Calamba, officially the Municipality of Calamba (; ), is a

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in the

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Misamis Occidental Misamis Occidental (; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Sindepan Mis'samis''; ; ), officially the Province of Misamis Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province located in the Regions of the Philippines, region of Northern Mindanao in th ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,227 people. Calamba is previously a barrio of Plaridel known as Solinog. It was renamed after Calamba in Laguna, the birthplace of Dr.

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a na ...

, the country's ''de facto'' national hero. It became a municipality along with 6 other barrios and 13 sitios of Plaridel through Executive Order No. 85 on September 3, 1947, with the establishment taking effect on February 14, 1948.

Geography

Barangays

Calamba is politically subdivided into 19

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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. * Bonifacio * Bunawan * Calaran * Dapacan Alto * Dapacan Bajo * Langub * Libertad * Magcamiguing * Mamalad * Mauswagon * Northern Poblacion * Salvador * San Isidro * Siloy * Singalat * Solinog * Southwestern Poblacion * Sulipat * Don Bernardo A. Neri

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Calamba, Misamis Occidental, was 23,227 people, with a density of .

Education

* Calamba Central School * Calamba National Comprehensive High School * Liberation Institute * Sacred Heart College of Calamba, Inc.(SHCCI) * College of Communication, Information & Technology (CCIT)

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Misamis Occidental 1948 establishments in the Philippines Political divisions established by Philippine executive order