History
The town of Santa Mesa was situated in the alluvial deposits of Pasig and San Juan Rivers. It was owned by a religious order during the Spanish times, contemporary to what was described as where Santa Mesa got its name. The naming of Santa Mesa has different origins but similar to one thing: Santa Mesa got its name as Holy or somewhat influenced by religion. Santa Mesa was best known for the Philippine–American War, in which the hallowed ground became a battlefield. The conflict started when Pvt. William W. Grayson shot a Filipino soldier. The National Historical Institute discovered in the late 2003 that the conflict did not happen on San Juan Bridge, but in Sociego and Silencio Streets. The town used to be small and manageable but expanded on all directions after World War II, where the town became the hospital to treat the wounded. The town was merged with Sampaloc and the combination merged with Manila, as districts. After the creation of the legislative districts of Manila, Santa Mesa was separated from Sampaloc after falling to the jurisdiction of District 6. Although the district itself was still considered to be a part of Sampaloc. Santa Mesa is also the home of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the main headquarters of the National Statistics Office of the Philippines. It was also once the location of the headquarter of DZRJ-AM. Santa Mesa received critical damage when Typhoon Ondoy, international name Ketsana battered the Philippines. Half of Santa Mesa submerged, mostly the northeastern part facing the cities of San Juan and Mandaluyong.
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