San Jose, Batangas

San Jose
Municipality
Seal
Nickname(s): Egg Basket Capital of the Philippines
Map of Batangas showing the location of San Jose
San Jose Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 13°52′38″N 121°6′18″E / 13.87722°N 121.10500°ECoordinates: 13°52′38″N 121°6′18″E / 13.87722°N 121.10500°E
Country	Philippines
Region	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province	Batangas
District	4th District
Founded	April 26, 1765
Barangays	33
Government[1]
• Mayor	Entiquio Briones
Area[2]
• Total	53.29 km^2 (20.58 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	68,517
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	4227
Dialing code	43
Income class	1st class

San Jose is a first class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 68,517 people.^[3]

The municipality is bounded by Lipa City in the north and north-east, the municipality of Ibaan in the east, Batangas City and municipality of San Pascual in the south, and the municipalities of Cuenca and Alitagtag in the west.

San Jose is well known for growing good varieties of coffee, lanzones, and black pepper. It is where a great number of poultry and piggery animals are grown and sold, especially to Metro Manila, where it supplies a significant percentage of poultry products. Most of the San Jose workforce is either directly or indirectly involved in farming. There are also numerous feedmill corporations within its jurisdiction such as WhiteGold, Everlast, Busilac, Wincom, New Golden Mix, to name a few.

San Jose Catholic Church Main Altar

The Shrine of St. Joseph the Patriarch is located in the town proper and is a popular Catholic pilgrimage site. It was once built with cogon and bamboo by Augustinian friars around 1788. The present structure was built on 1812 under the supervision of a famous botanist Fr. Manuel Blanco, OSA. It has single-aisled interior which offers an unobstructed view of the large main altar. The altar is massive, with six rounded columns encircling the image of St. Joseph. Outside a multi-tiered belfry stands which was built in the latter part of the 19th century; a bridge offers passage to the church over the Malaquing Tubig River.

San Jose is home to the Oblates of St. Joseph Mission and its Minor Seminary, founded by the Saint Joseph Marello. The Oblates were the first Italian congregation to send missionaries to the Philippines. San Jose became their first foreign mission. San Jose is the center of the Vicariate IV of the Archdiocese of Lipa.

San Jose celebrates Sinuam Festival every 25th day of April to commemorate its founding anniversary and to thank its patron for the good performance of the main business in the town which is Poultry.

was established in 1596 as an ecclesiastical unit administered by the order of Saint Agustin with Malaquing Tubig as one of the barrios under its jurisdiction.

Human population of Malaquing Tubig started to grow and in 1754, Taal Volcano erupted destroying the original Bauan. And before its actual site could have been selected, Malaking Tubig was separated from Bauan. The recognized leaders of Malaquing Tubig then petitioned to the Spanish authorities for the creation of that place as a pueblo which was granted to them on April 26, 1765.

Established on April 26, 1765 as the town of San José de Malaquing Tubig, it once formed part of Bauan, and in the new town's establishment, it originally included the land that now makes up the Municipality of Cuenca.

Barangays

San Jose is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.^[2]

• Aguila
• Anus
• Aya
• Bagong Pook
• Balagtasin
• Balagtasin I
• Banay-banay I
• Banay-banay II
• Bigain I
• Bigain II
• Bigain South
• Calansayan
• Dagatan
• Don Luis
• Galamay-Amo
• Lalayat
• Lapolapo I
• Lapolapo II
• Lepote
• Lumil
• Natunuan
• Palanca
• Pinagtung-Ulan
• Poblacion Barangay I
• Poblacion Barangay II
• Poblacion Barangay III
• Poblacion Barangay IV
• Sabang
• Salaban
• Santo Cristo
• Mojon-Tampoy
• Taysan
• Tugtug

San Jose Town Hall

Demographics

Population census of San Jose
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	38,680	—
1995	43,886	+2.39%
2000	51,965	+3.69%
2007	61,307	+2.31%
2010	68,517	+4.13%
Source: National Statistics Office[3]

List of former Municipal Executives

Although currently called "Mayor", the Municipal Executive of San Jose has held other names including "Gobernadorcillo" which means Governor during the Spanish Period.

• Ignacio de los Santos (1767)
• Juan Bautista (1768)
• Juan Enrico (1769)
• Juan Masilang (1770)
• Jose Antonio (1771)
• Luis Isidro (1772 )
• Jose de la Cruz (1773)
• Ignacio de Mercado (1774)
• Domingo de los Santos (1775)
• Juan Magonza (1776)
• Miguel de los Santos (1777)
• Francisco Domingo (1778)
• Laureano Marquez (1779)
• Policarpio Kaponpon (1780)
• Francisco Aguila (1781)
• Antonio Robles (1782)
• Felipe Aguila (1783)
• Nicolas de los Santos (1784)
• Lorenzo Quizon (1785)
• Agustin Aguila (1786)
• Gabriel de Mercado (1787)
• Pedro Umali (1788)
• Domingo Dimaculangan (1789)
• Lucio Hernandez (1790)
• Bernardo Umali (1791)
• Ignacio de la Cruz (1792)
• Agustin de la Cruz (1793)
• Laureano Bautista (1794)
• Pascual Madlangbayan (1795)
• Martin Marquez (1796)
• Gregorio Morales (1797)
• Andres de Leon (1798)
• Diego Robles (1799)
• Hilario Mandigma (1800)
• Gregorio Leionardo (1801)
• Victoriano Isidro (1802)
• Pablo de los Santos (1803)
• Fulgencio Quizon (1804)
• Cristobal de los Santos (1805)
• Juan Tecson (1806)
• Nicolas Lopez (1807)
• Jose de la Cruz (1808)
• Mariano Tiburcio (1809)
• Jose Bautista (1810)
• Valentin Mercado (1811)
• Remigio Dimaculangan (1812)
• Tomas Quizon (1813)
• Cosme Bautista (1814)
• Santiago Castillo (1815)
• Apolinario Aguila (1816)
• Juan de la Cruz (1817)
• Patricio Virtucio (1818)
• Joaquin Enrico (1819)
• Francisco Quizon (1820)
• Juan Mercado (1821)
• Jose Marquez (1822)
• Martin de los Santos (1822)
• Manuel Mercado (1823)
• Bernabe Virtucio (1823)
• Timoteo Tiburcio (1824)
• Florentino Mendoza (1824)
• Juan Mendoza (1825)
• Hilario Aguila (1826)
• Lucas Hernandez (1827)
• Vicente Isidro (1828)
• Juan Quizon (1829)
• Carlos Mercado (1830)
• Esteban de la Cruz (1831)
• Bernardino Hernandez (1832)
• Geronimo Marquez (1833)
• Juan Marquez (1834)
• Hilario Aguila (1835)
• Felipe Aguila (1836)
• Agustin Quizon (1837)
• Vicente Bautista (1838)
• Romualdo de Ocampo (1839)
• Fernando de los Santos (1840)
• Jose de Villa (1841)
• Hilario Aguila (1842)
• Hilario Aguila (1843)
• Vicente Umali (1844)
• Segundo Leonardo (1845)
• Agaton Hernandez (1846)
• Pedro Quizon (1847)
• Juan Macalinga (1848)
• Julian Mitra (1849)
• Braulio de Luna (1850)
• Juan Javier (1851)
• Manuel Aguila (1852)
• Pascual Aguila (1853)
• Laureano Hernandez (1854)
• Ubaldo Hernandez (1855)
• Jose Ona y Gana (1856)
• Antonio Magpantay (1857)
• Manuel de Luna (1858)
• Francisco de Luna (1859)
• Bonifacio Robles (1860)
• Roman Ona y Ramos (1861)
• Pascual Aguila (1862)
• Nicolas de Villa (1863–64)
• Briccio Makalintal (1865–68)
• Camilio Aguila (1869–70)
• Baltazar Mercado (1871–72)
• Basilio Gozos (1873–74)
• Telesforo Hernandez (1875–76)
• Jorge Umali (1877–78)
• Simon Lopez (1879–80)
• Baltazar Mercado (1881–82)
• Andres Umali (1883–84)
• Isidro Marquez (1885–86)
• Remigio Aguila (1887–88)
• Rafael de Luna (1889)
• Ventura Aguila (1890–91)
• Salvador Aguila (1892–94)
• Juan Oblea (1895–1896)
• Ambrosio Makalintal (1897–98)
• Rafael de Luna (1899)
• Fernando Aguila (1900)
• Ambrosio Makalintal 1901-2
• Agaton Marquez (1903)
• Fernando Aguila (1904–5)
• Roman Kalalo (1906–7)
• Fernando Aguila (1908–9)
• Mariano de Villa (1910–11)
• Fernando Aguila (1912–14)
• Manuel Makalintal (1915)
• Fernando Aguila (1916)
• Paterno Aguila (1917–18)
• Dr. Vitaliano Luna (1919–21)
• Manuel Makalintal (1922–24)
• Daniel Luna (1925–27)
• Atty. Jose de Villa (1928–30)
• Fernando Aguila (1931–37)
• Dr. Vitaliano Luna (1938–40)
• Fernando Aguila (1941)
• Roman Kalalo (1942)
• Atty. Venancio Q. Remo (1943-45)
• Dr. Timoteo Alday (1946–47)
• Dr. Bonifacio Masilungan (1948–58)
• Primo Vergara (1959)
• Dr. Miguel Ambal Sr. (1960–63)
• Dr. Leonardo Ona Sr. (1964–67)
• Dr. Miguel Ambal Sr. (1968–72)
• Vicente Briones Kalalo (1972–1986)
• Edgardo Umali (1986–1987)
• Antonio Alday (1988–1992)
• Edgardo Umali (1993–2001)
• Ruben Guce (2001–2010)
• Entiquio Briones (2010 – present)

Notable people from San Jose

• Hon. Querube C. Makalintal: Chief Justice of The Supreme Court (1973–1976), Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984) and Solicitor General (1954).

References

1. "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
2. "Province: BATANGAS". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
3. "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

External links

• San Jose Website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
•  "San José. A town of Luzon, in the Province of Batangas, Philippine Islands". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.