What is "baclaran"

Baclaran formerly spelled as Bacladan is a barangay (neighborhood district) located in northern area of the City of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is also known to be located at the borders of the cities of Parañaque and Pasay.

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. 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 to the Rondalla which won in NAMCYA way back 1996 and the Drum and Lyre Band, as well as its street welding.

It is also has a number of flea markets ( tiangges), selling everything from clothes and electronics to home decorations and traditional medicine, which occupied the westbound lane of Taft Avenue.

Baclaran is a barangay in Parañaque City, Philippines. Baclaran may also refer to:

• Baclaran, Cabuyao City, a barangay in Laguna, Philippines
• Baclaran LRT Station, a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line, Parañaque City
• Baclaran Church, also called the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
• Baclaran Mosque, a demolished mosque that once stood in Parañaque City