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San Pablo City : FACTS AND FIGURES


C I T Y   O F   S A N   P A B L O
FACTS AND FIGURES

Land Area:      21,400 Hectares (Including the Seven Lakes)
                                    (DENR-Land Management Bureau Data)

Number of Barangays:   80 Barangays     (50 Rural Barangays
                                                                                30 Urban Barangays)    
                                    All barangays are being serviced by Manila Electric   
Company and with land lines of the PLDT
                                    and DIGETEL. 66 barangays or 75% of the
                                   population of the community are  being serviced by the
                                   San Pablo City Water District.

Population:      237,259  (NSO-August 1, 2007 Census)

Number of Registered Voters:
                                    134,486 voters in 182 clustered precincts
                                    (COMELEC Data for May 10, 2010  Elections)

Cultural History:
                                    San Pablo is originally known as Sampalok,
                                    a village under the Pueblo de Bay, then the
                                    capital town of Laguna, converted into a
                                    parish by the Augustinian Priests in 1596, and
                                    into a Pueblo or as a local government unit in
                                    1647, and named San Pablo de los Montes, in
                                    honor of Saint Paul, the First Hermit.

                                    San Pablo was chartered as a city by
                                    Commonwealth Act No. 520 approved by
                                    President Manuel Luis Quezon on May 7, 1940,
                                    and formally inaugurated on January 2, 1941
                                    with the first set of city officials headed by
                                    Dr. Potenciano Malvar (Decermber 11, 1867 –
                                   November 15, 1954), a former governor of
                                    Laguna, as Appointed City Mayor,  installed
                                    into office by Interior Secretary Rafael Alunan.
                                    The last appointed City Mayor is former
                                    Assemblyman and former Laguna Governor
                                    Tomas D. Dizon (September 18, 1887 –  
                                   January 27, 1966) who authored its  charter.
                                    The first elected City Mayor is former Guerrilla
                                    Major Cipriano Colago (September 26, 1905 –
                                   June 26, 1962), elected in 1955.

Major Emphases of the City Government of San Pablo

                                    Eradication of drug-addiction, development of eco-tourism
                                    industry,  development of small and medium scale 
                                    industries, and aspiring to be the educational center and
                                    rest area in the Southern Tagalog Region. These   will   help
                                    attend real peace and order in the  community, under the
                                    concept that  these   are   basic   to  attain  economic
                                    progress and prosperity.
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