Santa Teresita, Batangas
', officially the ' (), is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. History. On December 28, 1961, the barrios of Sambat, Sinipian, Bihis, Calayaan, Irukan and Cutang Cawayan from the municipality of Taal, Calumala, Tambo, Saimsim and Burol from the municipality of San Nicolas, and Pacifico and Sampa from the municipality of San Luis were separated and constituted into a new and separate municipality known as Santa Teresita, by virtue of Executive Order No. 454 signed by President Carlos P. Garcia. The new municipality was named after its patron saint, St. Therese  of the Child Jesus. Ireneo Aquino was appointed as its first mayor, serving until June 1962. In 1971, barangay Antipolo was established as a separate barangay out of barangay Sinipian, as well as barangay Cuta East, which was separated from barangay Cutang Cawayan. Geography. Santa Teresita is located at along the southern lakeshore area of Taal Lake. Its boundaries are San Nicolas in the north, San Luis on the south, Taal on the west and Taal Lake on the northeast. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the total area of Batangas. Barangays . Santa Teresita is politically subdivided into 17 barangays, with 3 classified as urban and 14 as rural Demographics. In the , had a population of . The population density was .