Cuenca, officially the Municipality of Cuenca ( tgl, Bayan ng Cuenca), is a 4th class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and La ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,235 people. Once a part of San Jose, it became an independent town under the name "Cuenca" in 1876, after the Spanish hometown of the then-Governor of Batangas that resembles its cold breeze and beautiful scenic spots. Its main tourist attraction is the mountain,

Mount Macolod Mount Macolod (other spelling: Maculot) is a dormant stratovolcano located in the municipality of Cuenca, Batangas in the Philippines. Popular with mountain climbers and campers, it is the main tourist attraction of Cuenca. The mountain is sa ...

(Mount Maculot). The Patron of Cuenca is

Saint Isidore the Laborer Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer ( es, San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid, El ...

, the patron of farmers. A celebratory feast is held annually every May 15.

Geography

According to the

Philippine Statistics Authority The Philippine Statistics Authority (Filipino: ''Pangasiwaan ng Estadistika ng Pilipinas''), abbreviated as PSA, is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government that ''collects, compiles, analyzes and publishes statistical inf ...

, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Batangas.

Barangays

Cuenca is politically subdivided into 21

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 ...

s. In 1954, Don Juan was constituted as a barrio from the ''

sitio A ''sitio'' (Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own barangay if its popul ...

''s of Lungos ng Parang, Kulit, Lumampao, Pisa, Napapanayan and Lagundian.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Cuenca had a population of 36,235. The population density was .

Economy

Gallery

File:CuencaBatangasjf1803 10.JPG, Welcome arch File:CuencaBatangasjf1760 10.JPG, Municipal hall File:CuencaBatangasjf1760 08.JPG, Police station File:CuencaChurchjf1676 15.JPG, Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish Church File:CuencaBatangasjf1613 04.JPG, Street in Cuenca

References

External links

* * Philippine Standard Geographic Code {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuenca Municipalities of Batangas Populated places on Taal Lake