Formation of Towns and Cities - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore         Formation of Towns and Cities - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

Formation of Towns and Cities

Executive Order No. 78 Separating Calatagan from the Municipality of Balayan

The western Batangas municipality of Calatagan was acquired from the Spanish crown by Domingo Roxas in 1829 and used to be called Hacienda...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Republic Act No. 11086 Establishing the City of Santo Tomas, Batangas

Santo Tomas is the Province of Batangas’ fourth and newest city, converted from a municipality in 2018. It is Batangas’ northernmost geo-...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 127 Separating Lian from Nasugbu

The western Batangas coastal town of Lian is in the present day a 3 rd income class municipality with a land area of 3,119.75 square kilo...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 69 1922 Transferring Tingloy and other Barrios from Mabini to Bauan

The present-day Municipality of Tingloy was like a volleyball being tossed from one town to the other during the American colonial era. In...

Batangas History 2 Feb, 2018

Creation of the Pueblo of Cuenca in Batangas, 1876 (Spanish)

The town of Cuenca in Batangas is a 4 th income class municipality with a land area of 58.18 square kilometers and a population of 32,783 ...

Batangas History 2 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 85 1917 Creating the Municipality of Mabini

Mabini is a 1 st income class municipality on the Calumpang Peninsula in the Province of Batangas. It used to be part of the larger town ...

Batangas History 1 Feb, 2018

Republic Act No. 1229 Creating the Municipality of San Nicolas

The present-day lakeshore town of San Nicolas in Batangas used to be the site of old Taal, until the violent and prolonged eruption of the ...

Batangas History 1 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 85 Series of 1910 Separating Tuy from Balayan

Tuy is a small town in western Batangas with a land area of 94.65 square square kilometers and a population of 43,743 as per the 2015 Phili...

Batangas History 1 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 43 Creating the Municipality of Alitagtag

The present-day town of Alitagtag in Batangas used to be part of the older and larger town of Bauan until the year 1910. The previous yea...

Batangas History 1 Feb, 2018

Republic Act No. 9005 Creating the City of Tanauan

Tanauan became the Province of Batangas’ third city in 2001 when Republic Act 9005 was ratified. The city is classified as 2 nd income cl...

Batangas History 3 Jan, 2018