San Andres San Andres Bukid
District ofManila
A street of San Andres Bukid
Country	Philippines
Region	National Capital Region
City	Manila
Congressional districts	Part of the5th district of Manila
Barangays	65
Named after	St. Andrew the Apostle
Area
• Total	1.6802 km2 (0.6487 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	133,727
• Density	79,590/km2 (206,140/sq mi)

San Andres (alsoSan Andres Bukid) is a district ofManila,Philippines. San Andres shares the Estero Tripa de Gallina as its western and northern border with the districts ofMalate andPaco, respectively andPedro Gil and Tejeron streets to the east with the district ofSanta Ana. It borders the city ofMakati in the south. The area is under the jurisdiction of the5th Congressional District of Manila, and includes the Sagrada Familia Parish, a stretch of the Manila Bay includingThe Aristocrat, and theManila South Cemetery, anexclave of the city surrounded by land somewhat administered byMakati.

San Andres is also known by its longer name San Andres Bukid. The first part of the name comes fromSpanish forSaint Andrew, the patron saint of Manila;^[2] while the second part comes fromTagalogbukid, meaning "farm" or "[rice] field", which the area once was.^[3]

Although San Andres has only a small land area, it is the second most densely populated district in Manila, as of 2020, afterSanta Ana.^[1] San Andres is divided into its eastern and western sectors by theOsmeña 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 variousprovinces 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 ofurban planning as evidenced by irregular buildings, narrow roadways, and large blocks of houses accessible only through meter-wide alleyways.

What is now San Andres Bukid was carved from the pre-World War II district of Singalong, as well as parts of theHacienda de San Pedro Macati (as of 1851 purchase by theZobel de Ayala family),^[4]Santa Ana,Malate, andPaco.^[5] Singalong district is largely absorbed into San Andres and is commemorated by a namesake street that runs perpendicular toQuirino Avenue and parallel toTaft 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 aTagalog word for a cup fashioned frombamboo.

In theSpanish colonial era,Spaniards awarded the area to members of theCapuchinmissionaries who thereafter converted the native population toChristianity. In the aftermath of theSecond 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 nearbyprovinces and theVisayas.

San Andres has 65 barangays.

• "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 ArtsISBN 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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