San Nicolas, Manila

San Nicolas
District of Manila
View of the skyline of San Nicolas (left) and Binondo (right), taken from Fort Santiago, Manila
Country	Philippines
Region	National Capital Region
City	Manila
Congressional district	Part of the 3rd district of Manila
Barangays	15
Founded	1598
Founded by	Dominican Order
Named for	Saint Nicholas
Area
• Total	1.6385 km2 (0.6326 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	42,957
• Density	26,000/km2 (68,000/sq mi)
Zip codes	1010
Area codes	2

San Nicolas is one of the sixteen districts in the city of Manila in the Philippines. It is located at the west central part of the city, on the northern bank of the Pasig River^[2] bounded by the districts of Binondo to the east by Estero de Binondo, and Tondo to the north and west, and by the Pasig River to the south. Considered as a heritage district of Manila,^[3] this community has kept its 19th-century ancestral houses, which symbolizes the wealthy lives of the people who used to live there, similar to the ancestral houses of Silay and Vigan.

As of the May 1, 2020, national census, the population of San Nicolas, which is composed of 15 barangays named as numbers from 268 to 276 and from 281 to 286, is 42,957. This is slightly lower than the 2010 census that counted San Nicolas residents at 44,241.^[1]