Lemery, Batangas

Lemery Municipalidad de Lemere
—  Municipality  —
Map of Batangas showing the location of Lemery.
Lemery Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 13°55′43″N 120°52′33″E
Country	Philippines
Region	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province	Batangas
District	1st District
Founded	1862
Barangays	46
Government
• Mayor	Eulalio Alilio & Vice Mayor Norly B. Solis
Area
• Total	109.80 km2 (42.4 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	76,090
• Density	693/km2 (1,794.8/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	4209
Income class	1st class

Population Census of Lemery
Census	Pop.		Rate
1995	58,073		—
2000	66,528		2.96%
2007	76,090		1.87%

Lemery is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 76,090 people in 12,709 households.

Barangays

Lemery is politically subdivided into 46 barangays. In 1957, the sitio of Bagong Pook was separated from the barrio of Arumahan and constituted into an independent barrio, while sitio of Masalisi was separated from Payapa.

Anak-Dagat Arumahan Ayao-iyao Bagong Sikat Bagong Pook Balanga Bukal Cahilan I Cahilan II Dayapan Dita: Gulod Lucky Maguihan Mahabang Dahilig Mahayahay

Maigsing Dahilig Maligaya Malinis Masalisi Mataas Na Bayan Matingain I Matingain II Mayasang Niugan Nonong Casto Palanas Payapa Ibaba Payapa Ilaya District I (Pob.) District II (Pob.)

District III (Pob.) District IV (Pob.) Rizal Sambal Ibaba Sambal Ilaya San Isidro Ibaba San Isidro Itaas Sangalang Sinisian East Sinisian West Talaga Tubigan Tubuan Wawa Ibaba Wawa Ilaya

Facts

The municipality got its name after the Spanish Governor-General José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González. Most of the people in Lemery are Tagalogs. In recent years, there's been a noticeable increase of Visayans in some barrios or barangays. The main language spoken is Tagalog, and a significant number now speaks Cebuano. A small number of families speak Spanish. Many among the educated class can speak English.

Educational institutions

Lemery boasts of a number of quality schools including:

• Gov. Feliciano Leviste Memorial National High School
• Payapa National High School
• St. Mary's Educational Institute
• Lemery Pilot Elementary School
• St. Jerome International School
• Lemery Colleges

Batangas State University also has a campus in Lemery.

These schools serve the educational requirements of the municipality's residents as well as that of nearby municipalities like Taal, San Luis, Agoncillo and San Nicolas.

Hospitals

Lemery can be considered as the center of medical health in its area in Batangas serving patients from Lemery and nearby municipalities. Some of the health institutions are the following:

• Batangas Provincial Hospital
• Metro Lemery Medical Center
• Our Lady of Caysasay Medical Center
• Lemery Doctors Medical Center
• Little Angels Medical Hospital
• Salazar Polyclinic
• St. Martin General Hospital

Banks

This municipality serves as a financial center for having top banks in the area:

• Banco de Oro
• Bank of the Philippine Islands
• Metrobank
• Landbank
• Philippine National Bank
• PSBank
• United Coconut Planters Bank

Tourism

Lemery is home to the Fantasy World, a still-being-constructed theme park which served as one of the locations of 2006 TV show of GMA Network entitled Majika and the movie Got to Believe of the late Rico Yan and Claudine Barretto.and it is located in (Brgy. Mayasang,Lemery). Lemery (Brgy Payapa) also hosts the Leisure Farms, the first hobby farming community and agro-tourism site in the country developed by Landco Pacific.

You can also find an array of lovely beaches in the heart of Brgy. Nonong Casto.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information