Kalayaan, Laguna

For the municipality of Palawan in the Spratly Islands, see Kalayaan, Palawan.

Kalayaan Longos
Municipality
Municipality of Kalayaan
Kalayaan Plaza
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Laguna's Symbol of Peace and Unity
Map of Laguna with Kalayaan highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Kalayaan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°19′41″N121°28′48″E / 14.328°N 121.48°E / 14.328; 121.48
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Laguna
District	4th district
Founded	January 1, 1909 (as Longos)
Barangays	3 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Sandy P. Laganapan
•  Vice Mayor	Christopher P. Ramiro
•  Representative	Maria Jamina Katherine B. Agarao
•  Municipal Council	Members Darwin R. Ponce Beverly D. Reyes Aldrin A. Agana Veelly Jhames L. Cabamalan Russel A. Laganas Marlon F. Laganas Laarni C. Lopez Edison A. Flores
•  Electorate	17,127 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	46.60 km2 (17.99 sq mi)
Elevation	286 m (938 ft)
Highest elevation	536 m (1,759 ft)
Lowest elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	24,755
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
•  Households	5,790
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	7.49 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 166.5 million (2022)
•  Assets	₱ 231 million (2022)
•  Expenditure	₱ 151 million (2022)
•  Liabilities	₱ 47.38 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	First Laguna Electric Cooperative (FLECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4015
PSGC	043409000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)49
Native languages	Tagalog
Website	www.kalayaanlaguna.gov.ph

Kalayaan, officially the Municipality of Kalayaan (Tagalog : Bayan ng Kalayaan), is a municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,755 people. ^[3]

Kalayaan is in the fourth district of the province of Laguna and can be reached three hours by land from Manila. It is the home of approximately 24,214 citizenry. The municipality is home to a hydroelectric power plant, the only pumped storage facility in the Philippines, the Kalayaan Pumped Storage Power Plant located in Brgy. San Juan, that contributes substantially to the income and an economic activity that is anchored on agriculture. It has complied with Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (R.A. 9003) by constructing a Category-I Sanitary Landfill under LISCOP, considered one of its kind on the municipal level in the Province of Laguna, which aims to put into practice the segregation and proper disposal of solid waste for the protection of environment. ^[5]

Kalayaan is roughly rectangular in shape, with a hilly terrain on most of its eastern side, while relatively flat on its western side. Its highest elevations are from 400 to 418 metres. These are found in Sitio Santo Angel, Malaking Pulo, and Cabuhayan in Barangay San Juan, and Sitio Lamao in Barangay San Antonio. Approximately three fourths of the total land area are with terrain 300 metres above sea level. Its lowest points are from 5 to 20 metres along the western sections of Barangays San Juan and Longos towards Laguna de Bay.

The municipality was formerly called Longos until 1956 when it was changed to its present name. ^[6]

History

A marker posted in the municipal building of Kalayaan reads: “On this site grew a coconut tree with three branches interpreted by our forebears as the future site of our municipal building; three branches being San Juan, Longos and San Antonio.” ^[5]

Today, the belief had been realized but digging through historical records, it seems that the place is still made up of the three original visitas of Babaye (now Longos), Abacao (now San Juan) and San Pablo (now San Antonio). Babaye got its name when the Spaniards came and found women washing clothes in the brook. When the Spaniards continued their aim to conquer the land and a little north of Babaye, they saw a place where people dried abaca and named the place Abacao. The Spaniards claimed the mountains east of Babaye and named the village found there in honor of San Pablo. ^[5]

On March 30, 1946, Executive Order No. 127 which ordered the transfer of the seat of government from Longos to San Juan was signed by Pres. Manuel Roxas. From then on, a part of San Juan became the Poblacion, while Longos, San Antonio and the rest of San Juan became its barangays. ^[5]

Geography

Kalayaan is located approximately 14º20’ to 14°22’ latitude and 121º28’ to 121º38’ longitude. It is bounded by Paete on the north, Lumban on the south, Laguna de Bay on the west, and Mauban, Quezon on the east. The municipality is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the provincial capital Santa Cruz, 98 kilometres (61 mi) from Manila, and 59 kilometres (37 mi) from Lucena. It could be reached via the Manila South Expressway and an artery of the national road southward from Calamba and northward from Pagsanjan. ^[5]

Barangays

Kalayaan town hall

Political map of Kalayaan, Laguna

Kalayaan is politically subdivided into 3 barangays.  ^[7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Longos (old capital town)
• San Antonio
• San Juan

A territorial dispute of Cavinti, Lumban, and Kalayaan on the map of Laguna.

A dispute on the Caliraya Watershed where Kalayaan extends far more further to the east. The dispute is also shared with Lumban and Cavinti

Climate

Climate data for Kalayaan, Laguna
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	24 (75)	25 (77)	26 (79)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	27 (81)	27 (81)	27 (81)	26 (79)	25 (77)	24 (75)	26 (80)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	21 (70)	21 (70)	20 (68)	21 (70)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	58 (2.3)	41 (1.6)	32 (1.3)	29 (1.1)	91 (3.6)	143 (5.6)	181 (7.1)	162 (6.4)	172 (6.8)	164 (6.5)	113 (4.4)	121 (4.8)	1,307 (51.5)
Average rainy days	13.4	9.3	9.1	9.8	19.1	22.9	26.6	24.9	25.0	21.4	16.5	16.5	214.5
Source: Meteoblue [8]

Demographics

Population census of Kalayaan

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	2,435	—
1918	3,103	+1.63%
1939	3,519	+0.60%
1948	3,817	+0.91%
1960	5,007	+2.29%
1970	6,957	+3.34%
1975	8,501	+4.10%
1980	10,247	+3.81%
1990	13,118	+2.50%
1995	16,955	+4.92%
2000	19,580	+3.13%
2007	21,203	+1.10%
2010	20,944	−0.45%
2015	23,269	+2.03%
2020	24,755	+1.22%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12]

In the 2020 census, the population of Kalayaan, Laguna, was 24,755 people, ^[3] with a density of 530 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,400 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Kalayaan

5 10 15 20 2006 17.70 2009 12.75 2012 14.51 2015 11.86 2018 5.06 2021 7.49 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

1.   Municipality of Kalayaan | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. "Kalayaan". Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 28 September 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
6. Republic Act No. 1417 Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine , PhilippineLaw, retrieved 2012
7. "Province: Laguna". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
8. "Kalayaan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
9. Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
11. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
12. "Province of Laguna". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
14. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
20. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/wenceslao_lagumbay.htm