Calamba City

**Calamba City** is a component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is the regional city center of Calabarzon region, after Lucena City, The City is one of the fastest growth city in region 4A and one of the planning urban cities in Urban Laguna and by growth population, which is divided into barangays, because of its economic some, commercials, entertainment, companies are served in city, Calamba City is  south of Manila. Calamba City is a popular tourist destination. It has several hot spring resorts. Most of these are in Barangay Pansol. There are 651 resorts and hot springs in the city. The Canlubang Golf and Country Club has been the host of many  Philippine Opens. Calamba is also an important modern industrial center in the CALABARZON region. This is shown by the large number of industrial parks and business estates in the city. 454,486 people live in the city (2015). There are in 58,466 households. Calamba City is  the most populated city in Laguna province. San Pedro, Santa Rosa City, Biñan City, and San Pablo City follow it as the top 5 municipalities and cities by number of people in the province.

Calamba City is the birthplace of José Rizal. He is a national hero in the Philippines.

Administrive divisions: Canlubang is one of the barangay.

## History

The name of the city comes from a legend. The legend says that during the early time of the Spanish period in the country, two "guardias civil" or Spanish soldiers were lost. As they moved through the area that is now Calamba, they met a young woman. She came from a river carrying a jar of water and a wooden stove.  The soldiers asked the lady what the name of the place was. They asked this in Spanish and used an angry tone to hide the fact that they were lost. She did not speak Spanish and thought she was being questioned about what she was carrying. She answered "_kalan-banga_", meaning "clay stove" (_kalan_) and "water jar" (_banga_). Because they could not pronounce it correctly, the city has been called Calamba since then. This legend is immortalized with a large concrete water jar built in the city plaza with the names of the city's barangays written on it. It is said to be the World's Biggest "Claypot". This same jar is also in the city's seal. The idea to build the plaza came from Dr. Agapito Alzona. He was a town councilor at the time. It was built on an unused area that was at one time the old town market. The plaza was built in 1939.

Before it became a separate city, Calamba was a part of Tabuco. Tabuco is now known as  Cabuyao, Laguna. Calamba became an independent _pueblo_ on August 28, 1742.

While the area was under the control of the Japanese in World War II, the city was the site of a massacre. The Imperial Japanese Army killed at least 2,000 civilians.

With the passage of  Republic Acts of the Philippines-Republic Act,No. 9024 on April 7, 2001 and the approval of the people on April 21, Calamba went from being a  municipality into being Laguna's second component city. San Pablo City was the other component city at the time. Calamba is seen as a major growth center.

On October 28, 2003, Calamba City became the regional center of Region IV-A CALABARZON.

Calamba has been the home to five national heroes:  Dr. Jose Rizal, General Paciano Rizal, Teodora Alonzo, General Vicente Lim, and Lt. Geronimo Aclan.

The main church in Calamba City is the St. John the Baptist Church. It was built in 1859. The church was burned by the Japanese during World War II. It was rebuilt by Fr. Eliseo Dimaculangan. It was the christening site of Jose Rizal. The original baptismal front has been is still there.

## Barangays

There are composing 54 barangays in the city. And 22 urban barangays, When the town was as the cityhood in 2001.

## Other websites

- Calamba City Website
- Calamba, Laguna Website

## Infobox (mapframe)

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## Infobox (settlement)

- **image caption**: From top, left to right: Calamba Claypot, Calamba Giant Clay Pot, Rizal Shrine (Calamba), Jose Rizal Shrine, Mount Makiling, Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba), St. John the Baptist Parish Church, and Calamba City Hall.
- **image flag**: Flag_of_Calamba,_Laguna.png
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image seal**: File:Calamba,_Laguna_Seal.svg
- **seal size**: 100x80px
- **pushpin map**: Philippines
- **pushpin label position**: left
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within the
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Philippines
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **subdivision type2**: Provinces of the Philippines, Province
- **motto**: _Mabuhay ang Calamba!_
("Long live Calamba!.")
- **anthem**: "Calamba Hymn"
- **subdivision type3**: House of Representatives of the Philippines#District representation, District
- **established title**: Date of establishment, Founded
- **established date**: August 28, 1742
- **established title1**: Cityhood
- **established date1**: April 21, 2001
- **parts type**: Barangays
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: (see #Barangays, Barangays)
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Roseller "Ross" H.Rizal
- **leader title1**: Vice Mayor
- **leader name1**: Angelito S. Lazaro Jr.
- **leader title2**: House of Representatives of the Philippines#Current composition, Representative
- **leader name2**: Cha Hernandez, Charisse Anne C. Hernandez
- **leader title3**: Calamba City Council, City Council
- **leader title4**: Elections in the Philippines#Qualification, Electorate
- **leader name4**: 332,844 (2022 Philippine general election, 2022)
- **elevation max m**: 1095
- **elevation min m**: 2
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Households
- **population demonym**: Calambeño (Male),
 Calambeña (Female),
 Calambenean
- **population rank**: 20th
- **timezone**: Philippine Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset**: +8
- **postal code type**: List of ZIP codes in the Philippines, ZIP code
- **demographics type1**: Economy of the Philippines, Economy
- **demographics1 title2**: Measuring poverty, Poverty incidence
- **demographics1 info2**: % ()
- **demographics1 title3**: Revenue
- **demographics1 title4**: Revenue rank
- **demographics1 title5**: Assets
- **demographics1 title6**: Assets rank
- **demographics1 title7**: Internal Revenue Allotment, IRA
- **demographics1 title8**: IRA rank
- **demographics1 title9**: Expenditure
- **demographics1 title10**: Liability (financial accounting), Liabilities
- **demographics type2**: Service provider
- **demographics2 title1**: Electricity
- **demographics2 title2**: Water
- **demographics2 info2**: Calamba Water District
- **demographics2 title3**: Telecommunications
- **demographics2 title4**: Cable TV
- **blank1 name sec1**: Languages of the Philippines, Native languages
- **blank2 name sec1**: Crime index
- **blank1 name sec2**: Major religions
- **blank2 name sec2**: Feast date
- **blank3 name sec2**: Catholic diocese
- **blank4 name sec2**: Patron saint
- **blank4 info sec2**: Saint John the Baptist