San Antonio, Parañaque

Barangay in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines

Barangay in Metro Manila, Philippines

San Antonio

Barangay

The Parañaque City Hall in San Antonio

San Antonio

Coordinates: 14°27′56″N 121°1′52″E﻿ / ﻿14.46556°N 121.03111°E﻿ / 14.46556; 121.03111
Country|  Philippines
Region| Metro Manila
City| Parañaque
Congressional districts| Part of the 2nd district of Parañaque
Established| April 3, 1978
Named after| St. Anthony of Padua
Government

• Barangay Chairman| Leopoldo C. Casale
Area

• Total

| 2.8719 km2 (1.1088 sq mi)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 70,134
• Density| 24,000/km2 (63,000/sq mi)
ZIP code|

1715/1707

Area code| 2

San Antonio is a barangay in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a collection of sixteen gated communities on the east side of Parañaque abutting the city of Muntinlupa and the informal settlements surrounding them.[1] The barangay is a long strip along the north side of Dr. Santos Avenue stretching from South Luzon Expressway to just west of San Antonio Avenue by the Jaka Plaza commercial center. It is bordered by Marcelo Green to the north, the Muntinlupa barangay of Sucat across the expressway to the east, BF Homes Parañaque across Dr. Santos Avenue to the south, and San Isidro and Moonwalk to the west. It extends to the northwest along San Antonio Avenue and also shares a border with Don Bosco further north and northwest. The barangay is part of the Parañaque's 2nd congressional district.

San Antonio is the city's administrative center, being the location of Parañaque City Hall.[2] It is the most populous of the four barangays in Metro Manila bearing the name San Antonio.[3][4][5] In 2016, the barangay also recorded the highest number of informal settlers in Parañaque with 2,661 households illegally occupying properties in the barangay, and 607 households living in makeshift houses.[6] As of the 2020 census, San Antonio had a population of 70,134.[7]

## History

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Parish church of San Antonio de Padua built in 1970

The territory that now forms barangay San Antonio is previously part of San Dionisio. In 1963, President Diosdado Macapagal and First Lady Eva Macapagal laid the cornerstone for the ₱1 million Parañaque Municipal Hall in San Antonio Valley during a ceremony hosted by Mayor Eleuterio de Leon.[8] The building was completed in 1971 during the term of Mayor Florencio Bernabe Sr. and eventually replaced the old Casa Tribunal in La Huerta. In 1970, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila established the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church.[9]

Barangay San Antonio was founded in 1978 as a result of real estate development and changing demographics happening across the Manila region in the decades following World War II. The multiplication of barangays was also aided by a national government program for economic acceleration through the creation of more administrative divisions during the term of President Ferdinand Marcos. The contiguous gated communities of San Antonio Valley (except Phases 2, 6, 12 and 15), Barangay Village, Fourth Estate, and Mon El Subdivision were separated from San Dionisio through Presidential Decree No. 1329.[10] The new barangay was named after San Antonio Valley Phase 1, its largest component village where the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church is located, with Saint Anthony of Padua as its patron.

## Education

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See also: List of schools in Parañaque

Several educational institutions are located in San Antonio. They include:

* Agape Young Achievers' Christian Academy
* Fourth Estate Elementary School
* International Christian Academy
* LH Montessori High
* Parish Learning Center San Antonio de Padua
* San Antonio Elementary School
* San Antonio National High School
* United Christian Academy
* UP South School

## Transportation

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San Antonio Avenue in the vicinity of the Parañaque City Hall Jaka Plaza on Dr. Santos Avenue in San Antonio

San Antonio's road network consists of three national roads as of 2017.[11] The South Luzon Expressway and elevated Skyway form the barangay's eastern boundary where the West Service Road, a national tertiary road, runs along a short 600-meter (2,000 ft) stretch of its territory giving access to a few industrial and logistics facilities. Dr. Santos Avenue is a national primary road which starts at the barangay's southeast corner and travels the whole 3-kilometer (1.9 mi) stretch of its boundary line with BF Homes. The San Antonio side of the avenue is lined with several retail stores including Jaka Plaza, Shopwise Sucat, the Santa Grove strip mall, and Amaia Steps, a condominium with a retail podium.[12] It is also the main access road to the different gated communities as well as a few slum areas in between those communities. The Elorde Sports Center, a popular boxing venue and the oldest in the chain of boxing gyms in the country owned by the family of Gabriel Elorde, has stood on the 3-hectare (7.4-acre) site across from the Manila Memorial Park and adjacent to Fourth Estate Subdivision on Dr. Santos Avenue since 1974.[13]

San Antonio Avenue is the main north–south thoroughfare of the barangay situated on the western side by the Jaka Plaza. This local road not only provides access to the Parañaque City Hall, the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church and San Antonio Valley Wet Market, it also serves to connect the communities of San Antonio and Don Bosco and as an alternate route between Dr. Santos Avenue and Doña Soledad Avenue, through a maze of narrow residential streets in San Antonio Valley and Better Living Subdivision.

Public transportation in San Antonio consists primarily of jeepneys and UV Express along Dr. Santos Avenue and West Service Road, and city buses along South Luzon Expressway. The barangay is also served by the Sucat railway station in the adjacent barangay Sucat. Tricycles are the main mode of transportation in the gated barangays and inner streets like San Antonio Avenue in San Antonio Valley, which is typical of barangays in Metro Manila.

## References

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1. ^ "District II - Barangay San Antonio". City Government of Parañaque. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
2. ^ Macabenta, Greg (20 December 2017). "An opportunity to modernize Parañaque". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
3. ^ "Quezon City - Code:137404000". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
4. ^ "City of Pasig - Code:137403000". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
5. ^ "City of Makati - Code:137602000". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
6. ^ "The Many Faces of Poverty Vol. 8" (PDF). PEP-CBMS Network Office. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
7. ^ 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) Population Counts Declared Official by the President, 7 July 2021, Wikidata Q107442757
8. ^ "Official Week in Review: March 31 – April 6, 1963". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved 26 April 2019.
9. ^ "San Antonio de Padua Parish (1970)". Roman Catholic Diocese of Parañaque. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
10. ^ Presidential Decree No. 1329 (April 3, 1978), Creating Barangay San Antonio in the Municipality of Parañaque, Metro Manila, retrieved 26 April 2019
11. ^ "2017 Road Data: National Capital Region". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
12. ^ "Bringing communities together at Amaia". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
13. ^ Siasat, JM (25 April 2014). "Cucuy Elorde preserves father's boxing legacy". Rappler. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

## External links

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* Media related to San Antonio, Parañaque City at Wikimedia Commons

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* Caloocan
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Barangays and districts

Capital District|

* Binondo
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* Malate
* Paco
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* Port Area
* Quiapo
* Sampaloc
* San Andres
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Eastern Manila
District|

* Bagong Pag-asa
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* Loyola Heights
* Mariana
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* Namayan
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* Project 6
* San Antonio
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* Socorro
* Tatalon
* Ugong
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Northern Manila
District|

* 76
* Bagong Silangan
* Balangkas
* BF Homes Caloocan
* Bignay
* Bisig
* Dalandanan
* Isla
* Karuhatan
* Lawang Bato
* Malanday
* Palasan
* Pariancillo Villa
* Polo
* Punturin
* Tagalag
* Tinajeros
* Tugatog
* Veinte Reales

Southern Manila
District|

* Alabang
* Ayala Alabang
* Baclaran
* Bagumbayan
* Bambang
* Bayanan
* Bel-Air
* BF Homes Parañaque
* BF International Village
* Buli
* Carmona
* Central Signal Village
* Cupang
* Dasmariñas
* Don Bosco
* Don Galo
* Enlisted Men's Barrios (EMBO)
* Post Proper Northside
* Post Proper Southside
* Forbes Park
* Fort Bonifacio
* Guadalupe Nuevo
* Hagonoy
* La Huerta
* Maharlika Village
* Merville
* Moonwalk
* Napindan
* New Lower Bicutan
* Pinagsama
* Poblacion, Makati
* Poblacion, Muntinlupa
* Putatan
* San Antonio
* San Dionisio
* San Isidro
* San Martin de Porres
* Santa Ana, Taguig
* Santo Niño
* Singkamas
* South Signal Village
* Sucat
* Sun Valley
* Tambo
* Tuktukan
* Tunasan
* Upper Bicutan
* Ususan
* Vitalez
* Western Bicutan

Business districts and commercial areas

Major central business districts|

* Makati CBD
* Ortigas Center
* Bonifacio Global City

Secondary central business districts|

* Araneta City
* Bay City
* Bonifacio Capital District
* Binondo
* Eastwood City
* Ermita
* Filinvest City
* Makati Poblacion
* Malate
* Triangle Park

Other mixed-use areas|

* Arca South
* Arcovia City
* Aseana City
* Ayala Center
* Bonifacio High Street
* Bridgetowne
* Capitol Commons
* CCP Complex
* Century City, Makati
* Circuit Makati
* Circulo Verde
* Entertainment City
* Eton Centris
* Greenfield District
* Greenhills
* Newport City
* Parklinks
* Riverbanks Center
* Robinsons Cybergate
* Rockwell Center
* San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park
* Serendra
* Tutuban Center
* U.P.–Ayala Land TechnoHub
* Vertis North

Gated communities and other locations

Gated communities|

* Ayala Alabang
* BF Homes Caloocan
* BF Homes Parañaque
* BF International Village
* Dasmariñas Village
* Forbes Park
* Philam

Unofficial districts and villages|

* Bagong Silang
* Baseco
* Divisoria
* Enlisted Men's Barrios (EMBO)
* Isla de Convalecencia
* San Francisco del Monte
* Novaliches
* University Belt

Former neighborhoods|

* Isla Pulo
* Parián
* Smokey Mountain

See also
Administrative divisions of Metro Manila
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