Baclaran

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title: "Baclaran" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["barangays-of-metro-manila", "parañaque", "shopping-districts-and-streets-in-metro-manila", "populated-places-established-in-1971", "1971-establishments-in-the-philippines"] description: "Barangay in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines" topic_path: "geography/philippines" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baclaran" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Barangay in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Baclaran
settlement_type	Barangay
image_skyline	Baclaran Church Carillon & Service Road, Parañaque, May 2025.jpg
image_caption	Baclaran at night
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	12
pushpin_map	Metro Manila
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Philippines
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	National Capital Region
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Parañaque
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	1st Legislative District of Parañaque
government_type	Barangay
leader_title	Barangay Captain
leader_name	Julius Anthony Zaide
leader_title1	Sangguniang Barangay
leader_name1	{{Collapsible list
title	Kagawad
frame_style	border:none; padding: 0;
list_style	text-align:left;display:none;
1	Vincent Ace Mangosing
2	Wilmer Agnas
3	Joseph Oliver Lim
4	Carlito Vacal
5	Romulo Fernandez
6	Carlito Gabriel
established_title	Established
established_date	1971
area_total_km2	0.6372
population_as_of	2020
population_total	33,850
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	PST
utc_offset	+8
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal Code
postal_code	1702
area_code	02
blank_name	Patron Saint
blank_info	St. Rita of Cascia
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::callout[type=note] the barangay in Parañaque ::

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Because of its proximity to the shore of Manila Bay, the place was named after a piece of fishing equipment called "tl". Baklad is a rattan fence placed around the fish to protect them until they are ready to be sold in the market. Many of these tl were assembled at the seashore, so people started calling the place "Bakladan". The Filipino grammatical feature of changing d's to r's when a suffix is added changed this to "Baclaran".

History

Then a barrio, Baclaran was excised, alongside barrio Tambo, from the then-municipality of Parañaque to form part of the newly established municipality of Baclaran in 1965, when both municipalities were part of Rizal province. However, the Supreme Court of the Philippines later voided the creation of the new municipality, thus returning the aforementioned barrios to Parañaque.

Baclaran was established in 1971 in the municipality, now city, of Parañaque. It was later converted into a barangay alongside all other barrios in the Philippines in 1974.

In 1973, Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II), then the Archbishop of Kraków, visited the Baclaran Church and celebrated Mass there during a brief, unofficial stopover in Manila, which was his first visit to the Philippines. In 1981, Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II returned to the shrine as part of his apostolic visit to the Philippines.

The area is well known for the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, also known as the Redemptorist Church or Baclaran Church, dedicated to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. The first Wednesday of every month is dedicated to the shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. There was also once Muslim mosque, the Baclaran Mosque, now demolished by the City of Pasay. Baclaran is known for its children and youth membership in the local rondalla, which won at NAMCYA in 1996, and the Drum and Lyre Band, as well as its street welding. There are a number of tl (flea markets) occupying the westbound lane of Taft Avenue.

Transportation

Located near the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Roxas Boulevard, Baclaran is a major transportation hub and transfer point. Redemptorist station of Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 Cavite Extension is located in the barangay, while the Baclaran station, the line's former southern terminal station in Pasay, serves the barangay. Many bus and jeepney routes pass through Baclaran or have it as their end destination, especially transportation to and from the province of Cavite to the south. Baclaran also has the closest street near the four terminals of Ninoy Aquino International Airport, more known as the Airport Road. Wednesdays are generally busier as novena devotees come to pray at the Baclaran Church.

Cycle rickshaws can also be used to navigate the interior streets.

References

References

1. (December 3, 1965). "Creating the Municipality of Baclaran in the Province of Rizal".
2. (2001). "Palanyag to Parañaque: A History". City of Parañaque, 2001.
3. (2017). "2nd Asian Education Symposium". Scitepress - Science and Technology Publications.
4. (September 21, 1974). "Declaring All Barrios in the Philippines as Barangays, and for Other Purposes". [[Official Gazette (Philippines).
5. (2007-12-01). "Swinburne, John, (born 4 July 1930), Founder and Leader, All Scotland Pensioners Party (formerly Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party), 2003–13; Member (Scottish Senior Citizens Unity) Scotland Central, Scottish Parliament, 2003–07". Oxford University Press.
6. "Parañaque City (Philippines): Barangays - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

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