Baclaran

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Barangay: Baclaran
District: 1st
City: Parañaque

Baclaran is a barangay (or locality) located on the borders of Parañaque City and Pasay City in Metro Manila, Philippines. Being near the sea, Baclaran was named after a fishing gear used by the fishermen, called BAKLAD, which means a rattan fence placed by fishermen around the siblings. The fence surrounding the siblings was such that fish could get out until they become big enough to be sold in the market. Many of these baklads were made in the sea by the fishermen in baclaran that people started calling the place “Bakladan”. The “d” between the vowels was interchanged for an “r” . Hence “Bacladan” came to be called “Baclaran”.

The area is well-known for the Baclaran Shrine, home of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.

It also contains a number of dry goods and flea markets (tiangges), selling everything from clothes and electronics to home decorations and traditional medicine.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baclaran
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Coordinates:   14°31'43"N   120°59'21"E

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