Manila South Cemetery
Coordinates: 14°33′56″N 121°1′9″E / 14.56556°N 121.01917°E
 Main Entrance to Manila South Cemetery | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1925 |
| Location | Manila, Metro Manila |
| Country | Philippines |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | City of Manila |
| Size | 25 hectares (62 acres) |
| No. of graves | 295,000 |
| Website | http://manila.gov.ph/south-cemetery/ |
The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in Metro Manila. It is an exclave of San Andres, Manila surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of Makati.[1]
History
The land which the cemetery occupies was previously part of the Hacienda San Pedro de Macati which was owned by the Ayala-Roxas-Zóbel family.[2][3] The land was then under the province of Rizal.[4] The South Cemetery was legally acquired by Ordinance 726 and other actions taken by the Municipal Board and Mayor Zobel vs. City of Manila (1925).[5]
The cemetery, occupying an area of 25 hectares (62 acres)[1], has a maximum capacity of 52,234 graves. In June 30, 2007. a record of 266,170 burials were made in the cemetery.[5]
On All Saints' Day 2015, a record 32,000 people visited the cemetery.[1]
Notable burials
- Ramon Bagatsing, longest serving Mayor of Manila, survivor of the Plaza Miranda bombing
- Leon Guinto, Mayor of Manila during World War II, and Governor of Quezon
- Augusto S. Francisco, former Congressman of Manila
- José Abad Santos, Fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and served as Acting President of the Philippines during World War II
- Elpidio Quirino, fifth President of the Philippines (reinterred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on February 29, 2016)[6]
- Espiridiona Bonifacio, nationalist and revolutionary, and sister of Andrés Bonifacio
- Cornelia "Angge" Lee, talent manager, coordinator and actress
- Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer, music educator, and National Artist for Music
- Lope K. Santos, novelist, linguist, and grammarian of the Filipino language
- Paraluman, actress
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "In the Know: Manila South Cemetery". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ Gomez, Buddy (10 February 2016). "The man who saved Makati in 1943". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ Tan, Miguel; Mora, MG (1 November 2013). "Cemetery trivia: How well do you know our burial grounds?". Rappler. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "G.R. No. L-22201 - Jacobo Zobel, et. al. vs. City of Manila". LawPhil.net. Supreme Court of the Philippines. 12 January 1925.
- 1 2 "Manila South Cemetery". Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ "After 60 years, President Quirino gets burial he deserves".
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