San Antonio, Parañaque
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San Antonio | |
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 The Parañaque City Hall in San Antonio | |
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  San Antonio | |
| Coordinates: 14°27′56″N 121°1′52″E / 14.46556°N 121.03111°E | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Region | Metro Manila |
| City | Parañaque |
| Congressional districts | Part of the 2nd district of Parañaque |
| Established | April 3, 1978 |
| Named after | St. Anthony of Padua |
| Government | |
| • Barangay Chairman | Leopoldo C. Casale |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.8719 km2 (1.1088 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 70,134 |
| • Density | 24,421/km2 (63,249/sq mi) |
| ZIP code | 1715/1707 |
| Area code | 2 |
San Antonio is a barangay in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a collection of sixteen gated communities on the east side of Parañaque abutting the city of Muntinlupa and the informal settlements surrounding them.[1] The barangay is a long strip along the north side of Dr. Santos Avenue stretching from South Luzon Expressway to just west of San Antonio Avenue by the Jaka Plaza commercial center. It is bordered by Marcelo Green to the north, the Muntinlupa barangay of Sucat across the expressway to the east, BF Homes Parañaque across Dr. Santos Avenue to the south, and San Isidro and Moonwalk to the west. It extends to the northwest along San Antonio Avenue and also shares a border with Don Bosco further north and northwest. The barangay is part of the Parañaque's 2nd congressional district.
San Antonio is the city's administrative center, being the location of Parañaque City Hall.[2] It is the most populous of the four barangays in Metro Manila bearing the name San Antonio.[3][4][5] In 2016, the barangay also recorded the highest number of informal settlers in Parañaque with 2,661 households illegally occupying properties in the barangay, and 607 households living in makeshift houses.[6] As of the 2020 census, San Antonio had a population of 70,134.[7]
The territory that now forms barangay San Antonio is previously part of San Dionisio. In 1963, President Diosdado Macapagal and First Lady Eva Macapagal laid the cornerstone for the ₱1 million Parañaque Municipal Hall in San Antonio Valley during a ceremony hosted by Mayor Eleuterio de Leon.[8] The building was completed in 1971 during the term of Mayor Florencio Bernabe Sr. and eventually replaced the old Casa Tribunal in La Huerta. In 1970, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila established the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church.[9]
Barangay San Antonio was founded in 1978 as a result of real estate development and changing demographics happening across the Manila region in the decades following World War II. The multiplication of barangays was also aided by a national government program for economic acceleration through the creation of more administrative divisions during the term of President Ferdinand Marcos. The contiguous gated communities of San Antonio Valley (except Phases 2, 6, 12 and 15), Barangay Village, Fourth Estate, and Mon El Subdivision were separated from San Dionisio through Presidential Decree No. 1329.[10] The new barangay was named after San Antonio Valley Phase 1, its largest component village where the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church is located, with Saint Anthony of Padua as its patron.
Demographics
Education
Several educational institutions are located in San Antonio. They include:
- Agape Young Achievers' Christian Academy
- Fourth Estate Elementary School
- International Christian Academy
- LH Montessori High
- Parish Learning Center San Antonio de Padua
- San Antonio Elementary School
- San Antonio National High School
- United Christian Academy
- UP South School
