Santa Ana, Taguig

Santa Ana
Barangay
Santa Ana Church as seen from Plaza Quezon
Santa Ana
Coordinates: 14°31′39.76″N 121°4′35.85″E
Country	Philippines
Region	National Capital Region
City	Taguig
District	1st Legislative district of Taguig
Named for	Saint Anne
Government
• Type	Barangay
• Punong Barangay	Roberto M. Flogen
• Barangay Councilor	Ronnie D. Paloma Pepito M. Rodriguez Conrado A. Aquino Jr. Elsa P. Macalinao Mark Vincent F. Abella Hardy E. Lorenzo Agapito S. Herrera
• Sangguniang Kabataan Chairperson	Joanna Mae M. Pagkalinawan
Area
• Total	0.22 km^2 (0.08 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	22,581
• Density	100,000/km^2 (270,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
Postal Code	1637
Area code	02
Website	https://www.facebook.com/brgystaanataguig

Santa Ana is one of the 38 barangays of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of the nine original barrios of Taguig.^[2] It is named after Saint Anne, who is the patroness of the barangay.

History

Santa Ana is the original municipal center of Taguig from its establishment in 1587, during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.^[3][4] It had a total land area of 142 hectares (350 acres).

Landmarks

The Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Anne is a Roman Catholic church located in the barangay. Built in 1587, it is situated next to the Taguig River and across Plaza Quezon, where the statue of Manuel L. Quezon was erected when he was still serving as the nation's President.^[5] The Taguig Integrated School is also located in the barangay. Its Gabaldon Building, which has remained standing since it was constructed from 1917 to 1928 and currently serves as the school's museum.^[4]

Geography

Santa Ana is bounded to the north by Tuktukan, to the east by Calzada Tipas, to the south by Laguna de Bay, and to the west by the Taguig River.

References

1. Census of Population (2020). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. Buzeta, Manuel (1850). "Diccionario geografico, estadistico, historico de las Islas Filipinas: Por Manuel Buzeta y Felipe Bravo. I".
3. Diccionario Geografico Estadistico Historico Islas Filipinas, Manuel Buzeta, Felipe Bravo, Rector Del Colegio De Valladolid, Madrid 1850, page 292
4. "Taguig's Santa Ana and the "probinsyudad" feels". The Urban Roamer. February 5, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
5. "Plaza Quezon". Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.