Lipa City
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Lipa City is one of the three chartered cities (the others are the provincial capital of Batangas City and the City of Tanauan) of Batangas province and is situated seventy-eight (78) kilometers to the south of Manila.
Lipa City is bounded by the town of Santo Tomas in the northeast, San Pablo City of Laguna Province and San Antonio town of Quezon Province in the east, the municipalities of Padre Garcia and Rosario in the southeast, the municipalities of Ibaan and San Jose in the southwest, the municipaltities 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 strategic location, in a valley located between two mountains - Mount Malarayat and Mount Makulot makes it a low risk area. These two mountains serves as a wind breaker in times of occurrence of typhoon. And Mount Makulot located at the western portion also served as shield of the city in times of eruption of Taal Volcano.
Lipa City is a major recretional, religious, commercial, industrial and educational center in central Batangas province, as shown with the presence in the city of entities like Nestle Philippines, De La Salle Lipa, the San Sebastian Cathedral (seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa), the Carmelite Convent, Robinson's Place Lipa Mall and the world-class Mount Malarayat Golf and Country Club. The City is also home to the Fernando Air Base, the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force's 100th Training Wing and Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
Since 1998, popular movie actress Vilma Santos Recto, the wife of Philippine Senator Ralph Recto, has been the City Mayor of Lipa.
Region: CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Dates:
Population: 2000 census—193,460
Density— 900 people per km²
Area: 209.4 km²
Barangays:
Congressional district: Lipa City is part of the 4th Congressional District of Batangas Province
Class: 1st class; urban
Mayor: Vilma Santos Recto (1998-present)