San Juan City

:"For the capital city of Puerto Rico, see San Juan, Puerto Rico. For other uses, see San Juan (disambiguation)." Infobox Settlement
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leader_name = Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito PMP/GO
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website = [http://www.sanjuancity.gov.ph/ Official Website of San Juan City]
footnotes = The City of San Juan (Filipino: "Lungsod ng San Juan") or simply San Juan is a city in Metro Manila in the Philippines. Before the creation of Metro Manila, it was part of Rizal Province. Currently Metro Manila's smallest city in terms of area, San Juan is one of the smallest among the cities and municipalities in the metropolis, second only to Pateros. This was the site of the first battle of the Katipunan, the Filipino revolutionary organization, against the Spanish colonizers.

Etymology

The city is named after St. John the Baptist, who is also the city's patron saint.

Government

Mayor: Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito

Vice Mayor: Leonardo G. Celles

City Councilors:
# Vincent Rainier M. Pacheco
# Domingo M. Sese
# Dante E. Santiago
# Ferdinand Velasco
# Angelino Mendoza
# Edgar Soriano
# Francis Keith Peralta
# Francis Javier Zamora
# Grace V. Cortes-Pardines
# Andoni Carballo
# Rolando Bernardo
# Jana Ejercito Surla Ex-officio Councilors:
# (Ramon Nakpil - ABC President)
# (Joseph Christopher Torralba - SK President)

District Representative: Ronaldo B. Zamora

Location

San Juan City is located at the approximate geographical centre of Metro Manila. It is bordered by Quezon City on the north and east, Mandaluyong City on the south, and the city of Manila on the west. Among the many interesting places in San Juan are the Pinaglabanan Shrine, which marks the first battle of the Katipunan, the Greenhills Shopping Center, one of the metro's popular bargain places, especially for electronics, clothing and other merchandise.

History

San Juan is officially named, Municipality of San Juan del Monte.

During the pre-Spanish times, San Juan was a mere village until it became a small encomienda in 1590. Formerly a barrio of Santa Ana de Sapa, which was ruled by King Lacantagean and his wife Bouan, the town derived its name from the patron saint San Juan de Bautista (Saint John the Baptist), and “Del Monte,” often annexed to it, was named after the hilly structure of the land. In 1602, the Dominican friars built a retreat house for their immediate use, where aging convalescing friars stayed. Later, the Dominicans Constructed a convent sanctuary and a stone church dedicated to the Holy Cross, a church destined to be ravaged during the Spanish occupation. To this day, the thrice-rebuilt church of the Holy Cross stands on the same site, with the Aquinas School for the boys and the Dominican College for the girls. In 1783, San Juan became independent of Sta. Ana but it was still then a barrio.

Although not officially known, the tiny city of San Juan could also be called the "Town of Philippine Presidents." Of the last nine presidents since the country became a Republic in 1946, four of them were official residents of San Juan when they assumed the reins of national office. The four are/were the Macapagals, pere et fille, Diosdado Sr. (1961-1965) and the incumbent, his daughter Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001-2010). The other two were Ferdinand Marcos (1965-1986) and Joseph Estrada (1998, until his ouster in 2001's EDSA II).

Former President Joseph Estrada served as mayor of San Juan.

On June 16, 2007 voters in San Juan ratified the conversion of the municipality into a highly urbanized city, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9388 (An Act Converting the Municipality of San Juan into a Highly Urbanized City to be known as the City of San Juan). Congressman Ronaldo B. Zamora sponsored the Cityhood Bill at the House of Representatives and worked for its approval. [ [http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/RA09388.pdf Republic Act No. 9388 - Charter of the City of San Juan] ]

angguniang Panglungsod

The Sangguniang Panglungsod of San Juan is headed by Vice-Mayor Leonardo G. Celles. The City Councilors are:

District IHon. Vincent Pacheco,Hon. Domingo Sese,Hon. Dante Santiago,Hon. Ferdinand Velasco,Hon. Angelino Mendoza,Hon. Edgardo Soriano

District IIHon. Francis Keith Peralta,Hon. Francisco Javier Zamora,Hon. Grace Cortes-Pardines,Hon. Andoni Miguel Carballo,Hon. Rolando Bernardo,Hon. Jana Ejercito-Surla

Barangays

San Juan is politically subdivided into 21 barangays:

* Addition Hills * Balong-Bato * Batis * Corazon De Jesus * Ermitaño * Greenhills * Halo-halo (St. Joseph) * Isabelita * Kabayanan * Little Baguio * Maytunas * Onse

* Pasadeña * Pedro Cruz * Progreso * Rivera * Salapan * San Perfecto * Santa Lucia * Tibagan * West Crame

Transportation

*Road R-6 passes through San Juan as Aurora Boulevard, as does the C-3 (Araneta Avenue). Less major routes include Nicanor Domingo (more known as N. Domingo), which heads towards Cubao in Quezon City and Pinaglabanan/Santolan, which leads towards Ortigas Avenue and eventually Quezon City.
*The Purple Line of the Manila LRT also briefly passes through the city while running over Aurora Boulevard (R-6), serving the stations at V. Mapa and J. Ruiz.
*Numerous jeepney routes operate through the area, heading towards Cubao, Divisoria, Crame (via Santolan), Taytay and other destinations. A bus route from Quiapo heading towards Cainta and Taytay passes through San Juan.

Education

Here is a list of some notable scholastic institutions in the city, both public and private.

*The San Juan National High School, which was established in 1969 during the time of then Mayor Joseph Estrada, is the lone public high school in the City.

*Aquinas School- a Catholic school established by the Dominicans
*Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication- the country's premiere institute for graduate studies in Communication Management and Journalism
*Dominican College
*Fountain International Academy
*Immaculate Conception Academy-Greenhills, an outstanding all-girls private Catholic school for Chinese Filipinos
*Philippine Chen Kuang High School - a private school
*Montessori De San Juan
*O.B. Montessori Center
*Pinaglabanan Elementary School
*St. John's Academy
*Xavier School- an excellent all-boys private school run by the Society of Jesus for Chinese Filipinos

Culture

San Juan is famed for its celebration of the feast of their patron, St. John the Baptist. The locals celebrate by dousing the streets - along with passers-by and vehicles - with water (as is done in baptism).

San Juan also has a significant Filipino-Chinese population, as well as a notable Muslim population.

ister Cities of San Juan City

*flagicon|United States Santa Barbara, California
*flagicon|Philippines Davao City [ [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/10/05/news/davao.san.juan.cities.ink.sisterhood.pact.html sunstar.com.ph, Davao, San Juan cities ink sisterhood pact] ]

References

*Google Earth

External links

* [http://www.sanjuancity.gov.ph/ Official Website of the City of San Juan, Metro Manila]