San Antonio is one of the 142

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Area and Location

San Antonio is bounded by the Dario River in the East, Judge Juan Luna Street in the West, Pat Senador and Baler Streets in the south and the Halang Creek in the north. Nearby barangays are

Veterans Village Veterans Village, (PSGC137404130 more commonly known as Project 7 and Muñoz, is a barangay located in Quezon City with an approximate land area of bounded by Barangay San Antonio in the Southwest, Roosevelt Avenue in the West, Barangay Bungad ...

(Project 7), Bahay Toro,

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, Katipunan, Del Monte and Paltok.

San Francisco del Monte

San Antonio is a part of the San Francisco del Monte area named after its benevolent Spanish friar and founder, St. Francis of Assisi. Founded by Saint Pedro Bautista on February 17, 1590, it was meant to be a place of solitude or "retreat" nestled atop a hill. The present

Santuario de San Pedro Bautista The Basilica Menor de San Pedro Bautista ''(Minor Basilica of Saint Pedro Bautista)'', also known as the San Francisco del Monte Church is a parish church in the San Francisco del Monte district of Quezon City, in the Philippines. It is one of ...

was the first structure in the area. It was an independent town during the Spanish era with an area of of land filled with wildlife and trees, later absorbed by Quezon City when it was created. Today, it is a heavily populated industrial district with factories mostly located along Judge Juan Luna Street. Two national roads are found in this area, namely

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and Del Monte Avenues. Originally around in area. It extended beyond Projects 7 and 8 as well as

Timog Avenue Timog Avenue is a major road located in Quezon City within the Diliman area of northeastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It runs east–west through the southern edge of the barangay of South Triangle and is used to be named in English as South Av ...

area. Currently, it is composed of Barangays Damayan, Mariblo, Masambong, Paltok, Paraiso and San Antonio.

Patron saint

The patron saint of Barangay San Antonio is Anthony of Padua whose feast day, the entire community celebrates every 13 June.

Demography

As of the 2020 census of the

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, the population of Barangay San Antonio went down to 22,229 from 24,667 5 years prior.

Basic services

The newly elected barangay officials headed by Punong Barangay Nestor Berroya have appropriated funds for the purchase of a new fire truck for the use of their constituents.

Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials

List of Punong Barangay

Members of Sangguniang Barangay

The current Barangay Captain, the Barangay Kagawads and SK Council were elected on May 14, 2018.

Typhoon Ondoy/Typhoon Ketsana

Barangay San Antonio was one of the hardest-hit barangay in Quezon City by

Typhoon Ondoy Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.15 billion in damages and 921 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the sea ...

. The level of floodwaters from Halang Creek and a nearby stream reached as high as 30 feet especially in the areas such as West Riverside Street, Santiago Street, Guerrero Street, and Fernandez Streets. Many houses were destroyed by raging floodwaters and countless properties were damaged. The barangay council temporarily used the barangay covered court in San Jose Street as well as the Sinag-Tala Elementary School as an evacuation area. Massive relief operations for almost 2,000 affected families was launched in order to help the victims of the flooding. One drowning casualty was recorded/reported.

References

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