Calaca, Batangas


Calaca, officially the City of Calaca, is a component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.
Calaca is home to the lively Calacatchara festival.

Etymology

The name was taken from the roofs of the houses made of bamboos halves arranged over top of one another. One anecdote believes that: When it was still a sitio and long been called Calaca, three Spanish officials happened to pass by. They saw some carpenters making the roof of a house. They asked one of the carpenters about the name of the place. The carpenter, who did not know Spanish, believed that the Spaniards were asking what they were making and they answered, “calaca.” The Spaniards noted the name and since then, Calaca became the official name.

History

Calaca was part of Balayan when it was used to be a barrio. On May 10, 1835, it was officially converted into a town. Don Rufino Punungbayan was the first Gobernadorcillo of the municipality during the year 1835–1836.

Cityhood

On March 11, 2020, House Bill No. 6598 was filed for the conversion of the municipality of Calaca into a component city in the province of Batangas. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the bill. On May 26, 2021, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the bill through Republic Act No. 11544. On August 19, 2021, COMELEC postponed the plebiscite which seeks to ratify the conversion of the municipality of Calaca into a city for the preparation of the 2022 elections. On July 13, 2022, the election body sets the date of plebiscite on September 3, 2022. By virtue of Republic Act No. 11544 after ratification of the law, Calaca becomes the fifth city in Batangas and the first in the province's 1st legislative district.

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the city has a land area of constituting of the total area of Batangas.
Calaca is from Batangas City and from Manila.

Barangays

Calaca is politically subdivided into 40 barangays, as indicated in the matrix below.. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
As of June 30, 2021, there are five barangays that are considered urban.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2024 census, Calaca had a population of 92,281 people. The population density was.

Economy

Calaca is currently identified by the Philippine Statistics Agency as a 1st class municipal economic zone. The Philippine Statistics Agency as of September 2022 had not made a determination of the income classification on the city scale for Calaca based on the previous four years of revenue.

Education

The Calaca City Schools Division Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

Primary and elementary schools

  • Baclas Elementary School
  • Bagong Tubig Elementary School
  • Bambang Elementary School
  • Bisaya School
  • Cahil Elementary School
  • Calaca Academy
  • Calaca Central School
  • Calaca Christian Institute of Batangas
  • Calantas Elementary School
  • Caluangan Elementary School
  • Camastilisan Elementary School
  • Coral Ni Bacal Elementary School
  • Dacanlao G. Agoncillo Elementary School
  • Dila Elementary School
  • Loma Elementary School
  • Lumbang Calzada Elementary School
  • Lumbang na Bata Elementary School
  • Lumbang na Matanda Elementary School
  • Madalunot Elementary School
  • Maria J. Lopez Elementary School
  • Matala Elementary School
  • Matipok Elementary School
  • Niyugan Elementary School
  • Pedro A. Paterno Memorial Elementary School
  • Puting Bato Elementary School
  • Puting Kahoy Primary School
  • R. Concepcion Montessori School
  • Salong Elementary School
  • Sinisian Elementary School
  • St. Raphael Archangel Parochial School
  • Sugod Elementary School
  • Taklang Anak Elementary School
  • Talisay Elementary School
  • Tamayo Elementary School
  • Timbain School

    Secondary schools

  • Batangas Province Science High School
  • Cahil National High School
  • Calaca Senior High School
  • Dacanlao G. Agoncillo National High School
  • Lumbang na Matanda National High School
  • Pedro Paterno National High School
  • Puting Kahoy National High School