Manila North Cementery

In observance of "Undas" or All Souls Day, I'm going to feature one of the biggest and well known cementeries in the metro, the Manila North Cementery (or Cementerio del Norte). It's a 54 hectares public cementery located in and owned by the city of Manila. It is considered as the biggest and oldest cementery in Metro Manila. Immediately beside it are Laloma Cementery and the Chinese Cementery.

According the census by the cementery officials, close to 3 million people every year visits their love ones this place and averaging about half a million just for Undas. I don't have an exact figure but I believe their could easily be a million people buried here; from ordinary to famous to politicians to historical individuals. The recent most well-known individual recently buried here in Fernando Poe Jr. who died in 2004.

Aside from getting star struck, one would also get a blast from the past when visiting this cementery as historical figures, like Pio del Pilar, also find their final resting place here which mostly found in Mousoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion. Some of our former presidents also lie in rest here, namely Sergio Osmeña, Manuel Roxas, and Ramon Magsaysay. If you want to know more about the prominent individuals buried in Manila North Cementery, just go and visit the place.