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Batangas City
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city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Batangas
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Calabarzon
- Province
- Batangas
- District
- 5th district
- Founded
- March 10, 1917
- Cityhood
- July 23, 1969
- Barangays
- 105 (see Barangays )
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlungsod
- Mayor
- Mario Vittorio A. Mariño
- Vice mayor
- Alyssa Renee A. Cruz
- Representative
- Beverley Rose A. Dimacuha
- City council
- Members Maria Claudette U. Ambida Aileen Grace A. Montalbo Arthur G. Blanco Andrea Louise F. Macaraig Gerardo A. Dela Roca Armando C. Lazarte Lorenzo A. Gamboa, Jr. Ailin Grace O. Dimacuha Zester Carlo M. Hernandez Jose Jonash Luis F. Tolentino Isidra M. Atienza Michael C. Villena
- Electorate
- 228,263 voters ( 2025 )
- Total
- 282.96 km (109.25 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 128 m (420 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 965 m (3,166 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 1,266.1/km (3,279.3/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Batangas
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Q13744
- Population
- 358267
- Area
- 282.96
- Elevation
- 128
- Capital of
- Q13744
- Shares border with
- San Pascual
- Official website
- www.batangascity.gov.ph
- Image
- Batangas City.JPG
- Households
- 87196
- Dialing code
- 43
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- Commons category
- Batangas City
- twinned administrative body
- Langenfeld
- postal code
- 4200
- topic's main category
- Category:Batangas City
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1917-03-10
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- poverty incidence
- 6.24
- electorate
- 228263
- total assets
- 10515188889.43
- total expenditure
- 3055007436.55
- total liabilities
- 1750956163.92
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 4496503154.46
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Encyclopedic overview
Batangas City, Batangas officially called the City of Batangas (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Batangas), is a component city and capital of the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it had a population of 358,267.
Batangas City is classified as one of the fastest urbanizing cities of the Philippines, and is known as the "Industrial Port City of Calabarzon". It is home to the Batangas International Port, one of the busiest passenger and container terminals in the Philippines. It also hosts one of the largest oil refineries in the country, three natural gas power plants, and several other major industries. In addition, the city also serves as the educational, industrial and the transportation center of the province.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Batangas City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.