Pagsanjan (pronounced PAG-sang-han ), officially the Municipality of Pagsanjan ( Tagalog : Bayan ng Pagsanjan ), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Laguna , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,327 people.
6-499: Situated 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Santa Cruz , 91 kilometres (57 mi) southeast of Manila , and 52 kilometres (32 mi) from Lucena , this town can reach via Manila East Road or SLEX . Pagsanjan is the tourist capital of Laguna and is the home of the Bangkero Festival held every March. The bangkeros are tour guides who steer boats along the river to Pagsanjan Falls (also called Magdapio Falls), for which
12-433: The betel nut industry. In time, the barrio became the flourishing trading center of eastern Laguna and attracted families from the surrounding communities of Cavinti and Pila . On December 12, 1668, then- Governor-General Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz issued a decree elevating its status to a town. In 1688, Pagsanjan replaced Bay as the capital of the province. It remained such until 1858, during which it bloomed as
18-533: The cultural and commercial center of the province. Pagsanjan has a land area of 26.4 square kilometres. It is bounded on the east by the Balubad Mountain ; on the west by the capital town of Santa Cruz; on the north by the San Isidro Hill and Laguna de Bay ; on the north-east by the town of Lumban; on the southeast by the towns of Cavinti and Luisiana ; on the south by Mount Banahaw ; and on
24-440: The south-west by the town of Magdalena . Pagsanjan is politically subdivided into 16 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In the 2020 census, the population of Pagsanjan was 44,327 people, with a density of 1,700 inhabitants per square kilometre or 4,400 inhabitants per square mile. Poverty incidence of Pagsanjan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The official song of
30-477: The town is well known but is actually in neighboring Cavinti . Pagsanjan was the capital of the province of Laguna for 170 years (1688–1858) during which the town prospered as the commercial, cultural and learning center of the province. Pagsanjan is located in the riparian delta formed by the confluence of the Balanac and Bumbungan rivers . Originally called Pinágsangahán ("branching" or "juncture"), this
36-400: Was shortened to "Pagsanjan" by early Spanish colonists because they found the name very difficult to pronounce. Pagsanjan was originally a barrio of Lumban . In 1668, eight Japanese and Chinese traders, who were highly impressed by the strategic location of the barrio at the juncture of Balanac and Bumbungan , rivers founded the town. They established a trading settlement and engaged in
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