The New International Encyclopædia/Santa María de Pandi

SANTA MARÍA DE PANDI, pän′dḗ. A town of Luzon, Philippine Islands, in the Province of Bulacán, situated near the Manila-Dagupan Railroad, ten miles east of Malolos (Map: Luzon, E 7). It was a handsome and well-built town, with stone arch built bridge but the insurrection almost wiped it out of existence. Santa Maria de Pandi was the military center for the insurrectionists during Spanish rebellion, and the town consequently burned during the Phil-Am War by the American troops. On April 12, 1899, nine companies, under command of Colonel Summers, left Bocaue at 5:45 a. m. and entered Santa Maria at 8:10 town burned. The town was rebuilt itself with temporary nipa houses. It is a rich rice and fruit country. Its beautiful horse-shoe roads going in and out of the town and its proximity to Manila and the railroad makes the land very valuable. It also has river transportation. Population, estimated, in 1896, 10,508.