Batino is a rural industrial
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
located at
Calamba City
Calamba, officially the City of Calamba ( fil, Lungsod ng Calamba), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 539,671 people.
Calamba is the regional center of th ...
, Laguna, Philippines. Batino is located to the east of
Barandal, south of
Mayapa
Mayapa is an urban barangay, located to the east of the Sirang Lupa and southeast of the Canlubang in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines. It is next to the Mayapa-Canlubang exit (Exit 47) of the South Luzon Expressway. As of the 2020 census, ...
, north of Prinza and west of
Paciano Rizal. Most of the establishments, if not all, are located on the west side of
South Luzon Expressway
The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon region ...
(SLEX), leaving the east side of the barangay less developed than the west side of it, partly because the only access points are the SLEX and the Batino-Mayapa Road.
Etymology
Barangay Batino got its name from the hard milkwood tree or ''
Alstonia microphylla'', which is called ''batino'' in
Tagalog.
The tree was once abundant in the area.
Calamba Premiere International Park
In this barangay, numerous companies like
Avon,
Samsung
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...
, Shin Heung Electro Digital Inc., Lux Manufacturing, and Nestle have set up their warehouses and factories. It is one of the first industrial complexes to be established in the Philippines and plays an important economic role at the City of Calamba and the whole of Calabarzon.
Population
*2020 - 1,616
*2015 - 1,274
*2010 - 1,249
*2007 - 1,295
*2000 - 665
*1990 - 302
*1995 - 276
*1990 - 221
References
External links
Official Website of the Government of Laguna
Barangays of Calamba, Laguna
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