Tambo | |
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  Tambo | |
| Coordinates:14°30′59″N120°59′20″E / 14.51639°N 120.98889°E /14.51639; 120.98889 | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Region | Metro Manila |
| City | Parañaque |
| Congressional districts | Part of the1st district of Parañaque |
| Government | |
| • Barangay Chairman | Jennifer Quizon |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.0959 km2 (1.1953 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 26,928 |
| • Density | 8,698.0/km2 (22,528/sq mi) |
| ZIP code | 1701 |
| Area code | 2 |
Tambo ([tɐmˈbɔʔ]) is a coastal barangay located inParañaque,Metro Manila, Philippines. It is situated south ofBaclaran, adjoining theNinoy Aquino International Airport complex to the east.
The approximate boundaries are T. Alonzo Street and Asean Avenue in Baclaran to the north, McDonough Road andDon Galo to the south, with theParañaque River, Pildera Street in Pasay, and Cut-Cut Creek to the east, andManila Bay to the west. Across the stream in the east, Tambo is bordered by thePasay district of Maricaban (Barangays 191–200) and the Parañaque barangay ofSanto Niño (former Ibayo), where the international airport is located. It also administers most of theAseana City business district and theEntertainment City area, both situated in the Manila Bay reclamation area calledBay City. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 26,928.[1][2]
Tambo was named for thetiger grass used to make brooms (Filipino:walis tambo) that grew there in abundance during theSpanish colonial period.[3] It may have also been named for the lodging houses (Spanish:tambo o casa de hospedaje de viajeros) that stood in this former colonial beach strip which was one of the earliest barrios established in the Augustinian missionary town of Parañaque. Prior to the reclamation ofRoxas Boulevard (former Dewey Boulevard) during theAmerican colonial period, Tambo was a popular beach destination for Manila residents with resorts such as Aroma and El Faro lining the Manila Bay coast.[4]
On July 15, 1898, the First California Volunteers established Camp Dewey in a coastal forest in Tambo just north ofDon Galo at the height of theSpanish–American War. This military camp in Tambo would remain under U.S. Army possession throughout thePhilippine–American War and until 1937 when it was converted into aPhilippine Army camp named Camp Claudio by PresidentManuel Luis Quezon.[5][6][7]
In the early 1900s, the barrio was the location of several seaside mansions and became an elite enclave by the latter part of the American colonial period.[8] One such mansion is theColonial Revival style Palacio de Memoria (former Villaroman Mansion) built in the 1930s beside the Los Tamaraos Polo Club, a sports and social club founded byJoaquín Miguel Elizalde and his brothers which was housed in aGeorgian style building built in 1937.[9] The mansion is now used as an auction house owned byPhilippe Jones Lhuillier.[10]
The beach that used to stretch fromPasay in the north - where theManila Polo Club was originally located - toLas Piñas in the south - where Jale Beach (presumably owned by the Jalandoni and Ledesma families) was located - was gradually replaced by Dewey Boulevard (nowRoxas Boulevard) afterWorld War II.[11]
In 1957, Barangay Tambo acquired the land between Cut-cut Creek andManila International Airport.[12] In 1965, barrio Tambo was excised, alongside barrioBaclaran, from Parañaque to form part of the newly-established municipality of Baclaran.[13] However, theSupreme Court of the Philippines later voided the creation of the new municipality, thus returning the aforementioned barrios to Parañaque.[14] It was converted into a barangay alongside all other barrios in the Philippines in 1974.[15] On April 3, 1978, subdivisions such as the Baltao, Airlane Village, Jetlane Village, Gat Mendoza, and Vitalez were separated from Tambo to form a new independent barangay calledVitalez, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1327.[16]
In 1985, theManila–Cavite Expressway was opened on another reclaimed area in the southern section of Tambo as an extension of Roxas Boulevard.[17] The barangay was enlarged again with the creation of Bay City west of Roxas Boulevard by the Philippine Reclamation Authority in the 1970s and 1980s as part of the South Reclamation Project under Boulevard 2000.[18] It added 200 hectares (490 acres) of land area to Parañaque and which it now shares with neighboring Don Galo.[19] Tambo's shoreline is now approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) west of its original coast.
In 2003, the former American military camp known as Camp Claudio was transformed into a housing and urban development site by the national government.[20] In 2008, the Aseana Business Park project began.[21] In 2013,Solaire Resort & Casino, the firstintegrated resort ofEntertainment City, was opened in the reclaimed portion west of Tambo (Bay City, Metro Manila).
The barangay is home to the following educational institutions:
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Tambo is a major transportation hub in southwest Metro Manila. It is located along the busy Baclaran-Bay City traffic corridor south ofEDSA where several major thoroughfares are routed through. The main north–south highways servicing Tambo areRoxas Boulevard in the north and theManila–Cavite Expressway in the south, withNAIA Road and the elevatedNAIA Expressway separating them and providing access toNinoy Aquino International Airport andEntertainment City on either ends.Macapagal Boulevard is the main street in the barangay's Bay City section which runs parallel toJosé W. Diokno Boulevard further west linking these mixed-use developments and gaming hubs in Manila's new tourist belt. On the barangay's old eastern section runs the north–southElpidio Quirino Avenue connecting Tambo to Don Galo andLa Huerta to the south. It is also linked to Roxas Boulevard through the narrow Old Airport Road and to the airport complex throughAndrews Avenue.
TheParañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange is located at the Asia World subdistrict of Bay City by the barangay's border with Don Galo. It is a major bus terminal with local, intercity and provincial connections. The barangay is also served by theManila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 through jeepney connections from theBaclaran station located just 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) from the barangay . When the Line 1 extension toCavite is completed, it will have its ownstation on the Manila International Airport Road (NAIA Road) at its junction with Roxas Boulevard.
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