Pagsanjan

Pagsanjan
Pinagsangahan
Municipality of Pagsanjan
Downtown area
Downtown area
Flag of Pagsanjan
Official seal of Pagsanjan
Nicknames: 
  • Tourist Capital of Laguna
  • Athens of Laguna
  • Home of Our Lady of Guadalupe de Filipinas
Motto(s): 
Negosyo Palakasin, Trabaho Padamihin AASENSO PAGSANJAN!
Map of Laguna with Pagsanjan highlighted
Map of Laguna with Pagsanjan highlighted
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Pagsanjan is located in Philippines
Pagsanjan
Pagsanjan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°16′N 121°27′E / 14.27°N 121.45°E / 14.27; 121.45
CountryPhilippines
RegionCalabarzon
ProvinceLaguna
District 4th district
FoundedDecember 12, 1668
Barangays16 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorCesar V. Areza
 • Vice MayorTerryl O. Gamit-Talabong
 • RepresentativeMaria Jamina Katherine B. Agarao
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate31,210 voters
Area
 • Total26.36 km2 (10.18 sq mi)
Elevation
149 m (489 ft)
Highest elevation
492 m (1,614 ft)
Lowest elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total44,327
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
 • Households
11,404
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
8.50
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 190.6 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 258.1 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 162.7 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 49.97 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityFirst Laguna Electric Cooperative (FLECO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
4008
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)49
Native languagesTagalog
Websitewww.pagsanjan.gov.ph

Pagsanjan (pronounced PAG-sang-han), officially the Municipality of Pagsanjan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Pagsanjan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,327 people.[3]

Situated 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Santa Cruz, 91 kilometres (57 mi) southeast of Manila, and 52 kilometres (32 mi) from Lucena, this town can reach via Manila East Road or SLEX. Pagsanjan is the tourist capital of Laguna and is the home of the Bangkero Festival held every March. The bangkeros are tour guides who steer boats along the river to Pagsanjan Falls (also called Magdapio Falls), for which the town is well known but is actually in neighboring Cavinti.[5][6]

Pagsanjan was the capital of the province of Laguna for 170 years (1688–1858) during which the town prospered as the commercial, cultural and learning center of the province.[7]

  1. ^ Municipality of Pagsanjan | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Pagsanjan, Laguna – The Tourist Capital of Laguna". Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  6. ^ "The Philippine Star". Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  7. ^ Pagsanjan Official Site Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

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