Victoria, Laguna

Municipality of Victoria Bayan ng Victoria
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Map of Laguna showing the location of Victoria
Municipality of Victoria Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°13′37″N 121°19′41″E
Country	Philippines
Region	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province	Laguna
District	3rd District of Laguna
Founded	1949
Barangays	9
Government
• Mayor	Nonong Gonzalez
Area
• Total	22.35 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	33,829
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	4011
Income class	4th

Population Census of Victoria
Census	Pop.		Rate
1995	25,424		—
2000	29,765		3.44%
2007	33,829		1.78%

Victoria is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 33,829 people in 6,128 households.

It is southeast of Laguna de Bay, 90 km south of Manila and bordered by the Municipality of Calauan to the southwest, Nagcarlan to the southeast and Pila to the northeast. The municipality has a total land area of 22.83 square kilometres which is 1.30% of the total land area of the province of Laguna.

Prominent citizens and civic leaders find new hope to make Nanhaya a town, when the Americans granted the Philippine Independence in 1946. They revived the move to separate from Pila. This time citizens proposed to name the town Trinidad, after the young republic’s First Lady, the wife of then President Manuel Roxas. Strong oppositions shelved the proposal once more.

After Roxas’ death, Elpidio Quirino took over the presidency. Nanhaya’s residents remained undaunted. They tried once more, intensifying the campaign. Most prominent and wealthiest family of the town is the Fernandez clans, Judge Jose Fernandez, then Mayor Alejandro Fernandez, Atty. Ramon H. Fernandez, Sr., Andres Franco, Dr. Agrifino Oca, Gregorio Herradura and Leonardo Rebong stood for the proposal. Victoria was a barrio of Pila until November 15, 1949 when President Elpidio Quirino signed into effect EO 282 segregating this barrio and 8 others into an independent community. Its name was adopted from President Quirino's daughter Victoria Quirino.

After Pateros, Metro Manila became highly urbanized and densely populated, Victoria became a destination of balut traders and became the Duck Raising Center of the Philippines. The town was featured as the detour challenge of Leg 11 of the 5th Season of the Amazing Race. Victoria celebrate their Itik Festival every last week of April.

In fact, the capital of Pila was once in Barangay Pagalangan, now one of Victoria's barangays. What remains of Pila's original parish church can still be found in Pagalangan, which in the past made that community a target of treasure hunters seeking antiques. Pagalangan ceased to be Pila's capital when the town center was moved due to frequent flooding.

Barangays

Victoria is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. Two of these, Nanhaya and San Roque, are classified as urban while the rest are rural.

• Banca-banca
• Daniw
• Masapang
• Nanhaya (Pob.)
• Pagalangan
• San Benito
• San Felix
• San Francisco
• San Roque (Pob.)

Municipal Officials

2010-2013

• Mayor  : 'Nonong Gonzalez
• Vice Mayor: Florencio "Toknie" M. Larańo
• Councilors:

• Hon. Francisco S. Almeda
• Hon. Sonny U. Lazaro
• Hon. Rizaldy C. San Jose
• Hon. Jose Mario Fernandez
• Hon. Willy O. Herradura
• Hon. Michael Ching
• Hon. Walter Macabuhay
• Hon. Emmanuel O. Reyes

• ABC President: Hon. Bernabe F. Vibora
• SK President: Hon. Navie Gladys G. Herradura
• SB Secretary: Apolinario H.Dela Cruz

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• History of Pila: A Secular and Spiritual History of the Town 900 A.D. to Present