University Belt
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include España station and University of Santo Tomas Hospital.
España station
Railway station
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España station is a railway station located on the South Main Line in the city of Manila, Philippines. It derives its name from its location in España Boulevard. The station is the third station for trains headed south from Tutuban.
University of Santo Tomas Hospital
Hospital
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The University of Santo Tomas Hospital is a hospital located at the University of Santo Tomas. The hospital has two divisions, a clinical teaching hospital that offers inexpensive medical care for indigent patients and a private hospital for patients with financial means, which is partially used to subsidize the clinical division.
UST Museum of Arts and Sciences
Museum
Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The University of Santo Tomas Museum is the oldest existing museum in the Philippines. It started as a Gabinete de Fisica, or observation room, of mineral, botanical and biological collections in the 17th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quiapo and Santa Cruz.
Quiapo
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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.
Santa Cruz
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Santa Cruz is a district in the northern part of the City of Manila 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.
Sampaloc
Suburb
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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…
University Belt
- Type: academic enclave
- Location: Manila, Santa Cruz, Capital District, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.6128° or 14° 36′ 46″ northLongitude
120.9989° or 120° 59′ 56″ eastOpen location code
7Q62JX7X+4HWikidata ID
Q3578277
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Tagalog—“University Belt” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Sabuk Universitas”
- Japanese: “ユニバーシティ・ベルト”
- Panjabi: “ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਬੈਲਟ”
- Tagalog: “Sinturon ng mga unibersidad”
- Tagalog: “University Belt”
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