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San Juan is a first class municipality on the Philippines in the province of Batangas. It is east of Batangas City, also the same distance southwest of Lucena City, the capital of Quezon Province, and south of Manila. According to the , it has a population of .〔 Considered today as the second largest municipality (land area) in Batangas, San Juan is located at the easternmost part of Batangas province. North of San Juan is the neighboring town of Candelaria, Quezon, with Malaking River defining its geographical boundary. Tayabas Bay lies east and the hills on the eastern portion separate it from the towns of Lobo and Rosario. ==History== Located at the southeastern tip of the province of Batangas, San Juan is approximately 120 kilometers from Metro Manila and 43 kilometers from the provincial capital of Batangas City. It is accessible by land transportation from National Roads coming from the West (through Lipa City and the town of Rosario), and from the East (through the Quezon route). San Juan is bounded on the North by the Quezon towns of Candelaria and Tiaong with the Malaking Ilog river defining the geographical boundary between Batangas and Quezon; on the South by the Verde Island Passage; on the East by the Quezon town of Sariaya and by Tayabas Bay; and on the West by the mountain ranges of the Batangas towns of Rosario and Lobo. San Juan has a total land area of about 29,500 hectares. As of Year 2000 Census, the town has a population of 78,169. It has 42 barangays including the town center which is the Poblacion. North of the Poblacion along the Malaking Ilog River that divides Batangas and Quezon are the Barangays of Muzon; Palahanan I; Palahanan 2; Sico I; Sico 2; Janao-janao; Calicanto; Maraykit; Lipahan and Tipaz. The other Barangays are all south of the Poblacion. Those that abut Batangas towns (Rosario, Taysan and Lobo) to the West are Libato; Sapangan; Quipot; Pulang Bato; Bulsa; Laiya Aplaya and Hugom. The Barangays with a coast fronting Tayabas Bay are Poctol; Catmon; Pinagbayanan; Ticalan; Putting Buhangin; Abung; Calubcub I; Calubcub II; Subukin; Nagsaulay; Bataan; Imelda; Barualte; Laiya Ibabaw; Laiya Aplaya and Hugom. The Laiya and Hugom white sand beaches nearer to the Verde Island Passage contain San Juan’s more popular resorts today. The interior Barangays southwards of the National Road are Barangays Poblacion and Calitcalit (that actually straddle the National Road); Mabalanoy, Palingowak; Talahiban I; Talahiban II; Balagbag; Escribano; Sampiro; Buhay na Sapa and Coloconto. San Juan is predominantly an agricultural economy with about 72% of its total land area devoted to agriculture. In the province of Batangas, San Juan has the largest area planted to rice and coconuts. It has one of the longest shorelines in the country with areas in Barangays Hugom, Laiya Aplaya, Laiya Ibabao, Imelda and Barualte designated by the Department of Tourism as areas for coastal resort development under the CALABARZON master plan scheme. Except for natural coral reefs near parts of the coast that have been classified as protected sanctuary by DENR, all other coastal areas from a portion of Barangay Barualte down to Barangay Catmon are suitable for aqua-culture industry or farming. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Juan, Batangas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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