Lipa City

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City of Lipa
Location
Map of Batangas showing the location of Lipa City.
Map of Batangas showing the location of Lipa City.
Government
Region CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province Batangas
District 4th district of Batangas
Barangays 72
Income Class: 1st class city; urban
Mayor Vilma Santos-Recto
Physical characteristics
Area 229.4 km²
Population

     Total (2000)      Density


218,447
952/km²


The City of Lipa (Filipino: Lungsod ng Lipa) is a first class city 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 San Sebastian Cathedral (seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa), 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.

Since 1998, popular movie actress (not born in Lipa) Vilma Santos Recto, the wife of Senator (also not born in Lipa) Ralph Recto, has been the mayor of Lipa.

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Incumbent mayor is Vilma Santos Recto who is serving her final term as chief executive of Lipa City. The vice mayor is Hon. Lydio Lopez Jr. Sangguniang Panglungsod is composed of the following councilors until 2007: Eric Africa, Dy Pang Kiana Lim, Avior Rocafort, Aries Emmanuel Mendoza, Romy Macasaet III, Leonilo Catipon, Solomon De Jesus, Dominador Mauhay, Marieta Igarta, and Merlo Silva. Sangguniang Kabataan City Federation President is Marvilone Asilo while Brgy Capt. Alfredo Amparo is the President of the Association of Barangay Captains.

During the 2004 elections,Avior Rocafort is the only winning member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod which do not belong to the line up of Mayor Santos-Recto.

Lipa City is politically subdivided into 72 barangays.

  • Adya
  • Anilao
  • Anilao-Labac
  • Antipolo Del Norte
  • Antipolo Del Sur
  • Bagong Pook
  • San Sebastian (Balagbag)
  • Balintawak
  • Banaybanay
  • Bolbok
  • Bugtong na Pulo
  • Bulacnin
  • Bulaklakan
  • Calamias
  • Cumba
  • Dagatan
  • Duhatan
  • Halang
  • Inosloban
  • 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 10
  • Poblacion Barangay 11
  • Poblacion Barangay 2
  • Poblacion Barangay 3
  • Poblacion Barangay 4
  • Poblacion Barangay 5
  • Poblacion Barangay 6
  • Poblacion Barangay 7
  • Poblacion Barangay 8
  • Poblacion Barangay 9
  • Pusil
  • Quezon
  • Rizal
  • Sabang
  • Sampaguita
  • San Benito
  • San Carlos
  • San Celestino
  • San Francisco
  • San Guillermo
  • San Jose
  • San Lucas
  • San Salvador
  • San Isidro (formerly Sapac)
  • Sico
  • Santo Niño
  • Santo Toribio
  • Talisay
  • Tambo
  • Tangob
  • Tanguay
  • Tibig
  • Tipacan
  • Poblacion Barangay 9-A
  • Barangay 12 (Pob.)

  • Teodoro M. Kalaw - Editor of the newspaper- "El Renacimiento", Representative of the Province of Batangas in the Philippine Assembly of 1910.
  • Manolito Tolentino Mayo - 70s-80s, Surrealist/Abstract artist
  • Claro M. Recto - Statesman, Orator, and Philippine Independence from U.S advocate.
  • Evangeline Rosales Reyes - 1972 Miss World Semi-Finalist

Coordinates: 13°56′N, 121°10′E

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