Pagsanyan
| Municipality of Pagsanjan | |||
| Location of Pagsanjan in the Laguna province | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | CALABARZON | ||
| Province : | Laguna | ||
| Barangays : | 16 | ||
| District: | 4. Laguna District | ||
| PSGC : | 043419000 | ||
| Income class : | 3rd income bracket | ||
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May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 42.164 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 1600 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 26.36 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 14 ° 16 ′ N , 121 ° 27 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 4008 | ||
| Mayor : | GIRLIE J. EJERCITO | ||
| Website: | Official website of Pagsanjan | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Pagsanjan is a Filipino municipality in Laguna Province , Administrative Region IV, Calabarzon. It has 42,164 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census) who lived in 16 barangays . It is classified as a third income class community in the Philippines and as partially urbanized .
Pagsanjan's neighboring communities are Magdalena and Santa Cruz in the west, Lumban in the north, and Cavinti in the south. The topography of the city is characterized by flat , hilly and mountainous landscapes. In the east of the municipality are the famous Pagsanjan waterfalls .
The area of the parish was once a district of Lumban. In 1668 eight Chinese and Japanese merchants founded Pagsanjan, strategically located between the Balanac and Bumbungan rivers, which flow into the Laguna de Bay . On December 12, 1668, the municipality was granted city rights.
In 1812 Pedro Pelaez was born in the parish , who is considered to be the father of the secularization movement within the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.
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Sons and daughters of the church
- Ernesto Maceda (1935–2016), politician