by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1614, when 300 Japanese Christian refugees under Takayama Ukon settled in the Philippines. They are at the origin of today's 200,000-strong Japanese population in the Philippines. A Sikh Temple and Unilever Philippines is located at UN Avenue. There are car shops like Toyota, Ford, BMW, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda, and few other car shops. Presently, Dilao is traversed by the President Quirino Avenue. A loop road from President Quirino Avenue is named Plaza Dilao to commemorate the once flourishing Japanese and the Japanese-Filipino communities and districts there in Japantown in Manila.
- In the district one can find Paco Park, the former municipal cemetery of old Manila, the city when it was still within the walls of the district of Intramuros and once contained the remains of Jose Rizal.
[edit] Roads
The South Luzon Expressway starts in this district and it can go to CALABARZON region.
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