LAGUNA

ETYMOLOGY
The name Laguna came from the word Lagoon.
The province of Laguna was formerly called La
Laguna and La Provincia de la Laguna de Bay as it
was named after Laguna de Bay, the body of water
the forms its northern boundary.

HISTORY OF LAGUNA
1571 - Captain Juan de Salcedo with a band of one hundred Spanish-Mexican
soldiers conquered the province and its surrounding regions for Spain.
1578 - the Franciscan missionaries Juan de Plasencia and Diego de Oropesa were
the earliest Franciscans sent to evangelize Laguna and other provinces.
1580 - from that year the town of Bay, Caliraya, Majayjay, Nagcarlan, Liliw, Pila,
Santa Cruz, Lumban, Pangil and Siniloan were founded.
1670 - delimitation of borders were made between Lucban, Majayjay and Cavite.
The populous town at that time was Bay as the capital of the province.
1688 - when the seat of the provincial government was moved to Pagsanjn.

HISTORY OF LAGUNA
(17621764) British invasion led by Captain Thomas Backhouse that fought by
Francisco de San Juan of Pagsanjn .
1858 - provincial government was moved to Santa Cruz
1896 - thousands of inhabitants of Bay, Los Baos, Nagcarlan, Magdalena, Santa Cruz, and
Pagsanjan had joined the revolutionary Katipunan.
1898 - the last Spanish garrison surrendered to the victorious patriots in Santa Cruz.
(18991901) - Generals Juan Cailles and Paciano Rizal led the defense of Laguna until
June 30, 1901, when surrender became inevitable. Cailles became the
first
Filipino Governor of Laguna under the American flag.
(19421945) - During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Laguna was a center of
Filipino resistance despite the presence of Makapili collaborators.

26 Barangays of Sta. Cruz

Alipit

Bagumbayan

SANTA CRUZ

Bubukal

Calios

Duhat

Jasaan

Labuin

The name Santa Cruz came from the Spanish of

the

Gatid
word Holy Cross.

Malinao

Oogong

Pagsawitan

Palasan
Patimbao

Poblacion I

Poblacion II

Poblacion III

Poblacion IV

Poblacion V

16 Barangays of Pagsanjan

Anibong

Bian
PAGSANJAN
Buboy

The name Pagsanjan came from the word

Cabanbanan
meaning
"branching" or "juncture.
Calusiche
Dingin
Lambac
Layugan

Magdapio
Maulawin
Pinagsajan
Barangay I (Pob.)
Barangay II (Pob.)
Sabang

Pinagsangahan,

LUMBAN
The
name Lumban
came from the a tree called
16 Barangays
of Lumban
lumbang

Bagong Silang

Balimbingan (Pob.)

Balubad

Caliraya
Concepcion

Lewin

Maracta (Pob.)

Maytalang I

Maytalang II

Primera Parang (Pob.)

Primera Pulo (Pob.)

Salac (Pob.)

Segunda Parang (Pob.)

Segunda Pulo (Pob.)

CAVINTI
17 Barangays of Cavinti

The name Santa Cruz came from the tagalog

expression kapit sa binti.

Anglas
Bangco

Duhat (urban)
Inao-Awan

Kanluran Talaongan

Labayo

Layasin

Layug
Mahipon

Paowin

Poblacion (urban)

Bulajo
Cansuso

Bukal

Sisilmin

Silangan Talaongan

Batino

Bubuyan

CALAMBA

Bucal

Bunggo

Burol

Camaligan
The name Calamba came from kalan-banga, meaning
clay
stove(kalan) and water jar(banga).

Canlubang

54 Barangays of Calamba

Halang

Hornalan

Kay-Anlog

La Mesa

Laguerta

Lawa

Lecheria

Lingga

Mabato

Majada Labas

Makiling

Mapagong

Masili
Maunong

Looc

Mayapa
Milagrosa

Paciano Rizal

SANTA ROSA
18 Barangays
Sta.
Rosa
The
name Santa of
Rosa
came
from the Spanish of the word
Saint Rose.

Aplaya

Balibago

Caingin

Dila

Dita

Don Jose

Ibaba

Kanluran (Poblacion)

Labas

Macabling

Malitlit

Malusak (Poblacion)

Market Area (Poblacion)

Pooc

Pulong Santa Cruz

Santo Domingo

26 Barangays of Sta. Cruz

Alipit

Bagumbayan

SANTA CRUZ

Bubukal

Calios

Duhat

The name Santa Cruz came from the Spanish of the word

Holy Cross.

Gatid

Jasaan

Labuin

Malinao

Oogong

Pagsawitan

Palasan
Patimbao

Poblacion I

Poblacion II

Poblacion III

Poblacion IV

Poblacion V

IMPORTANT PERSONAGES

JOSE RIZAL

Full name: Jos Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna
Date of Birth: June 19, 1861
Accomplishments:
Jose Rizal, the national hero of the philippines

PACIANO RIZAL
Full name: Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna
Date of Birth: March 9, 1851
Accomplishments:
Brother of Jose Rizal, Paciano Rizal was the brigadier
general of the revolutionary forces. and was elected
Secretary of Finance in the Departmental Government
of Central Luzon. During his younger days he founded
La Juventud Liberal, a reformist student organization
among the leaders was Padre Jose Burgos. Among their
tasks was to secretly distribute copies of the reformist
paper,El Eco Filipino.

VICENTE LIM
Full name: Vicente Podico Lim
Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna
Date of Birth: February 24, 1888
Accomplishments:
Filipino Brigadier General and hero during the World
War II. He was the first Filipino graduate of theUnited
States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1914).
After the fall of the Philippines he contributed to
theFilipino resistance movementuntil he was captured
and subsequently executed. Lim was one of the seven
Charter Member of the Boy Scout of the Philippines.

PEDRO GUEVARA
Birth Place: Sta. Cruz, Laguna
Date of Birth: February 23, 1879
Accomplishments:
Pedro Guevara was a Philippine soldier, lawyer,
legislator, and Spanish writer . He joined the Filipino
forces during the Philippine Revolution and assisted in
promoting the peace agreement in Biak na Bato. He
served throughout the Spanish-American War and the
Philippine-American War. Later, he became a journalist
for the Spanish language newspaperSoberania
NacionalandVidas Filipinas. His political life started
when he became a memberof the Philippine House of
Representatives from 1909 to 1912 and a member of
the Philippine Senate from 1916 to 1922. In 1921