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| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the | ||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | May 10, 1835[1] | ||
| Established Title2: | Cityhood | ||
| Established Date2: | September 3, 2022 | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||
| Leader Name: | Sofronio Leonardo C. Ona Jr. | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Jerry Raphael I. Kipte | ||
| Leader Name2: | Joseph Eric R. Buhain | ||
| Leader Title3: | City Council | ||
| Leader Title4: | Electorate | ||
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| Elevation Max M: | 253 | ||
| Elevation Min M: | 0 | ||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
| Population Blank1 Title: | Households | ||
| Timezone: | PST | ||
| Utc Offset: | +8 | ||
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code | ||
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| Demographics Type2: | Service provider | ||
| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity | ||
| Demographics2 Title2: | Water | ||
| Demographics2 Title3: | Telecommunications | ||
| Demographics2 Title4: | Cable TV | ||
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Calaca, officially the City of Calaca (fil|Lungsod ng Calaca), is a component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,361 people.
Calaca is home to the lively Calacatchara festival (a portmanteau of Calaca and atchara (chutney).
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.[2]
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.
See main article: Cities of the Philippines. 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] On July 13, 2022, the election body sets the date of plebiscite on September 3, 2022.[6] 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.[7] [8] [9] [10]
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the city has a land area of constituting of the 3119.75adj=mid2adj=mid total area of Batangas.
Calaca is from Batangas City and from Manila.
Calaca is politically subdivided into 40 barangays.. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
As of June 30, 2021, there are five barangays that are considered urban (highlighted in bold).[11]
In the 2020 census, Calaca had a population of 87,361. The population density was NaN87,361/114.58.
Calaca is currently identified by the Philippine Statistics Agency as a 1st class municipal economic zone.[12] 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.[13]