- located at REGION 3, CALABARZON area
- province of Laguna
- Boundaries :
North- Laguna de Bay
South- San Pablo City
East- Nagcarlan and
West- Bay
It is 75 kms. Calauan is an agricultural town with approximately 7458.6629 hectares of land.
> ~76.96% of the total land area are level land, rice fields, coconut pl
antations
> ~23.04% consists of sloppy rolling terrain planted by coconut and pineapple
- consist of 17 barangays:
Balayhangin
Masiit
Paliparan
Perez
Kanluran (Pob.) Prinza
San Isidro
Santo Tomas
Bangyas
Dayap
Hanggan
Imok
Lamot 1
Lamot 2
Limao
Mabacan
HOW WE GOT OUR NAME? There are two stories how our town got it’s name “Kalawang” (CALAUAN) which means rust. The first tells a story that centuries ago the lumps of rust surfaced and drifted gently on a body of water at a spring situated about three kilometers from the town proper, which is now known as the Macalawang Spring. The second story states that during the early part of Spanish sovereignty over the Philippines, there was a village located west of the town where an old man found a cross made of stone. Since Christianity was being introduced in the town, the people felt they should treat such cross with value and reverence. They held a mass at the spot where the stone was found. To the surprise of all, during the celebration of the mass, water sprang out from the exact place where the stone was located. The water was yellowish and “rusty”. To commemorate this mysterious event, the people built a church on the site. They made sure that the altar was constructed right on the spot where the water had sprung out. The village had grown larger and populated and became the town proper. Being mostly farmers, the people chose to honor San Isidro Labrador and San Roque as their Patron Saints. May 15 and 16 respectively, have been their celebration dates. Until now, the celebration of feast day continues to live on. The various traditions and the rich culture of Calauan are still being observed. WHY SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR IS OUR PATRON SAINT? WHEN WAS THE CHURCH BUILT? Most residents of Calauan are farmers thus San Isidro Labrador was chosen as the town’s patron saint because he is the patron saint of farmers. The San Isidro Labrador Parish Church was constructed by the parishioners of Calauan from bricks and stone in 1860 to honor its patron saints San Isidro Labrador and San Roque. Based on a Pinoy church blog the church was built through the efforts of Don Andres Roxas in 1860. However, According to “A Laguna Travelogue” it was financed by Doña Eleuteria Punzalan when it was built in 1860, while Don Paulino Gavino Oliva donated the church bell in 1867. Like other towns planned during the Spanish colonization period, the church was the center of the town's life. Thus, the Parish Church is located at the center of the town. Beside the church parochial school can be located, the Liceo de Calauan. Unlike other church vicinity where religious items or kids items are sold, what we can find near the church vicinity are stall vendors of pineapple, the town's signature crop.
