The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in
Metro Manila
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. It is an
exclave
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of
San Andres, Manila surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of
Makati
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.
History
The land which the cemetery occupies was previously part of the Hacienda San Pedro de Macati which was owned by the
Zóbel de Ayala family. The land was then under the province of
Rizal
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* Rizal (province), a province of the Philippines
* José Rizal, Filipino national hero whom the province is named after
Rizal may also refer to:
People
* Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli, Malaysian footballer
* Atep Ri ...
. The South Cemetery was legally acquired by Ordinance 726 and other actions taken as ruled in ''Jacobo Zobel et al. vs. City of Manila (G.R. No. L-22201, 1925)''.
The cemetery, occupying an area of ,
[ has a maximum capacity of 371,490 graves. As of June 30, 2007, 266,170 burials were made in the cemetery. There were an estimated 753,186 burials as of July 2018.
On ]All Saints' Day
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2015, a record 32,000 people visited the cemetery.[
The Manila City Government under Mayor ]Isko Moreno
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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
* Freddie Aguilar
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(1953–2025), singer
* Ramon Bagatsing
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(1916–2006), longest serving Mayor of Manila
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, survivor of the Plaza Miranda bombing
* León Guinto (1886–1962), Mayor of Manila
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during World War II
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, Governor
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of Quezon
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* Elpidio Quirino
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A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered p ...
(1890–1956), former president of the Philippines
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(reinterred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
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First established in May 1947 as a fitting resting place for Philippine mili ...
in 2016)Andrés Bonifacio
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* Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008), composer, music educator, and National Artist for Music
* Lope K. Santos
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(1879–1963), novelist, linguist, and grammarian of the Filipino language
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* Paraluman (1923–2009), actress of the 1950s (reinterred at the St. Therese Columbary)
* Joey Hizon (1958–2016), councilor and representative for Manila's 5th district
* Danny Lacuna (1938–2023), former Vice Mayor of Manila and founder of Asenso Manileño
See also
* La Loma Cemetery
The La Loma Catholic Cemetery ( Spanish: ''Campo Santo de La Loma'') was opened in 1884 and is largely located in Caloocan, Metro Manila. A portion of the southern part of the cemetery is located in Manila.
History
The La Loma Cemetery is on ...
* Manila Chinese Cemetery
* Libingan ng mga Bayani
Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB, , ) is a national cemetery within Fort Bonifacio (formerly Fort William McKinley) in Barangay Western Bicutan, Taguig, Philippines.
First established in May 1947 as a fitting resting place for Philippine mili ...
* Manila North Cemetery
The Manila North Cemetery (Spanish: ''Cementerio del Norte'') is one of the oldest cemeteries in Metro Manila, Philippines. The cemetery is owned by and located in the City of Manila, the national capital, and is one of the largest in the met ...
* Scouting memorials
References
{{Manila cemeteries
Cemeteries in Metro Manila
Cemeteries established in the 1920s
Landmarks in the Philippines
Mausoleums used as housing
Buildings and structures in San Andres, Manila
Enclaves and exclaves
Muslim cemeteries