Calamba Laguna Philippines

Calamba City is a first class city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. Situated only 54 kilometers south of Manila, about an hour by chartered bus, Calamba City is a popular tourist destination with its hot spring resorts, most of which are located in Barangay Pansol, and the Canlubang Golf and Country Club, site of many Philippine Opens.Calamba is also an important modern industrial center in the CALABARZON region as shown by the large number of industrial parks and business estates that are located in the city. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 360,281 inhabitants (281,146 people in 58,466 households in 2000 census). Calamba City is also the birthplace of José Rizal, the country's national hero.

The name of the city comes from a legend that during the early time of the Spanish period in the country, two "guardias civil" or soldiers were lost and passing through what is now Calamba. The soldiers met a young lady who came from a river carrying a jar of water and a wooden stove. The soldiers unwittingly in Spanish language and in authoritative tone, to conceal the fact that they were lost, asked the local maiden the name of the place they were in. The lady, who speaks only her native language, naturally thought she was being interrogated about what she was carrying and nervously uttered "kalan-banga", meaning "clay stove" (kalan) and "water jar" (banga). Because the Spaniards could not pronounce it properly, the town has been called Calamba supposedly since then. This legend is immortalized with a large concrete water jar erected in the city plaza with the names of the city's barangays written on its surface. It is considered the World's Biggest "Claypot". This same jar is also found in the city's seal. The plaza was proposed by Dr. Agapito Alzona, then the town councilor to utilize the waste area where the old town market relocated from. The resolution was approved by the then town mayor Roman Lazaro and added additional P5,000 for the fence to the original P15,000 construction cost. It was completed in 1939. Before it became a separate town, Calamba was then a part of Tabuco, now known as Cabuyao. Calamba became an independent pueblo on August 28, 1742. During the Japanese occupation in World War II, the city was the theater of a massacre during which the Imperial Japanese Army killed at least 2,000 civilians. With the passage of Republic Act No. 9024 on April 7, 2001 and the approval of the residents in a plebiscite on April 21, Calamba was promoted from a municipality into Laguna's second component city after San Pablo. A proclaimed city dated April 7, 2001, Calamba is identified as a major growth center and is extremely well positioned to be such. Its highly strategic location, being in a major crossroad in the Region, augurs well for the development of regional facilities. Current and proposed projects, as identified in several government and private sector plans, further strengthen the municipality’s position as major hub in governance, manufacturing, trading, and transshipment. Its sub-urbanization is also well entrenched being the proposed site of major residential community projects and well-established learning institutions. On October 28, 2003, effected on the Executive Order 246, Calamba City was designated as the regional center of Region IV-A (Calabarzon). Calamba boasts no less than five national heroes: Dr. Jose Rizal, General Paciano Rizal, Teodora Alonzo, General Vicente Lim, and Lt. Geronimo Aclan.

Calamba City has a golden edge etched at the upper half with the words Lungsod ng Calamba depicting Calamba City as a Philippine component city. Laguna at the bottom part means that Calamba City is still part of Laguna province. The year 1742 mentions the year when Calamba was founded and seceded from the town of Cabuyao, while 2001 was identified as the year of Calamba's cityhood. The inner part of the seal shows a golden jar with the face of Dr. Jose Rizal, the city's prominent figure and the national hero. Beneath the jar was Mt. Makiling, a dominant land form in the city that can be seen anywhere in Calamba. At the left part of Makiling as depicted shows palm trees symbolizing nature, while at right shows buildings symbolizing Calamba City's rapid modernization, urbanization, and industrialization. With both signs located beside each other, it shows everyone that nature and progress can efficiently coexist in Calamba City. Lastly, the water beneath Mt. Makiling shows that Calamba City touches a body of water notably Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country, and that's why Calamba City is also known as the City by the Lake.

 

 

Calamba lies at the northern slopes of Mount Makiling, a dormant volcano. The southern terminus of the South Luzon Expressway is in Calamba and this geographic position makes the city a gateway to the southern provinces of Luzon. The highway at the end of the South Luzon Expressway leads east to the other towns of Laguna and south towards the provinces of Batangas and Quezon. Calamba City is bordered by Cabuyao to the north, Los Baños to the east, by the province of Batangas to the south, specifically the municipalities of Santo Tomas and Talisay, and by the province of Cavite to the west, with Tagaytay City and Silang. Laguna de Bay the country's largest lake, forms the city's northwest border. The provincial capital, Santa Cruz, is located 45 kilometers by road to the east. At around 144 km2 in land area, Calamba City is the 2nd largest city in Laguna province in terms of land area after San Pablo City.

• Laguerta
• Bubuyan
• Majada Labas
• Sirang Lupa
• Barandang
• Paciano Rizal
• San Cristobal
• Batino
• Lawa
• Real
• Turbina
• Makiling
• Saimsim
• Bagong Kalsada
• Masili
• Pansol
• Bucal
• Halang
• LinggaPalingon
• Sampurihan
• San Juan
• Bandero
• San Jose
• Uwisan
• Banlic
• Bunggo
• Burol
• Camaligan
• Canlubang
• Hornalan
• Kay-Anlog
• La Mesa
• Lecheria
• Looc
• Mabato
• Mapagong
• Maunong
• Mayapa
• Parian
• Palo-Alto
• Prinza
• Punta
• Puting Lupa
• Sucol
• Tulo
• Ulango

 

Public (Tertiary)

• City College of Calamba

 

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Public (Secondary)

• Bubuyan National High School
• Bunggo National High School
• Buntog National High School
• Calamba Bayside National High School (Lingga Rural NHS)
• Calamba National High School
• Camp Vicente Lim National High School
• Canlubang National High School
• Castor Alviar National Hogh School (Tiyani National High School)
• Eduardo Barretto, Sr. National High School
• Kapayapaan National High School
• Looc National High School
• Mabato National High School
• Majada-In Natinal High School
• Makiling National High School
• Palo Alto National High School
• Punta National High School

 

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Private

• Academy of Young Achieveres
• Alijustrel Learning Center
• AMA computer University
• Angels of the Lord School of Calamba
• Asian Computer College (ACC)
• Asian Computer College - Mayapa, Calamba city
• Asian Computer Collefe - Punta, Calamba City
• Blessed Nazarene school
• Bobby Christian Learning Center
• Calamba Medical Center
• Calamba Christian Academy
• Calamba Doctor's College
• Calamb Institute
• Calamba SDA Rural School
• Calvary Baptist Academy
• Cambridge School, Inc.
• Canlubang Christian School
• Canossa Academy
• Casa Academia San Agustin
• Child Garden School
• Christian Science Academy
• Colegio de San Juan de Letran
• Don Bosco college
• Door of Faith Christian Institute
• E.R. Magbuo Study Center
• Galilee Christian Learning Center
• Glorious Dawn Village School
• Good Samaritan Mary School
• Hope of Glory Christian Learning Center
• Infant Jesus School of the Holy Redeemer
• Integrated Montessori School
• Jesus is Lord Christian School Foundation Inc.
• Jesus the Gospel christian Academy
• John-David's Child Care and Learning Center
• John Nathaniel Montessori School
• Kapayapaan Ville Academy
• Kolehiyo de canlubang
• Laguna College of Business and Arts
• Liceo de calamba
• Liceo de Calamba - Main
• Liceo de Calamba - Annex I
• Liceo de Calamba - Annex II
• Little Jesus Learning Center
• Little Pilgrims Educational Center
• Living Waters Children Institute
• Lyceum of the Philippines - Laguna
• Maranatha Christian School
• Marian Dominic School
• Marsville Academy
• Mary Belle Montessori School
• Mary Belle Montessori School - Main
• Mary Belle Montessori School - Mayapa Annex
• Mary Belle Montessori School - Kapayapaan Annex
• Mary Belle Montessori School of TRIAD..-Alpha Chapter..
• Mary Cause of Our Joy School
• Mary Help of Christian School, Inc.
• Mary's Angel Learning Center
• Montessori Children's House
• Montessori Professional College
• Morning Star Montessori School
• North Marie Montessori Academy
• Olaso Learning Center
• Periwinkle Montessori School
• Perpetual Learning Center
• Philippine Women's University (PWU)
• Rizal College of Laguna
• Rizal Institute Canlubang (formerly Rizal Institute Don Bosco)
• Rose Montessori Learning Center
• Saint Benilde International school, Inc.
• Saint Bernardine Montessori School
• Saint Dominic Savio School
• Saint Dominique Montessori School of Camella
• Saint Francis of Assisi College System
• Saint Isidore Children Center
• Saint James College of Calamba
• St. John Colleges (formerly Saint John Academy)
• St. Simon Montessori School
• Sta. Cecilia Catholic School
• Sunflower Learning School
• Sunlight School
• University of Perpetual Help System DALTA-Calamba Campus
• Wellspring Integrated School

Calamba City, as the regional center of Region IV-A or Calabarzon, has different roads that course through the city and can take anyone to different locations in the region. There are many roads and highways in Calamba City that still continue to be developed. Such examples are:

• SLEX or South Luzon Expressway - Calamba City has five interchanges and three overpasses that cross or branch from the SLEX. Going southward from Metro Manila, the hierarchy of the said interchanges and overpasses are: Silangan Interchange or Exit 45 which takes you to Canlubang and Mapagong; Mapagong Overpass which crosses the area of SLEX close to the Calamba Tollway; Canlubang-Mayapa Interchange or Exit 47 that takes you to the National Highway in Parian and adjacent barangays Mayapa, Canlubang, and Paciano Rizal; Batino Overpass which crosses Batino; Batino Exit or Exit 49 wherein anyone can go to cities of Tagaytay and Tanauan and neighboring barangays Barandal, Batino, Prinza, Turbina, Lawa, Punta, and Bubuyan; Batangas Exit or Exit 50 in which motorists can go to Batangas, Quezon province, and Bicol region; and Calamba Interchange or Exit 50-A wherein motorists can access the National Highway to go to eastern towns and cities of Laguna province such as Los Baños, Bay, San Pablo City, Santa Cruz, Pagsanjan, and Siniloan. A proposal for SLEX expansion that can connect it to STAR Tollway in Batangas has been made possible and so SLEX has been recently expanded to connect it to Sto. Tomas, Batangas.
• Maharlika Highway - you access this road if you enter Exit 50 or Batangas Exit. It passes through barangays Turbina, Tulo, and Makiling in Laguna, and continues through Batangas and ends at Lipa City. Along Maharlika Highway are numerous factories, warehouses, and other industrial sites that can be found in Calamba City, Laguna, and Sto. Tomas, Batangas.
• Old National Highway - it starts from Metro Manila and ends at Pagsanjan, Laguna. The construction of the SLEX loosened the traffic along the National Highway. Its jurisdiction in Calamba City starts at barangay Banlic and ends at barangay Bagong Kalsada. Recently, the National Highway underwent renovations and reconstructions to improve the driving quality.
• Chipeco Avenue and Extension - it starts at Padre Burgos Avenue in Barangay III, Calamba City and ends along the railroad tracks at barangay Real. It courses through barangays III, Lecheria, Halang, and Real, thus it crosses the National Highway. Calamba City Hall and Department of Education Building are located adjacent to Chipeco Avenue Extension. 
  
  

Calamba City has various forms of transportation, such as buses, jeepneys, cars, boats, and trains (this was still unconfirmed). However, jeepneys comprise the majority of Calamba's transport. Jeepneys and buses open Calamba City to nearby and distant towns. The following comprise the jeepney routes throughout Laguna and Batangas provinces:

• Calamba - Sta. Cruz
• Calamba - UP Los Baños (or UP College; this route can also access the nearby town of Bay)
• Calamba - San Pablo via Calauan
• Calamba - Pagsanjan
• Calamba - Biñan (it includes the route to LIIP)
• Calamba - GMA - Carmona
• Calamba - Pacita Complex - San Pedro (via Carmona exit)
• Calamba - Balibago - Santa Rosa (also accesses Brgy. Turbina)
• Calamba - Canlubang
• Calamba - Siranglupa (this is the newest route)
• Calamba - Alabang
• Calmaba - Tanauan
• Calamba - Tanauan - Lipa (this route also accesses the towns of Santo Tomas and Malvar) 

Jeepneys bound for San Pedro or Biñan also pass through the town of Cabuyao and Sta. Rosa City. Jeepneys bound for GMA and Carmona pass through SLEX. The jeepneys are mostly parked in terminal stations, almost all located at Barangay Real, such as Calamba Central Terminal run by the KMPC (Kalayaan Multi-Purpose Cooperative) and a station just beside Walter Mart and in front of the Calamba Wet and Dry Market. There are some local jeeps that access the western barangays, and there is a station in Lawa Road adjacent to Liana's Discount City. There are also FX's and vans that are bound for farther towns, such as Balayan and Lemery in Batangas, and Dasmariñas and Tejero in Cavite. Buses are also used as a major source of transportation, with bus companies such as Calamba Megatrans, Inc., HM Liner, Inc., Saint Rose (including Giomabicon Transit), and HM Transport, Inc., which actually originated from Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Few of the Calamba-based buses are air-conditioned, except HM Transport buses. The only bus routes open in Calamba City are the following: Calamba - Buendia - Taft - Lawton PGH UN LRT (with drop-off at bus stop located in Barangay Paciano Rizal) Cubao - Calamba - College (uPLB) - Sta. Cruz Calamba - Alabang Metropolis (although this can be connected to the Lawton route) The PNR (Philippine National Railways) has one train station in Calamba City that is now defunct. Eventually, some rails of the PNR are topped with asphalt and cement, and many slum areas sprung around the rails. Boats are also rare in the city but it also serves as a major form of transportation in coastal barangays. A new resort built on a nearby island, named Wonder Island Resort, has a boat terminal in Barangay Palingon that takes visitors to this wonderful resort that provides a scenic view of Laguna de Bay.