Manila
Capital District
Quiapo

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is a district in the northern part of the City of on the right bank of the Pasig River near its mouth, bordered by the districts of Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo, and Sampaloc, and Grace Park and La Loma.
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  • Type: Suburb with 127,000 residents
  • Description: district of Manila, Philippines
  • Also known as: “Santa Cruz, Manila”, “Sta. Cruz”, and “Sta. Cruz, Manila”

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Sebastian Church and Masjid Al-Dahab.

Church
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The Minor Basilica and Parish of San Sebastian, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and commonly known as or San Sebastian Basilica, is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church in , Philippines.

Mosque
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, officially known as Manila Golden Mosque and Cultural Center, is a situated in the predominantly Muslim section of the district in , , and is considered the largest mosque in .

Park
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or Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz is a major in Binondo, , bounded by Quintin Paredes Street to the east and Juan Luna Street to the west, parallel to the Estero de Binondo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Intramuros and Quiapo.

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, also known as the Ciudad Murada because of its most famous feature: a nearly 5-km-long circuit of massive stone walls and fortifications that almost completely surrounds the entire district, is the historic centre and oldest district of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

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is a district in the bustling, busy and crowded city of . gets it name from a floating plant named; "Kiapo" that grew abundantly around that area.

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is the "Chinatown" district of . It is the oldest Chinatown in the world and was the country's center of commerce during the American occupation.

Santa Cruz

Latitude
14.59984° or 14° 35′ 59″ north
Longitude
120.9802° or 120° 58′ 49″ east
Population
127,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
7Q62HXXJ+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3351756602
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1688216
Wiki­data ID
Q3545567
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانتا كروز”
  • Asturian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Catalan: “Santa Cruz”
  • Cebuano: “Santa Cruz”
  • Chinese: “圣塔克鲁兹区”
  • Chinese: “聖克魯斯區”
  • Chinese: “聖塔克魯茲區”
  • Dutch: “Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Santa Cruz”
  • German: “Santa Cruz”
  • Hebrew: “סנטה קרוז”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・クルス”
  • Japanese: “サンタクルーズ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “仙沓古律士”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “仙沓古律士區”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Cruz”
  • Russian: “Санта-Крус”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Tagalog: “Santa Cruz, Maynila”
  • Tagalog: “Santa Cruz”
  • Tagalog: “Sta. Cruz, Maynila”
  • Tagalog: “Sta. Cruz”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Крус”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz, Manila”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz”

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