The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in

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. It is an

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of San Andres,

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surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of

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History

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The land which the cemetery occupies was previously part of the Hacienda San Pedro de Macati which was owned by the Ayala-Roxas-Zóbel family. The land was then under the province of

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. The South Cemetery was legally acquired by Ordinance 726 and other actions taken by the Jacobo Zobel et al. vs. City of Manila (1925). The cemetery, occupying an area of , has a maximum capacity of 371,490 graves. On June 30, 2007. a record of 266,170 burials were made in the cemetery. There were an estimated total of 753,186 burials as of July 2018. On

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2015, a record 32,000 people visited the cemetery. The Manila City Government under Mayor

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in 2020 passed Ordinance No. 8608 allotting within the Manila South Cemetery for the establishment of the Manila Muslim Cemetery. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Muslim cemetery was held on July 22, 2020. The cemetery was inaugurated as the Manila Islamic Cemetery on June 7, 2021.

Notable burials

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, survivor of the

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* Leon Guinto (1886–1962),

during

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* Augusto S. Francisco (1911–1961), former Congressman of

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and served as Acting

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6th

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(reinterred at the

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on February 29, 2016) * Espiridiona Bonifacio (1875–1956), nationalist and revolutionary, and sister of

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* Cornelia "Angge" Lee (1946–2017), talent manager, coordinator and actress *

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(1918–2008), composer, music educator, and National Artist for Music *

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(1879–1963), novelist, linguist, and grammarian of the

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(1923–2009), actress of the 1950s, her remains were later exhumed and moved to undisclosed location * Jose "Joey" D. Hizon, Jr. (1954–2016), former congressman of Manila's 5th District * Rafaelita Soriano (1915–2007), former ambassador, educator, scholar, researcher, historian, and Kapampangan cultural advocate * Roberto "Betong" Gonzales (1942–2009), actor and the king of karate * Rolando Gonzales (1939–2003), actor and martial artist * Gerard Fainsan (1974–1997), former member of the Universal Motion Dancers * OG Kaybee (1988–2022), rapper * Pstr. Roy Q. Pineda (1964–2021), emmanuelians pastor and school service driver of Emmanuel Christian School,

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History

Notable burials

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