Calaca, Batangas

Calaca
Calaca
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region
Founded	May 10, 1835
Cityhood	September 3, 2022
Barangays	(see Barangays)
Government
• Mayor	Sofronio Leonardo C. Ona Jr.
• Vice Mayor	Jerry Raphael I. Katigbak
• Representative	Leandro Antonio L. Leviste
• City Council	Members ; Cedric M. De Joya; Deovic M. Ontangco; Prima C. Dajoyag; Divina A. Opelanio; Rexner Jown V. Pastoral; Rosalie M. Salazar; Robenson M. Sale; Caesar Ryan M. Noche; Lindzey B. Endozo-Atienza; Eric B. Atajar;
• Electorate	voters (?)
Highest elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Economy
• Poverty incidence	<div style="background-color: Expression error: Unexpected > operator.; width: %; height: 100%;">% (?)
• Revenue	₱
• Assets	₱
• Expenditure	₱
• Liabilities	₱
Service provider
• Electricity	—
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
PSGC	PSGC unknown

Calaca, officially the City of Calaca (Filipino: Lungsod ng 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 (a portmanteau of Calaca and atchara (chutney).

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.^[5]

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.^[6] Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the bill. On May 26, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the bill through Republic Act No. 11544.^[7] On August 19, 2021, COMELEC postponed the plebiscite which seeks to ratify the conversion of Calaca into a city for the preparation of the 2022 elections.^[8] COMELEC then set the plebiscite on September 3, 2022.^[9] After the plebiscite passed, Calaca became the fifth city in Batangas and the first in the province's 1st legislative district.^[2]


Choice	Votes	%
For	29,424	88.61
Against	3,781	11.39
Total	33,205	100.00

Valid votes	33,205	100.00
Invalid/blank votes	0	0.00
Total votes	33,205	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	58,881	56.39
Source: Press statement from the COMELEC via Twitter; news article from Manila Bulletin

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the city has a land area of 114.58 square kilometres (44.24 sq mi)PSGC unknown constituting 3.67% of the 3,119.75-square-kilometre (1,204.54 sq mi) total area of Batangas.

Calaca is 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Batangas City and 116 kilometres (72 mi) from Manila.

Barangays

Calaca is politically subdivided into 40 barangays, as indicated in the matrix below.PSGC unknown. 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).^[10]

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