San Andres, Manila

Although San Andres has only a small land area, it is the most densely populated district in Manila, as of 2015, surpassing even Tondo. San Andres is divided into its eastern and western sectors by the Osmeña Highway. Mostly residential, San Andres also has some sections classified as commercial.

The majority of the district's population live just above the poverty line, mostly composed of post-World War II settlers from various provinces while the original inhabitants were middle or lower-class migrant families who had formerly settled in Tondo but found the rough working-class lifestyle less suitable for raising children. The influx of settlers into the district was unregulated, resulting in a lack of urban planning as evidenced by irregular buildings, narrow roadways, and large blocks of houses accessible only through meter-wide alleyways.

San Andres has 65 barangays.

What is now San Andres Bukid was carved from the pre-World War II district of Singalong as well as parts of Santa Ana, Malate, and Paco districts.[1] Singalong district is largely absorbed into San Andres and is commemorated by a namesake street that runs perpendicular to Quirino Avenue and parallel to Taft Avenue. The street lies west of what is now the western section of San Andres. Elderly residents of Singalong believe that the area's name was derived from a Tagalog word for a cup fashioned from bamboo.

In the Spanish colonial era, Spaniards awarded the area to members of the Capuchin missionaries who thereafter converted the native population to Catholicism. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the southern section of Manila was devastated as with most of the city. San Andres was then mostly open space, and it was repopulated by migrants from nearby provinces and the Visayas.

San Andres Street

San Andres Street looking north.
Former name(s)	none
Namesake	Saint Andrew
Length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Location	Manila
North end	Augusto Francisco Street in San Andres
Major junctions	N181 (San Marcelino Street) N170 (Taft Avenue) Maria Orosa Street Bocobo Street Mabini Street Del Pilar Street
South end	AH 26 (N120) (Roxas Boulevard) in Malate

San Andres Street is a road in the city of Manila. It starts from Augusto Francisco Street in San Andres. It traverses the neighborhoods of Rubi, Coral, and Nakar. It crosses N145 (Osmeña Highway).

It was bisected by Taft Avenue in front of Quirino Avenue LRT Station. It continues at the intersection of Quirino Avenue and traverses the Malate streets of Pilar Hidalgo Lim, Guerrero, Maria Orosa Avenue, Adriatico Street, Mabini, and Del Pilar Street. It terminates at N120 (Roxas Boulevard) in Malate.

Intersections

The entire route is located in Manila. 

km	mi	Destinations	Notes
		Augusto Francisco Street	Northern terminus.
		Rubi Street
		Nakar Street	Shift to one-way northbound.
		N145 (Osmeña Highway) R-3	Traffic light intersection. Shift to two-way road.
		G. Del Pilar Street	Northbound access only.
		Taal Street
		Anak Bayan Street
		A. Linao Street	Shift to one-way northbound.
		Singalong Street
		Benitez Street
		N181 (San Marcelino Street)
		Leon Guinto Street
		N140 (Quirino Avenue) C-2/ N170 (Taft Avenue) R-2	Bisected by Taft Avenue.
		P. Hidalgo Lim Street
		Guerrero Street
		Leveriza Street
		Maria Orosa Avenue	Shift to two-way road.
		Adriatico Street	Traffic light intersection.
		Madre Ignacia Street
		Mabini Street	Traffic light intersection.
		Del Pilar Street	Traffic light intersection.
		AH 26 (N120) (Roxas Boulevard) R-1	Southern terminus.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

• "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
• San Andres Manila Volunteer Fire Brigade Inc., History by Charles Chua, Callsign San Andres 1, Presently President and Brigade Fire Marshall

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