Batangas's 3rd congressional district is one of the six

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in the province of

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( ), is a first class province of the Philippines located in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,908,494 people, making ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1916 and earlier in the

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from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the northern Batangas cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan, as well as adjacent municipalities surrounding the

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: Agoncillo,

Alitagtag Alitagtag, officially the Municipality of Alitagtag (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,819 people. Alitagtag derived its name from the Tagalog word ''ali ...

, Balete,

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Malvar Malvar, officially the Municipality of Malvar (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,379 people. Etymology The municipality was named after General Miguel Malvar ...

, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita and Talisay, a configuration that has been in place since 1987. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ma. Theresa V. Collantes of the

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(NPC). Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the third district encompassed the city of

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and the eastern Batangas municipalities of Balete, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia,

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, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, and Tanauan. The southeastern municipalities of Lobo and

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were also part of the district from its creation until 1928 when a minor reorganization, enacted into law a year earlier, transferred them to the second district. Simultaneously, Tanauan became part of this district.

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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region IV-A Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Batangas 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Calabarzon Constituencies established in 1907