Port Area, Manila

{{Short description|District of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines}}

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| other_name = Port District
South Port District

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| settlement_type = District of Manila

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Manila South Harbor, Bureau of Customs view from MH (Port Area Manila; 07-20-2024).jpg

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| subdivision_name1 = National Capital Region

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| subdivision_name2 = Manila

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| subdivision_name3 = Part of the 5th district of Manila

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| population_total = 72605

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| timezone1 = Philippine Standard Time

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| postal_code = 1018 (Port Area South)

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Port Area, Manila, also known as both the Manila Port District and South Port District,{{cite map |first= John |last= Bach |title = City of Manila, Philippine Islands |trans-title = |map = |map-url = |date = |year = 1920 |url =https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8064m.ct003077/?r=0.035,0.634,0.454,0.179,0 |scale =1:11,000 |series = |publisher = Bureau of Commerce and Industry |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date =May 31, 2023 }}{{cite map |first=Domingo|last=De Jesus|title = Table and Pocket Map Guide City of Manila Republic of the Philippines. |trans-title = |map = |map-url = |date = |year = 1958 |url =https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/manila-jesus-1960 |scale = 1:24,268 |series = |publisher =|cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date =May 31, 2023 }} is a district of the city of Manila, Philippines. It is entirely a reclaimed land occupied by Manila's South Harbor and Baseco Compound (Engineer's Island). It is bounded on the north by the Pasig River, facing the districts of Tondo and San Nicolas, on the west by the Manila Bay, on the east by Intramuros, separated by Radial Road 1, and on the south by the district of Ermita. Post-war developments at the Manila South Harbor eventually paved the way for the migration of natives from the different provinces, making it one of the largest ghettos in the Philippines.

History

File:Aerial view of Manila, Philippines, in May 1958.jpg

Port Area, historically known as Port District,{{cite book|title=Beautiful Philippines: A Handbook of General Information|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61774/61774-h/61774-h.htm|date=1923|publisher=Manila Bureau of Printing|accessdate=June 3, 2024}} was built on reclaimed land in the 1890s, toward the end of the Spanish rule, as an expansion of the Port of Manila.{{cite map |first = |title =Plano de Manila y sus arrabales 1894 |trans-title = Map of Manila and its suburbs 1894 |map = |map-url = |date = 1894 |year =|url =https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:kh04p668h#|scale =1:5,000 |series = |publisher =Lit De Chofre y Co. |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location =Manila |language = es|format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = |archive-url = |archive-date =}}{{cite map |first = Francisco J.|last= de Gamoneda |title = Plano de Manila y sus Arrables |trans-title = Map of Manila and its suburbs |map = |map-url = |date = 1898 |year =|url =https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/manila_and_suburbs_1898.jpg |scale =1:10,000 |series = |publisher = |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = es|format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = |archive-url = |archive-date =}}{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2023/07/06/2279007/reclamation-good-bad-and-ugly|title=Reclamation: the good, the bad and the ugly|first=Iris|last=Gonzales|date=July 6, 2023|work=The Philippine Star|accessdate=June 3, 2024}} In 1914, administrative oversight of the district was transferred to the Insular Collector of Customs (now Bureau of Customs).{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=26|date=April 15, 1914|title=Placing the new port district, city of Manila, under the supervision and control of the Insular Collector of Customs}} Subsequently, in 1949, revisions to the Manila city charter resulted in the formal and explicit inclusion of Port Area as part of the newly established 4th district.{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=409|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1949/06/18/republic-act-no-409/ |title=An act to revise the charter of the City of Manila, and for other purposes|date=June 18, 1949 |accessdate=February 3, 2024|publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}} It was later transferred to the 5th district in 1987, following the restoration of the bicameral Congress.

In the late 1970s, the urban poor were resettled to Baseco Compound, originally a dockyard of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation (NASSCO) that was acquired by the Romualdez family in 1966, to make space for a potential international seaport. Baseco was declared a barangay in the 1980s. Following the 1986 People Power Revolution, the property was sequestered, leading to further resettlement and its proclamation as a residential site in 2002.{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Dennis |title=Baseco and Its Proclamation |website=Ombudsman of the Philippines |url=http://www.ombudsman.gov.ph/UNDP4/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BASECO_PROC1_HTML.pdf|access-date=7 August 2019}}

Barangays

The district of Port Area is made up of 5 barangays, numbered 649 to 653. Barangay 649 contains the Engineer's Island, now informally known as the Baseco Compound. The Island is regarded as one of the biggest urban poor communities in the Philippines. All barangays of Port Area belong to Zone 68 of the City of Manila.

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!Barangay

!Land area

!Population (2020)

Barangay 649

|1.102 km²

|64,750

Barangay 650

|0.1059 km²

|5,202

Barangay 651

|0.1738 km²

|2,556

Barangay 652

|0.09513 km²

|39

Barangay 653

|0.2958 km²

|58

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Category:Districts of Manila