Paco, Manila

E826066

barangay district former cemetery historic district park

Paco, Manila is a historic district in the city of Manila, Philippines, known for its residential neighborhoods, Paco Park, and its role as a former cemetery and wartime site.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Paco, Manila canonical	12
Paco, Manila, Philippines	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9864287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paco, Manila
Context triple: [Ermita, Manila, borderedBy, Paco, Manila]

A. San Nicolas, Manila
San Nicolas, Manila is a historic riverside district in Manila, Philippines, known for its old warehouses, heritage houses, and proximity to the Chinatown area of Binondo.
B. Santa Cruz, Manila
Santa Cruz, Manila is a historic commercial and residential district in the city of Manila, Philippines, known for its busy streets, old churches, and proximity to the city’s traditional Chinatown area.
C. San Miguel, Manila
San Miguel, Manila is a historic district in the city of Manila, Philippines, known for housing the presidential Malacañang Palace and various government and educational institutions.
D. Sampaloc, Manila
Sampaloc, Manila is a central district of Manila, Philippines, known as an educational hub that hosts several major universities and colleges.
E. Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines is a highly urbanized coastal city in the National Capital Region known for hosting major transport hubs, commercial centers, and entertainment complexes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paco, Manila
Target entity description: Paco, Manila is a historic district in the city of Manila, Philippines, known for its residential neighborhoods, Paco Park, and its role as a former cemetery and wartime site.

A. San Nicolas, Manila
San Nicolas, Manila is a historic riverside district in Manila, Philippines, known for its old warehouses, heritage houses, and proximity to the Chinatown area of Binondo.
B. Santa Cruz, Manila
Santa Cruz, Manila is a historic commercial and residential district in the city of Manila, Philippines, known for its busy streets, old churches, and proximity to the city’s traditional Chinatown area.
C. San Miguel, Manila
San Miguel, Manila is a historic district in the city of Manila, Philippines, known for housing the presidential Malacañang Palace and various government and educational institutions.
D. Sampaloc, Manila
Sampaloc, Manila is a central district of Manila, Philippines, known as an educational hub that hosts several major universities and colleges.
E. Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines is a highly urbanized coastal city in the National Capital Region known for hosting major transport hubs, commercial centers, and entertainment complexes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	barangay ⓘ district ⓘ former cemetery ⓘ historic district ⓘ park ⓘ
borderedBy	Ermita ⓘ Malate ⓘ Pandacan ⓘ San Andres ⓘ Santa Ana, Manila ⓘ
contains	Paco Park ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
hasChapel	Santa Maria de los Angeles Chapel ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	World War II fighting in Manila ⓘ linked to: Battle of Manila (1945)
hasHistoricalUse	cemetery area around Paco Park ⓘ
hasLandmark	Paco Church ⓘ Paco Market ⓘ Paco Park ⓘ Paco Railway Station ⓘ Philippine Columbian Association ⓘ San Fernando de Dilao Parish Church ⓘ Santa Maria de los Angeles Chapel (Paco Park Chapel) ⓘ
hasStructure	central chapel ⓘ circular walls ⓘ niches for tombs ⓘ
heritageStatus	historical site ⓘ
historicalFunction	residential area during American colonial period ⓘ suburban district outside Intramuros during Spanish colonial period ⓘ
knownFor	Paco Park ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ wartime history ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ
locatedIn	Manila ⓘ Paco, Manila ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Metro Manila ⓘ
locatedInFormerColonyOf	Spain ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInTimeZone	Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
partOf	City of Manila ⓘ linked to: Manila
traversedBy	Estero de Paco ⓘ Pasig River ⓘ
urbanCharacter	mixed residential and commercial area ⓘ
usedAs	Japanese wartime garrison during World War II ⓘ burial place for Spanish colonial elite ⓘ burial place for victims of cholera epidemics ⓘ burial place of national hero José Rizal (temporary) ⓘ municipal cemetery of Manila ⓘ recreational park ⓘ
UTCOffset	+8 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ermita, Manila → borderedBy → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Paco campus → locatedIn → Paco, Manila ⓘ

United Nations Avenue → passesThrough → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Malate, Manila → adjacentTo → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Osmeña Highway → northernTerminus → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Paco Park → locatedIn → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Estero de Paco → flowsThrough → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Paco Church → locatedIn → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Paco Park → locatedIn → Paco, Manila ⓘ

subject linked to: Paco, Manila

Pandacan, Manila → adjacentTo → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Salvador Laurel → birthPlace → Paco, Manila, Philippines ⓘ

linked to: Paco, Manila

San Francisco de Dilao → locatedIn → Paco, Manila ⓘ

San Francisco de Dilao → formerNameOf → Paco, Manila ⓘ

Nick Joaquin → birthPlace → Paco, Manila, Philippines ⓘ