Santa Teresita, officially the Municipality of Santa Teresita ( tgl, Bayan ng Santa Teresita), is a 5th class

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in the

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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 ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,559 people.

History

On December 28, 1961, the barrios of Sambat, Sinipian, Bihis, Calayaan, Irukan and Cutang Cawayan from the municipality of Taal, Calumala, Tambo, Saimsim and Burol from the municipality of San Nicolas, and Pacifico and Sampa from the municipality of San Luis were separated and constituted into a new and separate municipality known as Santa Teresita, by virtue of Executive Order No. 454 signed by President

Carlos P. Garcia Carlos Polestico Garcia (November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971) was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth president of the Philippines. A l ...

. The new municipality was named after its

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, St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Ireneo Aquino was appointed as its first mayor, serving until June 1962. In 1971, barangay Antipolo was established as a separate barangay out of barangay Sinipian, as well as barangay Cuta East, which was separated from barangay Cutang Cawayan.

Geography

Santa Teresita is located at along the southern lakeshore area of

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. Its boundaries are San Nicolas in the north, San Luis on the south, Taal on the west and Taal Lake on the northeast. According to the

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

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and from

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Barangays

Santa Teresita is politically subdivided into 17

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s, with 3 classified as

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and 14 as

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Santa Teresita had a population of 21,559. The population density was .

Economy

Gallery

File:SantaTeresita,Batangasjf1739 12.JPG, Welcome arch File:SantaTeresita,Batangasjf1967 13.JPG, Old municipal hall Batangasjf2040 27.JPG, Downtown File:SantaTeresitaChurchjf1937 09.JPG, Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code Municipalities of Batangas Populated places on Taal Lake {{Calabarzon-geo-stub