Laguna, officially the Province of Laguna, is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is Santa Cruz and the province is situated southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas and east of Cavite. Laguna hugs the southern shores of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. As of the 2015 census, the province's total population is 3,035,081 . It is also currently the seventh richest province in the country.
Calabarzon, formally known as the Southern Tagalog Mainland, is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IV-A. The region comprises five provinces: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal and one highly urbanized city, Lucena. The region is the most populous region in the Philippines according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, having over 14.4 million inhabitants in 2015, and is also the country's second most densely populated after the National Capital Region.
San Pablo, officially the City of San Pablo, is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 266,068 people.
Los Baños, officially the Municipality of Los Baños, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 112,008 people.
Calamba, officially the City of Calamba, is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 454,486 people.
The South Luzon Expressway, formerly known as the South Superhighway (SSH), the Manila South Diversion Road (MSDR), and the Manila South Expressway (MSEX), is a network of two expressways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Calabarzon region on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The first expressway is a part of Skyway At-Grade, operated jointly by the Skyway Operations and Management Corporation (SOMCO) and SMC Skyway Corporation, running from Makati to Alabang, Muntinlupa. The second expressway, the South Luzon Tollway (SLT) or Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEX), is jointly operated by the SMC SLEX, Inc., a joint venture of the Philippine National Construction Corporation and the San Miguel Corporation-backed PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk group of Indonesia via the Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES), running from Alabang, Muntinlupa to Santo Tomas, Batangas.
Rizal, officially the Municipality of Rizal, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 17,253 people.
Bay, officially the Municipality of Bay, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 62,143 people.
Biñan, officially the City of Biñan, is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 333,028 people.
Cabuyao, officially the City of Cabuyao, is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 308,745 people.
Tanay, officially the Municipality of Tanay, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 117,830 people.
Dapitan, officially the City of Dapitan, is a 3rd class component city in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 82,418 people.
Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino general and revolutionary, and the older brother of José Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines.
Radial Road 3 (R-3), informally known as the R-3 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the third arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some 96 kilometers (60 mi), it connects the cities and municipalities of Batangas, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Ibaan, Lipa, Makati, Malvar, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, San Jose, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Santo Tomas, Taguig, and Tanauan in Batangas, Laguna, and Metro Manila.
The Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike is a proposed expressway in the Philippines that will start from the coastal area of Laguna de Bay from Taguig in Metro Manila to Calamba and Los Baños in Laguna.
The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is a reproduction of the original two-story, Spanish-Colonial style house in Calamba, Laguna where José Rizal was born on June 19, 1861. Rizal is regarded as one of the greatest national heroes of the Philippines. The house is designated as a National Shrine by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. It is located along Mercado Street and Rizal Street in Calamba's Poblacion 5 and is in close proximity to St. John the Baptist Parish Church and the City College of Calamba.
St. John the Baptist Parish Church, commonly known as Calamba Church, is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines under the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo. It is located adjacent to Rizal Shrine and is known as the christening site of José Rizal.
The Rizal Monument in Calamba is a monument built to commemorate the sesquicentennial (150th) birth anniversary of Dr. José Rizal, the Philippines' unofficial national hero and the greatest son of Calamba. It is a 6.7 metres (22 ft) statue sculpted by Jonas Roces and is located at The Plaza, a 6.7-hectare (17-acre) park in front of the Calamba City Hall Complex along Bacnotan Road in the barangay of Real. President Benigno Aquino III led the unveiling of the monument on June 19, 2011. The monument was cited as the tallest Rizal monument in the world before former Laguna Governor Jeorge 'E.R.' Ejercito Estregan inaugurated a 26 feet bronze Rizal Monument sculpted by Toym Imao, son of National Artist for Sculpture Abdulmari Asia Imao in Santa Cruz, Laguna for the 2014 Palarong Pambansa hosted by the province.
The Calamba City Hall is located in the plaza of Calamba. It is where the Mayor of Calamba holds office and the chambers in the Calamba City Council., The old Calamba City Hall is also located at the front of "Calamba Church" and the "Calamba Claypot", which situated in Rizal Shrine, the original birthplace of the Philippine national-hero Jose Rizal.
