Laguna
Provincial Statistics

Laguna is fast becoming an economic model for an effective mixture of cutting-edge manufacturing, highly productive agriculture and fast growing small to medium-scale enterprises.  The province is beginning to emerge as the “Garden Province” with its abundant water resources flowing at 300 gallons per day that sufficiently sustain the province’s agricultural productivity.  More known products of Laguna are sampaguita, orchids, and the famous sweet lanzones of Paete.  The town of Los Banos, declared as the Nature and Science City of the Philippines, is the site of various research centers/institutions.  Laguna is home to several industrial estates, some of these are textile factories, food processing plants, industrial machineries, and car assembly.

The land area of Laguna begins near the southeastern tip of Metro Manila.  Laguna de Bay is on the north, Batangas is on the south and Cavite is on the west.  The province covers a total land area of 1,759.7 sq. km.  It has 28 municipalities, 2 cities (Calamba City and San Pablo City) and 674 barangays.

In 1571, Juan de Salcedo explored Laguna and it was already populated.  The oldest towns include Nagcarlan, Liliw, Majayjay, Pila, Pangil and Bay.  In 1688, Pagsanjan became the seat of provincial government before Sta. Cruz.

Laguna grows coconut, rice, sugarcane, corn, flowers and citrus fruits.  Laguna de Bay is the province’s major supplier of fresh water fish.  The province also generates its own power supply and supports the Luzon Power Grid through three major power-generating stations.

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