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town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Victoria, Province of Laguna
ZIP code: 4011
Victoria is a municipality in the province of Laguna in the Philippines. It had a population of 34,604 people as registered in the 2010 Census.
It is situated 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.
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.
Victoria is administratively subdivided into 9 barangays:
-Banca-Banca
-Daniw
-Masapang
-Nanhaya (Poblacion)
-Pagalangan
-San Benito
-San Felix
-San Francisco
-San Roque (Poblacion)
ZIP code: 4011
Victoria is a municipality in the province of Laguna in the Philippines. It had a population of 34,604 people as registered in the 2010 Census.
It is situated 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.
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.
Victoria is administratively subdivided into 9 barangays:
-Banca-Banca
-Daniw
-Masapang
-Nanhaya (Poblacion)
-Pagalangan
-San Benito
-San Felix
-San Francisco
-San Roque (Poblacion)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Laguna
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 14°12'43"N 121°19'59"E
- Mauban 38 km
- Tagkawayan 112 km
- General Nakar 113 km
- Labo, Camarines Norte 120 km
- Doña Remedios Trinidad 121 km
- Dipaculao 219 km
- Dupax del Sur 238 km
- Nagtipunan 239 km
- Casiguran 251 km
- Maddela 258 km
- Victoria Town Proper 1.9 km
- hanggan 4.7 km
- NHA DAYAP CALAUAN, LAGUNA 4.8 km
- san nicolas 5.9 km
- San Antonio 6.3 km
- Bay Town Proper 6.4 km
- Dila 6.5 km
- Puypuy 7.6 km
- Laguna 9 km
- Laguna de Bay 18 km
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