Paco, Manila

Paco, formerly known as Dilao, is a district of Manila, Philippines, located south of the Pasig River and San Miguel, west of Santa Ana, southwest of Pandacan, north of Malate, northwest of San Andres Bukid, and east of Ermita. It had a population of 79,839 people as of the 2020 census. Dilao or dilaw is a Tagalog word for the color yellow. Although, some sources say, it was named Dilao or "Yellow Plaza" by the Spanish settlers because of the Japanese migrants who lived there, describing their physiognomy. Spanish Franciscan missionaries founded the town of Paco as early as 1580. It came to be known as Paco de Dilao and eventually Paco, as it is known today.

The Japanese led an abortive rebellion in Dilao against the Spanish in 1606–1607. Their numbers rose again during the interdiction of Christianity by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1614, when 300 Japanese Christian refugees under Takayama Ukon settled in the Philippines. As population assimilated to native population, numbers dimmed. However, there are today around 200,000 recorded Japanese people in the Philippines, based on modern day immigrants' records distinct from the population of colonial era immigrants which assimilated to the native population.

Paco was incorporated as a district of the newly chartered city of Manila in 1901, thus reducing from its independent municipality status.

From 1907 to 1949, Paco was part of the 2nd congressional district of Manila. Reapportionment of districts made Paco part of the 4th district from 1949 to 1972. In the 1987 Constitution, Paco was split to the 5th and 6th congressional districts, with the former covering the southern half and the latter covering the northern areas.

List of barangays

{| class="wikitable"

! Zone and barangay

! Administrative district

! Legislative districts

|-

| Zone 71: Barangays 662 and 664-A

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | Southern Paco

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 5th District

|-

| Zone 73: Barangays 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, and 676

|-

| Zone 74: Barangays 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, and 685

|-

| Zone 75: Barangays 686 and 687

|-

| Zone 88: Barangays 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, and 820

|-

| Zone 89: Barangays 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, and 828

|-

| Zone 90: Barangays 829, 830, 831, and 832

| style="text-align:center;" | Northern Paco

| style="text-align:center;" | 6th District

|}

Fifth District

Southern Paco

{| class="wikitable"

!Barangay

!Land area (km²)

!Population (2020 census)

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 71

|-

|Barangay 662

|0.01324 km²

|1,601

|-

|Barangay 664-A

|0.1585 km²

|640

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 73

|-

|Barangay 671

|0.03397 km²

|1,227

|-

|Barangay 672

|0.09134 km²

|3,133

|-

|Barangay 673

|0.08489 km²

|2,764

|-

|Barangay 674

|0.1768 km²

|1,398

|-

|Barangay 675

|0.08596 km²

|1,988

|-

|Barangay 676

|0.1475 km²

|1,431

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 74

|-

|Barangay 677

|0.06482 km²

|1,591

|-

|Barangay 678

|0.06117 km²

|1,294

|-

|Barangay 679

|0.4506 km²

|931

|-

|Barangay 680

|0.03812 km²

|968

|-

|Barangay 681

|0.03503 km²

|1,094

|-

|Barangay 682

|0.06793 km²

|822

|-

|Barangay 683

|0.01948 km²

|784

|-

|Barangay 684

|0.02984 km²

|2,730

|-

|Barangay 685

|0.04547 km²

|1,044

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 75

|-

|Barangay 686

|0.04315 km²

|3,250

|-

|Barangay 687

|0.03438 km²

|1,434

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 88

|-

|Barangay 809

|0.01958 km²

|1,189

|-

|Barangay 810

|0.02513 km²

|2,293

|-

|Barangay 811

|0.03306 km²

|2,332

|-

|Barangay 812

|0.05098 km²

|1,703

|-

|Barangay 813

|0.02246 km²

|1,001

|-

|Barangay 814

|0.01700 km²

|2,196

|-

|Barangay 815

|0.2892 km²

|1,374

|-

|Barangay 816

|0.01067 km²

|781

|-

|Barangay 817

|0.008420 km²

|1,716

|-

|Barangay 818

|0.01419 km²

|1,388

|-

|Barangay 819

|0.01458 km²

|2,007

|-

|Barangay 820

|0.04513 km²

|1,417

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 89

|-

|Barangay 821

|0.01365 km²

|1,995

|-

|Barangay 822

|0.01358 km²

|897

|-

|Barangay 823

|0.01714 km²

|3,002

|-

|Barangay 824

|0.03873 km²

|1,302

|-

|Barangay 825

|0.05945 km²

|388

|-

|Barangay 826

|0.02126 km²

|1,760

|-

|Barangay 827

|0.1127 km²

|2,661

|-

|Barangay 828

|0.01625 km²

|2,658

|}

Sixth District

Northern Paco

{| class="wikitable"

!Zone/Barangay

!Land area (km²)

!Population (2020 census)

|-

! colspan=3 | Zone 90

|-

|Barangay 829

|0.1688 km²

|4,226

|-

|Barangay 830

|0.4191 km²

|5,191

|-

|Barangay 831

|0.1731 km²

|3,350

|-

|Barangay 832

|0.09123 km²

|2,888

|}

Landmarks

The San Fernando de Dilao Church is a Roman Catholic parish church that served as the temporary pro-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila from 2012 to 2014 during the renovations of Manila Cathedral in Intramuros.

A Sikh Temple and Unilever Philippines is located on United Nations Avenue. Unilever was moved to Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. There is a ten-minute walk away is a Hindu temple at Looban Street. Presently, Dilao is traversed by Quirino Avenue. A loop road from Quirino Avenue is named Plaza Dilao to commemorate the once flourishing Japanese and the Japanese-Filipino communities and districts there in Japantown in Manila.

Paco Park, was a former municipal cemetery of the old city of Manila, and once contained the remains of Philippine national hero, José Rizal and the GOMBURZA priests.

The Osmeña Highway starts in this district and it leads both to Batangas City (South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway)) and Visayas at Matnog, Sorsogon (SLEX).

Philippine National Railways owns and operates the Paco railway station.

The Paco Public Market located along the edge of Estero de Paco was designed by William Parsons and built in 1911.

Schools include the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia, or simple Concordia College, and the Paco Catholic School.

In January, 2024, Archbishop of Manila Jose Cardinal Advincula unveiled the Important Cultural Property (Philippines) marker for Pope Pius XII Catholic Center along United Nations Avenue in Paco, Manila with Charles John Brown and Jeremy R. Barns, National Museum of the Philippines Director-General, witnessed by 80 bishops gathered for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines's 127th plenary assembly.

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File:San Fernando de Dilao Church, Paco, Manila, April 2023.jpg|San Fernando de Dilao Church

File:WTMP Noel Gonong DSC 0025.JPG|Plaza Dilao marker on the foreground, and Takayama's statue on the background.

File:WTMP A-trio a19 1.JPG|Facade of the Paco railway station.

File:Paco_Citizen_Academy_Foundation_01.jpg|Paco Citizen Academy Foundation

File:0159Pius_XII_Catholic_Center_(United_Nations_Avenue,_Paco,_City_of_Manila)_12.jpg|Pius XII Catholic Center

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Notable people

• Fernando Amorsolo
• Marvin Agustin
• Joaquin Domagoso
• Panchito Alba

See also

• Nihonmachi
• Dom Justo Takayama

References

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