Quiapo () is a district of the city of
Manila
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, in the National Capital Region of the
Philippines
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. Referred to as the "Old Downtown of Manila", Quiapo is home to the
Quiapo Church
The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene ( es, Basílica Menor del Nazareno Negro; fil, Basílika Menor ng Itím na Nazareno), known canonically as the Parish of Saint John the Baptist and also known as Quiapo Church ( es, Iglesia Parroquial d ...
, where the feast of the
Black Nazarene is held with millions of people attending annually. Quiapo has also made a name for itself as a place for marketplace bargain hunting.
Quiapo is geographically located at the very center of the city of Manila. It is bounded by the
Pasig River and Estero de San Miguel to the south,
San Miguel to the east, Recto Avenue to the north and
Rizal Avenue to the west.
Etymology
Quiapo's name is derived from the abundance of water cabbage (''
Pistia stratiotes''), called ''kiyapo'' in
Tagalog
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** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
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(spelled ''
quiapo'' in
Philippine Spanish) in the nearby
Pasig River.
The town of
Cuyapo in
Nueva Ecija
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is also named after the same plant.
History
Since the
American insular government and commonwealth periods through to the late 1970s, Quiapo shared its status as the center of the activities of Manila's social elites as well as trade, fashion, art and higher learning with its surrounding vicinity (
Avenida Rizal,
Santa Cruz,
Escolta and the
University Belt). However, with the construction of the
Manila Light Rail Transit System's
LRT-1 spanning over
Rizal Avenue, the occlusion of light, the trapping of smog and vehicle emissions left the streets beneath dark, gloomy and with an increase in crime and transients. Consequently, many long-time establishments vacated the area. Following the
People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of c ...
in 1986, the vibrancy of Quiapo further diminished, with the void filled by makeshift markets to accommodate visitors to the Quiapo Church.
Community
Plaza Miranda, in the heart of the Quiapo district, is a town square named after Jose Sandino y Miranda, who served as secretary of the treasury of the Philippines from 1853 to 1863.
It is located in front of the Quiapo Church, and has become a popular site for political rallies. On August 21, 1971, while the
Liberal Party held its ''miting de avance'' in the plaza,
a bomb exploded, killing nine and injuring almost 100 civilians.
The Quiapo district is also home to a sizable
Muslim
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population.
The Golden Mosque and Green Mosque are located here.
Stores offering herbal products, and a large population of self-described fortune tellers, surround the Quiapo church. Thievery and sales of
illegally copied media are prevalent in the district.
In recent years, the local government of Manila, spearheaded by then-Mayor
Lito Atienza
Jose "Lito" Livioko Atienza Jr. (; born August 10, 1941) is a Filipino politician. He served as a Party-list Representative for Buhay from 2013 to 2022, and was a House Deputy Speaker from 2020 to 2022. He served as the Secretary of Environme ...
, launched the ''Buhayin ang Maynila'' ("Revitalize Manila") project which greatly rehabilitated Quiapo and its vicinities, most especially Plaza Miranda,
Quinta Market
Quinta Market ( fil, Pamilihang Bayan ng Quinta; es, Mercado de la Quinta), also known as Quiapo Market and officially called the Quinta Market and Fishport since 2017, is a ''palengke'' ( public market) on Carlos Palanca (formerly Echague) Stree ...
, the
Arsenio Lacson Underpass and the University Belt. Parts of Rizal Avenue, starting from Carriedo Street to
Recto Avenue, were converted into pedestrian shopping arcades.
Barangays
Quiapo contains 16
barangays
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: Barangays 306, 307,308, and 309 are part of Zone 30; Barangays 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, and 388 are part of Zone 39; and Barangays 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, and 394 are part of Zone 40 of the City of Manila.
Gallery
File:Quiapo Church Manila.JPG, Façade of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene
File:Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila (July 2022).jpg, Plaza Miranda
File:BasilicaofSanSebastianjf0518 02.JPG, Basilica of San Sebastian
File:Welcome Arch at Muslim Town in Quaipo, Manila (January 2020).jpg, Welcome Arch of Muslim Town
Notable people
*
Julio Nakpil
*
Rosemarie Gil
Maria Rosa Francisca Catalina Gil-Eigenmann y Castellvi (; born March 9, 1942), also known professionally as Rosemarie Gil, is a Filipino actress and singer. She is best known for her portrayal of rich socialite-villainess roles.
Early life
Gil ...
See also
*
Hidalgo Street
References
External links
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Districts of Manila