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San Nicolas, Batangas

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Country
  
Philippines

Founded
  
1955

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+8)

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:57 AM

District
  
3rd District

Barangays
  
18 (see Barangays)

Area
  
14.37 km²

Province
  
Batangas

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Region
  
Calabarzon (Region IV-A)

Weather
  
23°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 90% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Taal Lake, Taal Volcano Island, Ruins of Old Taal Church, Vulcan Point Island

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San Nicolas, officially the Municipality of San Nicolas (Filipino: Bayan ng San Nicolas), is a municipality in the province of Batangas in the Calabarzon (Region IV-A) of the Philippines. The population was 22,623 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 14,637 registered voters.

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Map of San Nicolas, Batangas, Philippines

It is the smallest municipality in Batangas with 14.37 square kilometres (5.55 sq mi) of land area, which includes the southern half of Taal Volcano.

History

In 1955, the barrios of San Nicolas, Hipit, Bangin, Pansipit, Calangay, Sinturisan, Talang, Abelo, Balete, Bancoro, Saimsim, Maabud, Munlawin, Tambo, Calumala, Alas-as, Calawit, and Pulang-Bato, then part of the municipality of Taal, were separated and constituted into a new and separate municipality known as San Nicolas.

Geography

San Nicolas is located at 13°55′N 120°57′E.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 14.37 square kilometres (5.55 sq mi) constituting 6999460000000000000♠0.46% of the 3,119.75-square-kilometre- (1,204.54 sq mi) total area of Batangas.

Barangays

San Nicolas is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.

In 1957, the following sitios converted into independent barrios: Burol from Tambo, Tagudtod from Munlawin, Kalawit and Pulang-Bato from Alas-as, and Baluk-Baluk from Hipit.

Demographics

In the 2015 census, San Nicolas had a population of 22,623. The population density was 1,600 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,100/sq mi).

In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 14,637 registered voters.

Sister city

  • Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines
  • References

    San Nicolas, Batangas Wikipedia