Official name	City of Lipa
Native name	Lungsod ng Lipa
Nickname	Next Wave City, Little Rome of the Philippines, City of All Seasons, Coffee Capital of Asia
Settlement type	Component City
Settlement type2
Pushpin map
Pushpin label position
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	Region
Subdivision name1	Region IV-A CALABARZON
Subdivision type2	Province
Subdivision name2	Batangas
Subdivision type3	Congressional District
Subdivision name3	4th
Subdivision type4	Barangays
Subdivision name4	72
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Meynardo A. Sabili
Leader title1	Vice Mayor
Leader name1	Lydio A. Lopez, Jr.
Leader title2	Councilors
Leader name2	Merlo P. Silva Eric B. Africa Ralph Peter S. Umali Ma. Concepcion R. Hernandez Avior R. Rocafort Dy Pang Lim Donato O. Linatoc Dominador M. Mauhay Raul A. Montealto Aries D. Macala
Leader title3	ABC President
Leader name3	Marlon M. Luancing
Leader title4	SK Federation President
Leader name4	Christian John Jessie B. Fonte
Established title	Founded
Established date	1887
Established title2	Cityhood
Established date2	June 20, 1947
Unit pref
Area total km2	209.4
Population as of	2007
Population total	260,568
Population density km2	1136
Timezone	PST
Utc offset	+8
Elevation footnotes
Postal code type	ZIP code
Postal code	4217
Area code	43
Blank name	Income Class
Blank info	First Class
Blank1 name	Classification
Blank1 info	Component City; Agri-Urban
Website	Official Website of the City of Lipa
Footnotes	}}

The Lipa City (Filipino: Lungsod ng Lipa) /Li-pâ/ is a first class city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. It is one of the three component cities of Batangas province (the others being Batangas City and the City of Tanauan). It is situated 78 kilometers south of Manila, and according to the latest census, it has a population of 260,558 inhabitants in 41,962 households.

Lipa City is approximately in the center of the country from Batangas to Sulu and from the eastern periphery of Surigao Province to the western international boundary of Palawan. The city is in the center of Region IV, and at the heart of Batangas Province.

Lipa City is bounded by the town of Santo Tomas in the northeast, San Pablo City of Laguna and San Antonio of Quezon in the east, the municipalities of Padre Garcia and Rosario in the southeast, the municipalities of Ibaan and San Jose in the southwest, the municipalities of Cuenca and Mataas Na Kahoy and Taal Lake in the west and the municipalities of Balete and Malvar in the northwest.

The city's location, in a valley between Mount Malarayat and Mount Makulot, makes it a low risk area. These two mountains serve as a wind breaker in times of typhoon. Mount Makulot at the western portion also served as shield of the city in times of eruption of Taal Volcano.

Lipa City is a major recreational, religious, commercial, industrial and educational center in central Batangas province, as shown with the presence in the city of entities like Hotel la Corona de Lipa, Nestle Philippines, Lipa City Science High School, Canossa Academy, De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City Colleges, AMA Lipa, The Nazareth School, the San Sebastian Cathedral (seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa), The Mabini Academy which was founded in 1922 and the oldest school in Lipa City, the Carmelite Convent, Robinson's Place Lipa Mall, Mount Malarayat Golf and Country Club, Summit Point Golf and Country Club and SM City Lipa Mall. The City is also home to the Fernando Air Base, the former headquarters of the Philippine Air Force's 100th Training Wing and Air Education and Training Command (AETC) which is known in military circles as the Baguio of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) provide convenient access to Batangas City and Metro Manila.

Geography and climate

Land Area = 20,940 hectares; Elevation = 1025 ft. above sea level; Climate:Generally cool and enjoys an invigorating climate throughout the year except on several occasions when typhoon occur and during summer season.Lipa City's fishing ground is located at Barangay Halang, which is at the west district of the city. It is actually a portion of Taal Lake which is connected to other municipalities - Cuenca, Mataas na Kahoy and Balete.Average yearly temperature is 23°C.Tropical with uneven rainfall all year around. Highest recorded temperature was 35.7 Degrees Celsius. Lowest recorded temperature was 16.4 Degrees Celsius. It is dry from January to May. Wet from June to December.

Government

Vilma Santos-Recto, former Lipa City mayor (1998–2007) became the governor of Batangas in 2007, and former Congressman Oscar Gozos became mayor of Lipa. The vice mayor is Hon. Lydio Lopez Jr. who is on his second term. Sangguniang Panglungsod is composed of the following councilors: Merlo P. Silva, Ralph Peter S. Umali, Dy Pang Lim, Ma. Concepcion R. Hernandez, Avior Rocafort, Aries Emmanuel Mendoza, Raul A. Montealto, Leonilo Catipon, Romy Macasaet III, and Dominador Mauhay. Sangguniang Kabataan City Federation President is Regine M. Mayo of Barangay Poblacion-6 while Brgy Capt. Renato V. Malleta of Barangay Poblacion 9-A is the President of the Association of Barangay Captains.

However, in the 2010 local elections (see below), Gozos failed in his re-election bid to former Provincial Board Member Meynardo Sabili,. Lopez though is re-elected for a final term, and most of Gozos' councilors will comprise the next Sangguniang Panglungsod come July 1, 2010. Sangguniang Panglungsod is composed of the following councilors: Merlo P. Silva, Eric B. Africa, Ralph Peter S. Umali, Ma. Concepcion R. Hernandez, Avior R. Rocafort, Dy Pang Lim, Donato O. Linatoc, Dominador M. Mauhay, Raul A. Montealto, and Aries D. Macala. Sangguniang Kabataan City Federation President is Christian John Jessie B. Fonte while Brgy Capt. Marlon M. Luancing of Barangay Antipolo Del Sur is the President of the Association of Barangay Captains.

History

Ancient Roots and Early Beginnings

The primal composition of the ancient settlement in the southeastern region of Bombon Lake were elements of the dispersed colonial families founded by Datus Dumangsil and Balkasusa in Taal Batangas between the 10th and 13th century AD. These pioneer settlers under the leadership of the fleeing Datu Puti, chief of state of the then mighty Sri-Vishayan Empire, purchased the lowlands from King Marikudo of the Mountain Province at his kingdom. The purchased lands consisted of Panay in the Visayas and the lowlands in Luzon including Batangas. The ten (10) Bornean Datus divided among themselves the purchased lands, the Batangas Bay were apportioned among the Dumangsil and Balkasusa Clans.

It is however subject to conjecture whether the pre-historic Negritos 12,000 to 15,000 years age or the much later waves of Indonesian and Malay seafarers from 5,000 to 300 B.C. were able to settle along the coasts of Batangas into the inner lake region of Taal which was accessible to navigation through the Pansipit River, thus, the possibility of miscegenetic marriages and cross culture among the aboriginal inhabitants, the old settlers and the latter Dumangsil and Balkasusa Clans. Or whether violent wars had been waged between old inhabitants and new colonizers is uncertain too, incontrovertible proofs being wanting.

It is however, a historical fact that out of this Bornean Tribe of the Dumangsil and Balkasusa Clan was born the ancestry of Lipa and as later on their descendants spread out towards Laguna de Bay and Bicol Peninsula. The remains excavated from their ancient settlements in Butong , Taal, Calatagan Bay Area and Balayan will attest to the fact of their presence in the said site at least in the latter part of the 12th century down to the coming of Goiti and Legaspi in Batangas in 1570. The flourishing trade relations between these early Batangueños with a number of Chinese merchants prior to the spanish conquest explained the presence of hundreds of Chinese wares from potteries to stonewares and vases of Sung Dynasty period to the latter part of the 16th century, in the burial grounds at Calatagan sites of Pulung Bakaw, Kay Tomas, Pinagpatayan I and II at Butong, Taal Batangas.

The influence of the Chinese traders in Batangas is undeniable, although it is speculative whether the extent of the Chinese trade penetrated the inner region of Taal Lake via Pansipit River. In any case inasmuch as the uncovered Chinese wares belonged to the same century of Batangas colonization, basic identities remained unaltered as they originated from a single empire of Sri-Vishaya, minor local ways must have evolve comparatively in the period of less than a century but the general characteristics must have been kept.

By origin the early Lipeños were Buddhist in religion and Indian in civilization. As such the heritage of the Lipeños was the ancient eastern civilization of India which was twenty times older than its counterpart in Mesopotamia and Nile of the Western World. With its not infrequent contact with the Chinese traders, the Batangueños have absorbed and been influenced too by another giant and ancient civilization that of China herself. And with Spanish colonization of the Philippines and the Salcedo conquest of Batangas in 1572, the Lipeños were forced to embrace the Western Civilization. This is the reason why in Lipa, the east also meets the west.

By characteristics, the early Lipeños like that of their fellow Borneans scattered all over the coasts of Batangas, were average in height range which approximates the present Filipino in rural areas. Anthropologists classified them as dark, stocky with thick lips and large noses.

Social isolation is characteristic of these early Lipeños, as they live in a separate tribal community. In Batangas settlements, this isolation is proved by the fact of their burial grounds arranged in different manners employing distinct interment practices and rituals. The burial grounds were characterized by grave markers or other signs in surface denoting the presence of graves. Usually above the skeleton, giant claws, chunks of brain corrals or both were placed. Some non-Christian peoples in the Philippines still build small structures over graves and offerings placed on the ground beneath the structure such as food in plates and bowls. At both cemeteries, Bakaw and Tomas, hundreds of shreds of earthen ware and porcelain were found on the surface. A further explanation for the presence of many of these shreds is that they are the fragments of vessels which had been placed on the grave to hold offerings being destroyed in the decades which have been passed.

At the coming of the Spaniards to Batangas in 1570, the Malay settlements along the southern shores of Taal Lake at Tagbakin was inhabited by the warlike descendants of the two (2) datus called the Tagalogs. In 1605, after Marshall Gabriel de Rivera received the encomienda of Bombon, the Augustinian Fathers made Tagbakin the first settlement of the Lipeños and a mission center with the name of San Sebastian, perhaps after the installed Patron Saint, which continued to the present. The settlement was made a regular municipality in 1702 and a regular parish in 1716 with Fray Diego de Alday as the first curate.

With the eruption of Taal Volcano in 1724, the people moved to what is now “Lumang Lipa” and, again, in 1754, they moved to Balete where they settled for two years until 1756 when they moved inland to the present site obviously for more security from volcanic eruptions.

When Don Galo de los Reyes was the governadorcillo of Lipa, he introduced the cultivation of coffee. The seeds of the Arabica species were said to be of two chupas brought in from Mexico by an Agustinian missionary. The coffee industry so flourished and made Lipa the richest municipality in the country with an annual income of P4,000,000.00 that on October 21, 1887 the Queen Regent Maria Christina of Spain, acting for the young King Alfonso XIII, elevated Lipa to a city known as “Villa de Lipa”, and later authorized to use a Coat-of Arms by the Royal Overseas Minister Don Victoria Bagner on December 13, 1887.

At the celebration of the elevation of Lipa to a city in January 1888, Rizal was invited by Dr. Jose Lozada, Catalino Dimayuga and the brothers Celestino and Simeon Luz but Rizal responded only with his Hymno Al Trabajo which he dedicated to the zeal and industry of the Lipeños.

The raising of cacao was introduced in Lipa by an Augustinian priest, Father Ignacio de Mercado, and that was the beginning of its cultivation throughout the Philippines.

The raising of abaca followed the blight of coffee as a principal source of income of the people, reaching peak productions during World War I. After the abaca boom, and with no more principal product like it or coffee in its time, the people resorted to diversification of their crops in coconuts, bananas, coffee and other fruit trees, together with rice, corn, sugarcane, and vegetables in farms and backyards. They also engaged themselves in livestock raising and varied home crafts for men, and small industries, like weaving, embroidery and sewing for women. After World War II citrus production prevailed until 1970 and, after its decline, about 1965, poultry and swine raising began to take roots and to thrive in no small degree until the present.

In earlier periods of prosperity, the intellectuals class became active at home and abroad. Those who went to Europe joined the other Filipino patriots in the propaganda movement and in the various reform organizations. Those who remained at home organized similar patriotic societies, put up publications, founded schools and promoted political, social and cultural activities among the people. They also joined the revolution which liberated the Philippines on June 12, 1898, and fought the Filipino-American War which brought in the American Regime, through the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during World War II, until terminated on July 4, 1946.

Late in 1894, Procopio Bonifacio, brother of Andres Bonifacio, brought the Katipunan to Lipa, at sitio Bulihan, Luta (now Malvar, Batangas , then a part of Lipa). There were 32 who joined the secret society and among them were Col. Mariano Lat, Major Gregorio Leviste, Capt. Gregorio Lat, and Lts. Felix Leviste, Martin Sancha, Gregorio Tapia, Fernando Viaje, Valentin Burgos and Pedro Libuit. Pedro Mayo and Norberto Mayo also joined in other localities.. Other leaders of the revolution from Lipa were Gregorio Katigbak, Cipriano Kalaw, Benito Reyes, Pedro Laygo, Roman Dimayuga, Luis Kison, Tomas Umali and Felix Reyes.

The first newspaper in Batangas, published in Spanish, was the “Lumubog-Lumutang”, printed in Lipa in 1889, and established by the well-known writers Cipriano Kalaw, Gregorio Katigbak, Benito Reyes, Hugo Latorre and Pedro Laygo. Other pioneer Spanish writers were Bernardo Solis, Catalino Dimayuga and Manuel Luz. During the revolution, Gregorio Aguilera Solis edited a newspaper “Columnas Voluntas de la Federacion Malaya”. This paper became the media for notable poems and literary works of Albino Dimayuga , Baldomero Roxas, Luis Lina Kison, Bernardo Solis, Benedicto Solis, Emiliano Manguiat and Petronio Katigbak. Roman Dimayuga wrote plays, while Pedro Laygo published articles on domestic and international politics and Tomas Umali on military affairs.

Hispanistas during the American regime included national figures like Teodoro Kalaw, Fidel Reyes, Arsenio Luz, Max B. Solis , Enrique Laygo and Claro M. Recto.

Lipeños also served in the Revolutionary Republic. These were Gregorio Aguilera who was delegate to the Malolos Congress; Ceferino Pantoja, also a member of that congress; Jose Lozada, as envoy to Washington and Paris, and Cipriano Kalaw, the first vice-president and Treasurer of the Central Committee of Hongkong.

In the field of education, Father Valerio Malabanan was foremost among Lipeños who established schools. Others were Sebastian Virrey, Jacinto Silva, Candido Lantin and Gregorio Katigbak. In 1894, Brigido Morada established his own school at his house in Mataas na Lupa. Under Father Valerio Malabanan were such well-known figures as Apolinario Mabini, General Miguel Malvar and Sotero Laurel. Sebastian Virrey countered with such former students as the brothers Alfonso and Claro M. Recto; Fidel and Carmelo Reyes; Teodoro and Maximo Kalaw; Pacifico, Jose and Enrique Laygo; and Manuel Luz Roxas , Jose D. Dimayuga, Bernabe Africa, Pablo Borbon, Potenciano Malvar, Leoncio Aranda and Bishop Alfredo Obviar.. The later school, perhaps marked for permanence by the enthusiastic patronage of its high standard maintained through the years since its founding in 1922 until the present, is the Mabini Academy established by Dr. Jose Ma. Katigbak, Randall A. Rowley, Tarcila Malabanan-Katigbak and Emilia Malabanan.

The fact that Lipeños, even up to the present, are very religious, may be attributed to the fact that Fr. Benito Baras, who was Parish Priest of Lipa for almost three decades (1865–1894), has considered Villa de Lipa as his very own and had shown great paternal love for the Lipeños. He constructed the Parish Church (now Cathedral of the Lipa Archdiocese) and a new and bigger cemetery with a beautiful chapel. Without aid from the State, he constructed the bridge at Sabang and the road that served as a national highway to Manila and Laguna.

The Lipa Parish, established in 1716, became a diocesan center in 1910, included the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, Tayabas, Marinduque and Mindoro, with Msgr. Jose Petrelli as the first bishop. On August 15, 1972, the diocese was raised to an eccelesiastical province composed of Batangas province and the dioceses of Lucena, Infanta and Calapan, with Msgr Alejandro Olalia as the first Archbishop.

On August 31, 1947, Lipa was inaugurated as a chartered City created under Republic Act No. 162 approved on June 20, 1947.

Former Mayors

(City Mayors)

Oscar L. Gozos, 2007–2010

Vilma S. Recto, 1998–2007

Ruben L. Umali, 1986–1998

Carlos S. Solis, 1972–1986

Reynaldo P. Reyes,1969–1971

Miguel K. Lina, 1960–1969

Baldomero B. Reyes, 1954–1959

Jose M. Kalaw, 1952–1953

Esteban M. Mayo, 1947–1952

(Kapitan Municipal)

Esteban M. Mayo, 1946–1947

Jose Maria Katigbak, 1945

Dominador Luz, 1944–1945

Candido B. Lopez, 1943–1944

Amado Mayo, 1942–1943

Esteban M. Mayo, 1941

Pablo L. Torres, 1934–1940

Esteban M. Mayo, 1931–1934

Candido B. Lopez, 1922–1931

Leon Katigbak, 1916–1922

Benito Reyes, 1913–1916

Teodoro Olgado, 1910–1913

Guillermo Katigbak, 1907–1909

Gregorio Katigbak, 1905–1907

Guillermo Katigbak, 1904–1905

Sixto Roxas, 1903–1904

Valerio Kalaw, 1903

Gregorio Aguilera Solis, 1902–1903

Toribio Katigbak, 1901–1902

Valerio Kalaw, 1898–1901

Mariano Katigbak, 1896–1897

Bernardo Solis, 1894–1895

Pedro de Silva, 1893

Urbano Rojas, 1891–1892

Eduardo Mayo, 1889–1890

Martin Quizon, 1887–1888

Felipe Reyes, 1885–1886

Petronilo Mayo, 1883–1884

Bernardo Solis, 1881–1882

Simeon Luz, 1879–1880

Francisco Guerrero, 1873–1875

Doroteo de los Reyes, 1871–1872

Lino Katigbak, 1869–1870

Sixto Roxas, 1867–1868

Jose Luz, 1866

Cayetano Katigbak, 1865

Sebastian Malabanan, 1863–1864

Norberto Katigbak, 1862

Celestino Solis, 1860–1861

Alejandro Altamirano, 1859

Mateo Katigbak, 1858

Manuel Rojas, 1857

Barangays

Lipa City is politically subdivided into 72 barangays. San Jose was formerly known as Patay. In 1955, the sitios of Duhatan, Tagbakin, Initan, Malabong and Halang, then all part of barrio Pinagtungolan, were separated and constituted into an independent barrio.

In 1957, the sitios of Waniwani, Sayatin and Look was separated from barrio Balete and constituted into the barrio of Look.

*Adya

*Anilao

*Anilao-Labac

*Antipolo Del Norte

*Antipolo Del Sur

*Bagong Pook

*Balintawak

*Banaybanay

*Bolbok

*Bugtong na Pulo

*Bulacnin

*Bulaklakan

*Calamias

*Cumba

*Dagatan

*Duhatan

*Halang

*Inosluban

*Kayumanggi

*Labac

*Latag

*Lodlod

*Lumbang

*Mabini

*Malagonlong

*Malitlit

*Marawoy

*Mataas Na Lupa

*Munting Pulo

*Pagolingin Bata

*Pagolingin East

*Pagolingin West

*Pangao( entro,santacruz,kabilang tubig,ibaba,..)

*Pinagkawitan

*Pinagtongulan

*Plaridel

*Poblacion Barangay 1

*Poblacion Barangay 2

*Poblacion Barangay 3

*Poblacion Barangay 4

*Poblacion Barangay 5

*Poblacion Barangay 6

*Poblacion Barangay 7

*Poblacion Barangay 8

*Poblacion Barangay 9-A

*Poblacion Barangay 9

*Poblacion Barangay 10

*Poblacion Barangay 11

*Poblacion Barangay 12

*Pusil

*Quezon

*Rizal

*Sabang

*Sampaguita

*San Benito

*San Carlos

*San Celestino

*San Francisco

*San Guillermo

*San Isidro (formerly Sapac)

*San Jose

*San Lucas

*San Salvador

*San Sebastian (Balagbag)

*Santo Niño

*Santo Toribio

*Sico

*Talisay

*Tambo

*Tangob

*Tanguay

*Tibig

*Tipacan

Education

Private Schools

Preparatory Schools

	*Daughters of St. Dominic School	*Laygo Educational Learning Center	*Lipa Marian Mission Learning Center Inc.	*Rev. Fr. Vincenzo Ida Kindergarten	*The Little Sparrow Pedia Care Center

Special Education Schools

	*Child’s Learning Experiences & Academic Program Center	*Growth & Intellectual Nourishment Learning Center	*PUNLA KA Regional Institute for Special People	*Kinetic Intelligence Devt. System Learning Center Inc.

Primary Schools

*Ages and Stages Learning Center

*Anne – Claire Montessori School

*Child’s LEAP Center

*Divine Shepherd School of Lipa

*Early Start Learning Center

*Emmanuel Christian Learning Foundation of Lips City Inc.

*Hermend Learning Center Niño Eskwela, Inc.

*Holy Trinity School

*Immaculate Conception Montessori School Inc.

*La Milagrosa School of Batangas, Inc.

*Lipa Christian School

*Lipa Adventist Elementary School

*Mckinley Hill International School & Leadership Academy for Children Lipa Inc.

*Mother Goose Playschool and Grade School International

*Our Lady of Lourdes School

*Pag-olingin Adventist Elementary School

*Pathway to Learning School of Lipa City Inc.

*San Antonio de Padua Montessori de Lipa

*San Lorenzo Ruiz de Lipa School

*St. Benedict de Nursia Preparatory School

*St. John’s Wort Montessori School of Lipa

*St. Joseph School

*St. Mary’s Montessori

*St. Peter Acts Christian Academy

*St. Philomena Academy

*Stonyhurst Southville International School

*Talinong Bulilit Bahay Iskwela

*The Magnificat Learning Center of Lodlod Inc.

*The Shepherd Christian Learning Center

*The Lipa Grace Academy

*VINMAR School Inc.

Secondary Schools

*Batangas College of Arts & Sciences

*Canossa Academy Lipa City

*Dagatan Family Farm

*De La Salle University- Lipa Integrated school

*Infant Jesus Montessori Center Phils.

*Jesus for the World Christian Academy

*Lipa Adventist Academy

*Lipa City Colleges

*Lipa Montessori School of Learning Inc.

*New Era University- Lipa

*The Lipa Grace Academy

*The Mabini Academy

*The Magnificat Learning Center of Lodlod, Inc.

*The Nazareth School

Public Schools

Pre-Elementary Schools

North District

*Abundio Torre M/S

*Bugtong na Pulo Elem. School

*Bulacnin Elem. School

*Dagatan Elem. School

*Inosluban-Marawoy Elem. School

*Lumbang Elem. School

*Plaridel Elem. School

*San Lucas Elem. School

*Sen. Maria Kalaw Mem. Elem. School

*Sto. Toribio Elem. School

*Talisay Elem. School

*T.M. Kalaw Mem. Elem. School

East District

*Jose K. Obando Mem. Elem. School

*Brion-Silva Elem. School

*Don Leon Mem. Elem. School

*G.B. Lontok Mem. Elem. School

*Latag Elem. School

*Pinagkawitan Elem. School

*San Adriano Elem. School

*San Benito Elem. School

*San Celestino Elem. School

*San Isidro Elem. School

*San Jose Elem. School

*Tangob Primary School

*Sto. Niño Elem. School

*Sto. Toribio Elem. School

*Tipacan Elem. School

West District

*Bagong Pook Elem. School

*R.M. Lojo Mem. Elem. School

*Duhatan Elem. School

*Cipriano Andal Mem. Elem. School

*Fernando Air Base Elem. School

*Pangao Elem. School

*Pinagtong-ulan Elem. School

*Tambo Elem. School

*Bulaklakan Elem. School

*Tibig Elem. School

*Padre Valerio Malabanan M/S

*Tangway Elem. School

South District

	*Leoncio L. Patulot M/S (Adya)	*Bolbok Elem. School	*Sen. Claro M. Recto M/S	*Lodlod Elem. School	*Sampaguita Elem. School	*San Sebastian Elem. School	*Anilao Elem. School	*Mabini Elem. School	*Malagonlong Elem. School	*Pag-olingin Bata Elem. School	*Kayumanggi Elem. School

Elementary Schools

North District

*Abundio Torre M/S

*Bugtong na Pulo Elem. School

*Bulacnin Elem. School

*Dagatan Elem. School

*Inosluban-Marawoy Elem. School

*Lumbang Elem. School

*Plaridel Elem. School

*San Lucas Elem. School

*Sen. Maria Kalaw Mem. Elem. School

*Sto. Toribio Elem. School

*Talisay Elem. School

*T.M. Kalaw Mem. Elem. School

*Pusil Primary School

East District

*Jose K. Obando Mem. Elem. School

*Brion-Silva Elem. School

*Don Leon Mem. Elem. School

*G.B. Lontok Mem. Elem. School

*Latag Elem. School

*Pinagkawitan Elem. School

*San Adriano Elem. School

*San Benito Elem. School

*San Celestino Elem. School

*Anangi Elem. School

*Malitlit Primary School

*San Francisco Elem. School

*San Isidro Elem. School

*San Jose Elem. School

*Tangob Primary School

*Sto. Niño Elem. School

*Sto. Toribio Elem. School

*Tipacan Elem. School

West District

*Bagong Pook Elem. School

*R.M. Lojo Mem. Elem. School

*Duhatan Elem. School

*Cipriano Andal Mem. Elem. School

*Tagbakin Elem. School

*Fernando Air Base Elem. School

*PVMMS

*San Carlos Primary School

*Pangao Elem. School

*Pinagtong-ulan Elem. School

*Bulaklakan Elem. School

*San Salvador Elem. School

*San Salvador Loob Primary School

*Tambo Elem. School

*Paninsingin Elementary School

*Sico Primary School

*Tangway Elem. School

*Tangway Loob Primary School

*Tibig Elem. School

South District

*Leoncio L. Patulot M/S (Adya)

*Anilao Elem. School

*Bolbok Elem. School

*Cumba-Quezon Elem. School

*Kayumanggi Elem. School

*Labac Elem. School

*Sen. Claro M. Recto M/S

*Lodlod Elem. School

*Mabini Elem. School

*Malagonlong Elem. School

*Pag-olingin Elem. School

*Rizal Elem. School

*Sampaguita Elem. School

*San Guillermo Elem. School

*Calamias Primary School

*Pag-olingin Bata

*San Sebastian Elem. School

Secondary Schools

*Anilao National High School

*Bolbok National High School

*Bugtong na Pulo National High School

*Bulacnin National High School

*Fernando Air Base National High School

*Inosluban-Marawoy National High School

*Lodlod National High School

*Lumbang National High School

*Pinagkawitan National High School

*Pinagtung-ulan National High School

*Rizal National High School

*San Celestino National High School

*San Isidro National High School

*Lipa City National Science High School

*Lipa City National High School

Colleges, Universities and Technical Schools

*Absolute Health Care Institute

*AMA Computer Learning Center- Lipa

*AMA Computer University- Lipa

*Ateneo de Manila- Graduate School of Business

*Batangas College of Arts and Sciences (formerly Batangas Science School)

*Batangas State University- Don Claro M. Recto Campus

*British Royal College

*De La Salle University- Lipa

*Information Institute of Technology

*Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa

*Lipa City Colleges

*MEER

*Mystery of Light Nursing School

*Philippine State College of Aeronautics

*St. Agustine School of Nursing- Lipa

*STI College- Lipa

*University of Batangas- Lipa

*University of Perpetual Help System DALTA- Lipa

Seminaries and Monasteries

	*St. Francis de Sales (Major Seminary)	*St. Francis de Sales (Theological Seminary)	*St. Francis de Sales (Minor Seminary)	*Oblates of St. Joseph (College of Philosophy)	*Our Lady of Lourdes Seminary	*Carmelite Monastery of Lipa			Hospitals

*Divine Love General Hospital

*Fernando Airbase Hospital

*Holy Family Medical Clinic

*Lipa City District Hospital

*Lipa City Doctor's Hospital

*Lipa Medix Medical Center

*Mary Mediatrix Medical Center

*Metro Lipa Medical Center

*N.L. Villa Memorial Medical Center

*Ospital ng Lipa

*San Antonio General Hospital

*The Medical City-Lipa Clinic

Major Churches

*Divino Amor Chapel (Redemptorist)- M.K. Lina St., Poblacion, Lipa City

*Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Chapel

*Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church- Antipolo del Norte, Lipa City

*Our Lady of Peace- Lodlod, Lipa City

*Parish of Mary Mediatrix of All Grace- Antipolo del Norte, Lipa City

*Carmel of Our Lady, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace-Antipolo del Norte, Lipa City

*San Sebastian Cathedral- C.M. Recto Ave., Poblacion, Lipa City

*San Vicente Ferrer Parish- Banay-banay, Lipa City

*San Antonio de Padua Church- Bolbok Lipa City

*San Isidro Labrador- San Isidro Lipa City

*Santo Nino Parish- Marawoy, Lipa City

*Santo Nino Parish- Pinagtung-Ulan Lipa City

*St. Terese Church- Talisay, Lipa City

*St. Benedict Monastery- Pinagtung-Ulan, Lipa City

Cemeteries and Memorial Parks

	*Eternal Gardens Memorial Park	*La Travesia Park	*Lipa Catholic Cemetery- Antipolo del Norte	*Lipa Catholic Cemetery- Banay-banay	*Lipa Evangelical Church Cementery- Antipolo del Norte	*Lipa Floral Gardens

Landmarks

	*Basilio Fernando Airbase	*Don Claro Mayo Recto Monument	*Lipa City Community Park	*Lipa City Public Library	*Lipa City Youth and Cultural Center	*Museo de Lipa	*Plaza Independencia

Historical Sites

	*Casa Segunda	*Markers of the Burial Grounds of Japanese Massacre	*Museo ng Katipunan	*Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church	*Peace Tower	*San Sebastian Catherdral

Economy

Banks

*Allied Bank

*Apex Bank

*Asia United Bank

*Banco Batangueño

*Banco de Oro-C.M. Recto Ave.

*Banco de Oro-J.P. Laurel Hi-way

*Banco de Oro-Robinsons Place

*Banco de Oro-Rotonda

*Banco de Oro-SM City

*Bangko ng Masa

*Bank of Commerce

*Bank of Makati

*Bank of the Philippine Islands-J.P. Laurel Hi-way

*Bank of the Philippine Islands-Poblacion

*Chinabank Savings-C.M. Recto Ave.

*China Banking Corporation -SM City

*Cuenca Rural Bank

*Development Bank of the Philippines

*East West Bank

*Empire Rural Bank

*Excel Rural Bank

*Equicom Bank

*GMA Bank

*Land Bank

*LBC Bank

*Limcoma Rural Bank

*Lipa Bank

*Lipa Public Bank

*Luzon Development Bank

*Malarayat Rural Bank

*MetroBank-B. Morada Ave.

*MetroBank-Cathedral

*MetroBank-J.P. Laurel Hi-way

*Mount Makiling Rural Bank

*PBComm

*Philippine National Bank

*Philippine Rural Bank

*Philippine Veterans Bank

*Planters Development Bank

*Postal Bank

*PR Bank

*Premiere Bank

*Progressive Bank

*PS Bank-C.M. Recto Ave.

*PS Bank-J.P. Laurel Hi-way

*RCBC-B. Morada Ave.

*RCBC-C.M. Recto Ave.

*Real Bank

*Robinsons Bank-Lipa

*Rural Bank of Lobo

*Rural Rank of Mt. Carmel

*Rural Bank of San Antonio

*Rural Bank of San Luis

*Rural Bank of Sto Tomas

*Santo Rosario Rural Bank

*Security Bank

*Summit Rural Bank

*Synergy Rural Bank

*Tiaong Rural Bank

*UCPB-Big Ben Complex

*UCPB-C.M. Recto Ave.

*Union Bank

Shopping Centers

	*168 HyperMart	*Big Ben Complex	*Dilao Shopping Center	*Erlinda B. Recio Complex	*Fiesta World Mall	*Lipa Commercial Center	*Robinsons Place Lipa	*South Supermarket-Lipa	*SM City Lipa (an IMAX Theatre is proposed)

Harwares, Depots, Car Sales and other Commercial Centers

*Center Point Builders Supply

*Chevrolet Batangas

*Citi Hardware

*Foton Lipa, Batangas

*Ford Lipa Showroom

*Hyundai Lipa, Batangas

*K. Pointe

*Kia Lipa

*Lima Lifestyle Center at Lima Technology Center

*Makiling Builders

*Mitsubishi Lipa (SFM Sales)

*MVL Centre

*Nissan Southwoods Lipa

*Suzuki Batangas

*VLM Business Center

Major Food Chains, Restaurants and Convenience Stores

*7 Eleven- Bayan

*7 Eleven- Big Ben

*7 Eleven- J. P. Laurel Hi-way (in front of De La Salle Lipa)

*Almarius Grill and Restaurant

*Andok's- Bayan

*Andok's- Bus Stop

*Andok's- SM City

*Bigg's Diner- SM City

*Cafe de Lipa- Mataas na Lupa

*Cafe de Lipa- Petron Station (STAR Tollway)

*Cafe de Lipa- SM City

*Chowking- Bayan

*Chowking- J. P. Laurel Hi-way

*Chowking- Petron Square (STAR Tollway)

*Chowking- Robinsons Place

*Chowking- SM City

*Classic Savory

*Dunkin' Donuts- Bayan

*Dunkin' Donuts- SM City

*Flavours of China- SM City

*Golden Coco Restaurant

*Goldilock's- Bayan

*Goldilock's- Big Ben

*Goldilock's- SM City

*Gonuts Donuts- SM City

*Goodah!

*Graciano's

*Greenwich- Bayan

*Greenwich- Robinsons Place

*Greenwich- SM City

*Hap Chan Restaurant

*Hapag Pilipino

*Hungry Hippo

*Joey Pepperoni Pizzeria- SM City

*Jollibee- Bayan

*Jollibee- Fiesta World Mall

*Jollibee- Robinsons Place

*Jollibee- SM City

*Jollibee- Uptown

*KFC- Robinsons Place

*KFC- SM City

*Lipa Grill

*Lomi King- Bayan

*Lomi King- Hi-way (in front of De La Salle Lipa)

*Lots A Pizza- Bayan

*Mang Inasal- Big Ben

*Mang Inasal- Robinson's Place

*Mang Inasal- SM City

*Max's Restaurant

*Mcdonald's- Ayala Hi-way

*Mcdonald's- Lipa Cathedral

*Mcdonald's- SM City

*Mini Stop- Lipa Cathedral

*Mini Stop- Robinsons Place

*Mini Stop- Sico, Lipa City

*Mister Donut- Robinsons Place

*Mister Donut- Rotonda

*Mister Donut- SM City

*Pan de Manila- RAobinsons Place

*Pan de Manila- SM City

*Pizza Hut- Robinsons Place

*Pizza Hut- SM City

*Red Ribbon- Casa Esperanza

*Red Ribbon- SM City

*Reyes Barbecue- Robinsons Place

*Shakey's Pizza

*Starbuck's Coffee

*Tokyo Tokyo- Robinsons Place

*Tokyo Tokyo- SM City

Call Centers and BPO's

	*Advanced Contact Solutions	*Tele Tech

Industrial Sites

	*Epson	*Hitachi Cables	*Lima Technology Center	*Mitsuba Manufacturing	*Nestle Philippines	*Pilipinas Kyohritsu Inc.	*Sohbi	*Yamaha Motorcycles Philippines

Accommodation

Hotels

	*Anfa Royal Hotel	*Country Club Hotel at Mt. Malarayat	*El Grande Residencia Hotel	*Events Centre	*Hotel Gregorio	*Hotel La Corona de Lipa	*Hotel ni Mang Jose	*Lima Park Hotel at Lima Technology Center	*The Inns at Mt. Malarayat	*The Farm

Retreat Houses

	*Capuchin Retreat House	*Divine Grace Seminar House	*San Sebastian Retreat House	*Oblates of Saint Joseph

Recreation and Leisure Parks

	*Blue Roze Park and Wildlife	*Fernando Airbase Golf Links	*Lipa City Games and Amusement Center	*Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club	*Platinum Equestrian Park	*Summit Point Golf and Country Club	*The Farm at San Benito

Transportation

Lipa City has an extensive road network. The City serves as a transportation center of eastern and northern Batangas. Major roads are; J.P. Laurel Hi-way, C.M. Recto Ave., B. Morada Ave., Gen. Luna Ave., P. Torres street that links Lipa to the towns of Padre Garcia, Rosario, Taysan and San Juan and the STAR Tollway that links Batangas City and Metro Manila.

Buses, vans, jeepneys and tricycles are the common mode of transportation in the city. Huge numbers of multi-cabs are plying around the city-proper and quickly becoming the primary mode of transportation.

Some talks are made to convert Fernando Airbase into an international airport handling international cargo and domestic flights.

Buses

	*Alps Bus- Alabang, Batangas City, Cubao, Kamias, Lawton, San Juan	*Batangas Star Express/BSC- Batangas City, Buendia, Cubao	*Ceres Transport- Batangas City, Buendia, Cubao	*DLTBCo.- Batangas City, Bauan, Buendia, Pasay	*First Charter- Batangas City, Buendia, Kamias, Lemery	*JAM- Alabang, Batangas City, Buendia, Kamias, Lemery, San Pablo City	*KL/CNG Transport- Batangas City, Buendia, Cubao	*M Liner- Alabang, Batangas City	*N. Dela Rosa Liner- Alabang, Batangas City	*RRCG Transport- Alabang, Batangas City, Buendia, Lemery	*SJ Park- Alabang, Batangas City, Buendia, Cubao, Lemery

Vans

From Lipa City to:

*Alabang

*Balibago, Sta. Rosa City

*Batangas City

*Cubao

*Ibaan

*LRT Buendia

*Pacita Complex, San Pedro

*Pagsanjan

*Pala-pala, Dasmariñas City

*Rosario

*San Juan

*San Pablo City

*Trece Martirez City

Jeepneys

*Levi Town (Marawoy)- Balete

*Lipa- Adya

*Lipa- Airbase

*Lipa- Alupay

*Lipa- Balete

*Lipa- Banay-banay

*Lipa- Batangas City

*Lipa- Bulacnin

*Lipa- Calamba City via CALABARZON

*Lipa- Calamba City via Tanauan City

*Lipa- Cuatro Santos(San Benito, San Celestino, San Isidro, Sto. Niño)

*Lipa- Cuenca

*Lipa- Ibaan

*Lipa- Lemery

*Lipa- Lumbang

*Lipa- Malvar

*Lipa- Mataas na Kahoy

*Lipa- Pag-ulingin

*Lipa- Pinagkawitan

*Lipa- Rosario

*Lipa- San Jose via Aya

*Lipa- San Juan

*Lipa- Talisay

*Lipa- Tanauan City

*Lipa- Taysan

*Lipa- Tiaong

*Robinsons Place- San Juan

*Robinsons Place- Tanauan City via Ayala Hi-way

*SM City- Tanauan City

Multicabs

*Big Ben Mall- SM City Lipa via Ayala Hi-way

*Catalina Village- LIMA via De La Salle, SM City Lipa, City Hall, PKI

*Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa- Robinsons Place via City Hall, SM City, Ayala Hi-way

*Lipa (palengke)- Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa via Sabang, City Hall, Fiesta World Mall

*Lipa (palengke)- SM City via Balintawak

*Pangao- LIMA via Palengke, Balintawak, SM City Lipa, City Hall, PKI

*Robinsons Place- Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa via Ayala Hi-way, SM City, City Hall

*Robinsons Place- LIMA via SM City Lipa, City Hall, PKI

*Robinsons Place- PKI via SM City Lipa, City Hall

*Sampaguita- Levi Town via Villa Africa, Robinsons Place, SM City, Tanco Rd., City Hall

*SM City- PKI via City Hall, Marawoy

*Tanguay- Fiesta Mall via Balintawak, Tanco Rd., SM City, City Hall

Communications

Telephone Lines

	*Digitel	*Globe Telecom	*PLDT

Network Providers

	*Globe	*Red Sim	*Smart	*Sun Cellular	*Talk and Text	*Touch Mobile

Internet Providers

	*Digitel	*Globe Broadband	*My DSL/PLDT	*Smart Bro	*Sun Cellular

Television Networks

	*ABS-CBN Regional Network Group-Lipa Office	*Community Channel	*GMA7	*IBC13	*QTV11	*RPN9	*Studio 23	*TV5

Cable Providers

	*Cignal	*Dream Satellite TV System	*Lipa Home Cable	*Sky Cable

Radio Networks

	*98.5 FM	*GV 99.9 FM	*99.1 FM

Print Media

	*Balikas	*Pahayagang Lipeño	*Tambuling Batangas

Telegraph, Courier and Logistics

	*Aboitiz	*DHL	*El Grande Messengerial Services	*EXL	*Federal Express	*JRS Express	*LBC	*Mail & More	*PhilPost	*republic Courier	*Wide World express

Utilities

Power Supply

	*Batangas Electric Cooperative II Inc.

Water Supply

	*Metro Lipa Water District

Awards and Recognitions

*Ranked 6th in the Top Ten Next Wave Cities,2010

*Most Outstanding Accounting Office Award given by the Association of Government Accountants of the Philippines, Inc., 2009

*Outstanding Local Chief Executive Award ( Mayor Oscar L. Gozos) conferred by Department of Health-Region IV-A, 2009

*10th Place among the Top Ten Next Wave Cities by the Commission of Information and Communication Technology (ICCT), November 3, 2008

*Gawad Munting Ngiti by the Pediatric Dentistry Center and Phil. Pediatric Dental Society Inc., October 8, 2006

*Sandugo Outstanding Local Government Executive Award given by Center for Health Development IV on July 26, 2006

*Pag-asa Publiko (Peace Hope Unity) Gawad Parangal given by Pag -asa Publiko Inc.,September 14, 2006

*9th Gawad Paglilingkod, November 7, 2006

*Most Outstanding Mayor of Lipa City (Vilma Santos-Recto) awarded by the DWSS, Philippines Newsline on April 22, 2006

*Plaque of Merit, Best City Police Station 2006, PNP

*2005 Regional Sandugo Outstanding Mayor ( Hall of Fame), Mayor Vilma Santos Recto

*Sandugo Award for Outstanding Local Government Executive, Mayor Vilma Santos Recto, July 2004

*Regional Sandugo Outstanding Local Government Executive Award, July 30, 2003

*City Category, 2003 Gawad Pangulo Kapaligiran Regional Award, October 15, 2003

*LCP Best Practices Awards given to Lipa City Public Colleges, The City’s Gift of Pre-Education for All, July 20, 2002

*2nd Runner-up in search for “Best City Police Station” given by the National Headquarters PNP; Office of the Chief, PNP on February 7, 2002

*Second Place, Regional Award Konrad Adenuer Medal of Excellence Award, 2002

*Rank First Place garnered by the Lipa City National Science Highschool NSAT-ANALYZED 2001

*Regional Finalist, Component City Category by the 2001 Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran’s “Search for the Cleanest and Greenest LGU’s, November 20, 2001

*Hall of Fame Award received by Metro Lipa Water District by Local Water Utilities Administration (LUWA) for being the Most Outstanding Water District for Big Category “ January 28, 2000

*Doctor of Humanities (Vilma Santos-Recto) HONORIS CAUSA

*Key to the City of New Jersey “ Outstanding Filipino Public Servant”, Mayor Vilma Santos-Recto

* Presidential Awards for the Cleanest and Greenest LGU, Region IV (SIPAGLAKAS Movement served as the key to the attainment of physical, economic, and social development of the city)1997

*Most Outstanding KABISIG Project in Southern Tagalog given by Fidel V. Ramos, 1994

*One of the Most Outstanding Mayors all over the Philippines. (Mayor Ruben L. Umali) 1991

Sister cities

Porto Alegre, Brazil Barcelona, Spain Fremont, California, United States

Notable people

Teodoro M. Kalaw - Editor of the newspaper- "El Renacimiento", Representative of the Province of Batangas in the Philippine Assembly of 1910.

Manolito Tolentino Mayo - 70s-80s, Surrealist/Abstract artist

Claro M. Recto - Statesman, Orator, and Philippine Independence from U.S advocate.

Ralph Recto- Senator/Former Member, House of Representatives

Evangeline Rosales Reyes - 1972 Miss World Semi-Finalist.

Doña Adela Catigbac Salas Gatlin - Billionaire philanthropist

Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera - National Artist for Literature 2006.

Segunda Katigbak Luz - First love of National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal

Maria Kalaw Katigbak - Former senator

Maloli Katigbak Espinosa - Vice-President, ABS-CBN Corporate & Government Affairs

Justa Katigbak Tantoco - Socialite

Gregorio Zara - Famous inventor

Arturo Luz - National Artist for Visual Arts

Marie Katigbak Lozano - ABS CBN STAR PATROL -Reporter

Enrique Laygo -Prince of Filipino Writers in Spanish

Susan Africa - television,stage and movie actress

Arsenio Luz - Director General, Phil Int Fair, Cabinet Member (Press Secretary); Co Founder, Boy Scout of the Philippines

Criselda Lontok - famous fashion designer

Aubrey Caraan - Pinoy Dream Academy Little Dreamers Third Runner-up.

Danilo Dolor- banker and art patron

Gerry Katigbak- fashion designer

Francis Reyes- lead guitarist, The Dawn

Grandmaster Darwin Laylo - Chess

References

External links

Official Website of the Lipa City's Government

Online Community of Batanguenos

Philippine Standard Geographic Code

2000 Philippine Census Information

Lipa City Portal by De La Salle Lipa

De La Salle Lipa

Category:Batangas Category:Cities in the Philippines

bcl:Lipa de:Lipa City ilo:Ciudad ti Lipa id:Lipa City it:Lipa (Batangas) pam:Lipa Lakanbalen nl:Lipa (Batangas) pl:Lipa (miasto) sv:Lipa City tl:Lungsod ng Lipa war:Lipa, Pilipinas