Sampaloc
Sampaloc is a district of Manila, Philippines. It is referred to as the University Belt or simply called "U-Belt" for numerous colleges and universities are found within the district such as the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant university in Asia…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 341,000 residents
- Description: district of Manila, Philippines
- Also known as: “Sampaloc, Manila” and “Sampalog”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sampaloc Church and Malacañang Palace.
Sampaloc Church
Church
Photo: Urbanroamer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Loreto, commonly known as Sampaloc Church or Loreto Church, is a Roman Catholic church located along Figueras Street in the district of Sampaloc in the City of Manila.
Malacañang Palace
Government office
Photo: Valeraraisen, Public domain.
Malacañang Palace, officially known as Malacañán Palace, is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the Philippines. It is located in the Manila district of San Miguel, along Jose Laurel Street, though it is commonly associated with nearby Mendiola Street.
San Sebastian Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Minor Basilica and Parish of San Sebastian, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and commonly known as San Sebastian Church or San Sebastian Basilica, is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church in Manila, Philippines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Miguel and Quiapo.
San Miguel
Suburb
Photo: Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The University Belt, or the "U-Belt" in short, contains a large cluster of universities and colleges in Manila. The universities in this district draws locals, other Filipinos, and some foreign students.
Quiapo
Photo: Obra19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quiapo is a district in the bustling, busy and crowded city of Manila. Quiapo gets it name from a floating plant named; "Kiapo" that grew abundantly around that area.
University Belt
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The University Belt, or the "U-Belt" in short, contains a large cluster of universities and colleges in Manila. The universities in this district draws locals, other Filipinos, and some foreign students.
Sampaloc
- Categories: district of Manila and locality
- Location: Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.6022° or 14° 36′ 8″ northLongitude
120.99406° or 120° 59′ 39″ eastPopulation
341,000Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)United Nations Location Code
PH SMLOpen location code
7Q62JX2V+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3351756601OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Sampaloc” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Sampaloc”
- Catalan: “Sampaloc”
- Central Bikol: “Sampaloc, Manila”
- Central Bikol: “Sampaloc”
- Chinese: “三巴洛区”
- Chinese: “三巴洛區”
- Chinese: “桑巴洛克区”
- Chinese: “桑巴洛克區”
- Dutch: “Sampaloc”
- Indonesian: “Sampaloc, Manila”
- Indonesian: “Sampaloc”
- Italian: “Sampaloc”
- Japanese: “サンパロック (マニラ)”
- Japanese: “サンパロック”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sampaloc”
- Min Nan Chinese: “三巴樂”
- Min Nan Chinese: “三巴樂區”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sampaloc”
- Russian: “Сампалок”
- Spanish: “Sampaloc”
- Spanish: “Sampáloc”
- Tagalog: “Sampaloc, Maynila”
- Tagalog: “Sampaloc”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sampaloc, Manila”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sampaloc”
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