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Map of Batangas showing the location of Lipa City
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CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
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Batangas
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4th district of Batangas
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72
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1st class city urban
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Oscar Gozos ( Lakas-CMD )
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2294
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218,447
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The ( in the
Province of
Batangas ,
Philippines . It is one of the three
Chartered Cities of
Batangas province (the others being
Batangas City and the
City Of Tanauan ). It is situated 78 kilometers south of
Manila . According to the
2000 census, it has a population of 218,447 people in 41,962 households.
Lipa City is bounded by the town of
Santo Tomas in the northeast,
San Pablo City of
Laguna and
San Antonio of Quezon in the east, the municipalities of
Padre Garcia and
Rosario in the southeast, the municipalities of
Ibaan and
San Jose in the southwest, the municipaltities of
Cuenca and
Mataas Na Kahoy and
Taal Lake in the west and the municipalities of
Balete and
Malvar in the northwest.
The city's location, in a valley located between two mountains -
Mount Malarayat and
Mount Makulot - makes it a low risk area. These two mountains serve as a wind breaker in times of typhoon. Mount Makulot at the western portion also served as shield of the city in times of eruption of
Taal Volcano .
Lipa City is a major recreational, religious, commercial, industrial and educational center in central Batangas province, as shown with the presence in the city of entities like Nestle Philippines,
De La Salle Lipa ,
The Nazareth School , the San Sebastian Cathedral (seat of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa),
The Mabini Academy which was founded in 1922, the Carmelite Convent, Robinson's Place Lipa Mall, Mount Malarayat Golf and Country Club, Summit Point Golf and Country Club and SM City Lipa Mall. The City is also home to the Fernando Air Base, the former headquarters of the Philippine Air Force's 100th Training Wing and Air Education and Training Command (AETC) which is known in military circles as the Baguio of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Vilma Recto, former Lipa City mayor (1998-2007) won the gubernatorial race in the province of Batangas, defeating Arman Sanchez and former Chief of Police Nestor Sanares. Former Congressman Oscar Gozos won the 2007 Mayoralty Election, defeating former Councilor Eric Africa and Mar Panganiban. Vice mayor Lydio Lopez Jr won for his second term as Vice Mayor.
Mayor: Oscar L. Gozos
Vice Mayor: Lydio A. Lopez, Jr.
Councilors:
# Leonilo A. Catipon
# Maria Concepcion Hernandez
# Dy Pang Kiana Lim
# Romy M. Macasaet, III
# Dominador M. Mauhay
# Aries Emmanuel D. Mendoza
# Raul A. Montealto
# Avior R. Rocafort
# Merlo P. Silva
# Ralph Peter S. Umali
Lipa City is politically subdivided into 73 Barangay s.
- Adya
- Anilao
- Anilao-Labac
- Antipolo Del Norte
- Antipolo Del Sur
- Bagong Pook
- Balintawak
- Banaybanay
- Bolbok
- Bugtong na Pulo
- Bulacnin
- Bulaklakan
- Calamias
- Cumba
- Dagatan
- Duhatan
- Halang
- Inosluban
- Kayumanggi
- Labac
- Latag
- Lodlod
- Lumbang
- Mabini
- Malagonlong
- Malitlit
- Marauoy
- Mataas Na Lupa
- Munting Pulo
- Pagolingin Bata
- Pagolingin East
- Pagolingin West
- Pangao
- Pinagkawitan
- Pinagtongulan
- Plaridel
- Poblacion Barangay 1
- Poblacion Barangay 2
- Poblacion Barangay 3
- Poblacion Barangay 4
- Poblacion Barangay 5
- Poblacion Barangay 6
- Poblacion Barangay 7
- Poblacion Barangay 8
- Poblacion Barangay 9
- Poblacion Barangay 9-A
- Poblacion Barangay 10
- Poblacion Barangay 11
- Poblacion Barangay 12
- Pusil
- Quezon
- Rizal
- Sabang
- Sampaguita
- San Benito
- San Carlos
- San Celestino
- San Francisco
- San Guillermo
- San Isidro (formerly Sapac)
- San Jose
- San Lucas
- San Salvador
- San Sebastian (Balagbag)
- Santo Niño
- Santo Toribio
- Sico
- Talisay
- Tambo
- Tangob
- Tanguay
- Tibig
- Tipacan
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- '' - Editor of the newspaper- "El Renacimiento", Representative of the Province of Batangas in the Philippine Assembly of 1910.
- '' - 70s-80s, Surrealist/Abstract artist
- '' - Statesman, Orator, and Philippine Independence from U.S advocate.
- '' - 1972 Miss World Semi-Finalist
- '' - National Artist for Literature 2006.
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