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Santa Mesa is a district in
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,
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. It is surrounded by the
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on the southwestern side, and by the San Juan River on its southern and eastern side. Land borders include the districts of San Miguel to the west and Sampaloc to the north; and to the northeast is
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. Santa Mesa was formerly a part of the Sampaloc district, from which it was partitioned and separated after it had its own parish in 1903. The parish is now known as Old Sta. Mesa (Poblacion), which extends from
Victorino Mapa Street Victorino Mapa Street, also known by its short form V. Mapa Street, is the main north–south road in the district of Santa Mesa, Manila, Santa Mesa in Manila, Philippines. The street, including its eastern extension, runs for from the junction ...
(Calle Santa Mesa) to Magsaysay Boulevard (Santa Mesa Boulevard).


Etymology

The district's name comes from the
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s, who christened the area ''Hermandad de Santa Mesa de la Misericordia'' ( Spanish for "Brotherhood of the Holy Table of Mercy"). The local parish church had for its titular
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of
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, which formed part of the phrase the "Center of the Table is the Sacred Heart which all Graces and Mercy flowed down." The Tuason family are the landlords of Santa Mesa during the Spanish colonial period offered an ''obra pía'' ("pious work"), and provided social services to the people Doña Albina Tuason also donated the Land where the Church is located even right at this modern days. A more popular folk etymology is that the name is a corruption of the Spanish term ''Santa Misa'' (" Holy Mass").


History

Santa Mesa was situated in the
alluvial Alluvium (, ) is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is ...
deposits at the confluence of
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and San Juan Rivers. It was owned by a Jesuits religious order during the Spanish era, and it is in this period that Santa Mesa got its name. Santa Mesa is better known for its role in the
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, in which the area became a battlefield during the
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. The conflict started when Pvt. William W. Grayson shot a Filipino soldier in San Juan Bridge between Santa Mesa and San Juan. In late 2003, the
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had determined that the conflict did not happen on San Juan Bridge, but at the juncture of Sociego and Silencio Streets. Up until the early American period, Santa Mesa was one of the barrios that comprised Sampaloc, which was a town of the defunct province of Manila before it was absorbed by the city of Manila upon its chartering in 1901. In 1903, Santa Mesa became a separate religious district out of Sampaloc when the first and oldest parish in the Philippines in honor of its titular, the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus del Misericordia, was established. It also became the cradle of devotion to the Sagrado Corazon in the Archdiocese of Manila. The parish is now known as the Old Santa Mesa, extending from V. Mapa to Santa Mesa Boulevard. The neighborhood was composed of wealthy and aristocratic Spanish and Filipino families who built summer houses, examples of which are the Sociego Mansion, formerly home of the Tuason family, and the Carriedo Mansion (currently known as the Antique House in Pureza), formerly home of Governor General Francisco Carriedo y Peredo who spearheaded the clean water system of the City of Manila. Affluent families were attracted to Santa Mesa's cooler climate and the picturesque streets that were lined with ylang-ylang trees along Santa Mesa Boulevard. The abundance of these trees started a perfume industry in Santa Mesa—flowers were harvested, pressed and the oil were exported in great quantities to perfumeries in France. However, for political purposes, Santa Mesa remained part of Sampaloc. The small community became the location of the hospital to treat the wounded during
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. The town experienced its growth after the war. Santa Mesa was the site of a 1950s suburban development because of its proximity to central Manila. The Santa Mesa Market was constructed around this period. It was a big shopping complex, and became popular for the selling of Post eXchange or PX Goods from U.S. bases in the Philippines, which is why it was called Stop & Shop. When the congressional districts of Manila were created, Santa Mesa was effectively separated from Sampaloc, falling to the jurisdiction of the 6th District. The national census still considers Santa Mesa as a part of Sampaloc for statistical purposes.


Geography

Santa Mesa is located in the eastern section of the City of Manila. It is bounded to the west by Lacson Avenue separating it from San Miguel; by Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard to the north bordering it from Sampaloc. The northeast boundary of Santa Mesa is west of SM City Sta. MesaShopping Mall originally the Santa Mesa Map goes all the way upto the Santa Mesa Heights and Barrio Matatalaib which is now known as Barangay Santo Domingo. Although the mall has "Santa Mesa" on its name, it is located in
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very near the city limits of Manila."Metro Manila Malls - SM City Sta. Mesa"
SM Prime. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
The southwestern side of Santa Mesa is along the
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while the southern and eastern sides are along the San Juan River. Across the San Juan River are the cities of San Juan to the east and a small portion of
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to the southeast. Across the
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, are the Manila areas of Santa Ana to the south and Pandacan to the southeast. The
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of the area is relatively flat as some of the natural variations in elevations have been evened out due to
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.


Sites of interest

* Bacood *
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(Bamboo Band Philippines) * United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP - Bacood) * Philippine Independent Church Bacood (Good Shepherd Parish) * Mabini Shrine (Manila), former home of
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, Philippines Revolution hero, located inside PUP. * Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital *
Polytechnic University of the Philippines The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP; ) is a public, coeducational, research university in Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines. It was founded on 19 October 1904, as the Manila Business School (MBS) and as part of Manila's public sch ...
* Recurso de Madriaga Pescado * Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School * Carriedo Mansion ( former home of the Governor General Don Francisco Carriedo y' Peredo who made the water system project of Manila)


Churches


Parks and plazas


Barangays

Santa Mesa is made up of 51 barangays, grouped into seven zones of the City of Manila. For statistical convenience for housing and population, the data for Santa Mesa is grouped with the data of Sampaloc. ;Zones *Zone 58: Barangays 587 to 593 *Zone 59: Barangays 594 to 601 *Zone 60: Barangays 602 to 606 and 610 to 613 *Zone 61: Barangays 607 to 609 and 614 to 618 *Zone 62: Barangays 619 to 625 *Zone 63: Barangays 626 to 630 *Zone 64: Barangays 631 to 636 ;Barangays


References


External links

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City of Manila
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