Kalayaan, Laguna

Kalayaan

Longos
Kalayaan Longos
Municipality
	Municipality of Kalayaan
	Kalayaan Plaza
	Flag Seal
	Nickname(s): Laguna's Symbol of Peace and Unity
	Map of Laguna with Kalayaan highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Kalayaan Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 14°19′41″N 121°28′48″E / 14.328°N 121.48°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Laguna
District	4th district
Founded	January 1, 1909 (as Longos)
Barangays	3 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Sandy P. Laganapan
• Vice Mayor	Christopher P. Ramiro
• Representative	Maria Jamina Katherine B. Agarao
• Municipal Council	Members
• Electorate	17,127 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	46.60 km2 (17.99 sq mi)
Elevation	286 m (938 ft)
Highest elevation	536 m (1,759 ft)
Lowest elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	24,755
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Households	5,790
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	7.49% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 128.7 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 166.4 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 129.9 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 23.49 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	First Laguna Electric Cooperative (FLECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4015
PSGC	043409000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)49
Native languages	Tagalog
Website	www.kalayaanlaguna.gov.ph

Kalayaan, officially the Municipality of Kalayaan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Kalayaan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,755 people.^[3]

Kalayaan is in the fourth district of the province of Laguna and can be reached three hours by land from Manila. It is the home of approximately 24,214 citizenry. The municipality is home to a hydroelectric power plant, the only pumped storage facility in the Philippines, the Kalayaan Pumped Storage Power Plant located in Brgy. San Juan, that contributes substantially to the income and an economic activity that is anchored on agriculture. It has complied with Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (R.A. 9003) by constructing a Category-I Sanitary Landfill under LISCOP, considered one of its kind on the municipal level in the Province of Laguna, which aims to put into practice the segregation and proper disposal of solid waste for the protection of environment.^[5]

Kalayaan is roughly rectangular in shape, with a hilly terrain on most of its eastern side, while relatively flat on its western side. Its highest elevations are from 400 to 418 metres. These are found in Sitio Santo Angel, Malaking Pulo, and Cabuhayan in Barangay San Juan, and Sitio Lamao in Barangay San Antonio. Approximately three fourths of the total land area are with terrain 300 metres above sea level. Its lowest points are from 5 to 20 metres along the western sections of Barangays San Juan and Longos towards Laguna de Bay.

The municipality was formerly called Longos until 1956 when it was changed to its present name.^[6]

^ Municipality of Kalayaan | (DILG)
^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ "Kalayaan". Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 28 September 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Republic Act No. 1417 Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, PhilippineLaw, retrieved 2012

[1] Municipality of Kalayaan | (DILG)

[popcen2015_r3-2] "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[PSA20–04-3] Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[DILG-5] "Kalayaan". Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 28 September 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[kalal-6] Republic Act No. 1417 Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, PhilippineLaw, retrieved 2012

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