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Port Area Port District South Port District | |
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District ofManila | |
.jpg) Manila South Harbor with theBureau of Customs building in the center | |
 Map of Manila showing the location of Port Area | |
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| Coordinates:14°35′19″N120°58′07″E / 14.588726°N 120.968597°E /14.588726; 120.968597 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region |
| City | Manila |
| District | Part of the5th district of Manila |
| Barangays | 5 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.1528 km2 (1.2173 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 72,605 |
| • Density | 23,029/km2 (59,644/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Philippine Standard Time) |
| ZIP code | 1018 (Port Area South) |
| Area code | 2 |
Port Area, also known as theManila Port District andSouth Port District,[2][3] is a district of the city ofManila,Philippines. It is entirely a reclaimed land occupied by Manila's South Harbor andBaseco Compound (Engineer's Island). It is bounded on the north by thePasig River, facing the districts ofTondo andSan Nicolas, on the west byManila Bay, on the east byIntramuros, separated byRadial Road 1, and on the south byErmita. Post-war developments at the Manila South Harbor eventually paved the way for the migration of natives from the different provinces, making it one of the largestghettos in the Philippines.
Port Area, historically known as Port District,[4] was built on reclaimed land in the 1890s, toward the end of theSpanish rule, as an expansion of thePort of Manila.[5][6][7] In 1914, administrative oversight of the district was transferred to the Insular Collector of Customs (nowBureau of Customs).[8] Subsequently, in 1949, revisions to the Manila city charter resulted in the formal and explicit inclusion of Port Area as part of the newly established4th district.[9] It was later transferred to the5th district in 1987, following the restoration of the bicameralCongress.
In the late 1970s, the urban poor were resettled toBaseco Compound, originally a dockyard of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation (NASSCO) that was acquired by the Romualdez family in 1966, to make space for a potential international seaport. Baseco was declared a barangay in the 1980s. Following the 1986People Power Revolution, the property was sequestered, leading to further resettlement and its proclamation as a residential site in 2002.[10]
The district of Port Area is made up of 5barangays, numbered 649 to 653. Barangay 649 contains the Engineer's Island, now informally known as theBaseco Compound. The Island is regarded as one of the biggest urban poor communities in the Philippines. All barangays of Port Area belong to Zone 68 of the City of Manila.
| Barangay | Land area | Population (2020) |
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| Barangay 649 | 1.102 km2 | 64,750 |
| Barangay 650 | 0.1059 km2 | 5,202 |
| Barangay 651 | 0.1738 km2 | 2,556 |
| Barangay 652 | 0.09513 km2 | 39 |
| Barangay 653 | 0.2958 km2 | 58 |
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