![]() ![]() Innocente Martinez as municipal president. In 1899, a municipal government was established, with Atty. In 1756, it was placed under the jurisdiction of Batangas province but was returned in 1883 to Laguna. In 1571, the first Spanish troops under Captain Juan de Salcedo arrived in the upland village of Sampaloc, which became a parish in 1586, and then a municipality in 1647, and was renamed "San Pablo de Los Montes" in honor of Saint Paul the First Hermit. San Pablo's earliest historical record dates back to pre-Spanish times when four large barrios bounded by Mount Makiling composed "Sampalok". On November 28, 1967, it became an independent diocese and became the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo. San Pablo was part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa since 1910. ![]() The city is also known as the "City of Seven Lakes" (Lungsod ng Pitong Lawa), referring to the Seven Lakes of San Pablo: Lake Sampaloc (or Sampalok), Lake Palakpakin, Lake Bunot, Lakes Pandin and Yambo, Lake Muhikap, and Lake Calibato. Its population ranks sixth within the province after the cities of Calamba, Santa Rosa, BiƱan, San Pedro, and Cabuyao. By land area, it is the largest in the province of Laguna. It is located in the southern portion of Laguna province, it is one of the oldest cities in the Philippines. ![]() According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 285,348 people. San Pablo, officially the City of San Pablo (Lungsod ng San Pablo), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. ![]()
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