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Biñan (IPA:), officially the City of Biñan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Biñan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 407,437 people.
Jul 8, 2024 · Vice Mayor GEL Alonte and Councilor Dada Reyes sign the Memorandum of Understanding among the City Government of Biñan, Pag-ibig Funds and Baque Corporations for the […] Do you like it? Read more
Biñan is a component city in the landlocked province of Laguna, CALABARZON region (Region IV-A), Philippines. It has a population of 407,437 (2020 Census figures) distributed over 24 barangays.
Biñan City has a land area of 43.50 km 2 (16.80 sq mi), about 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of Manila. It is bounded on the north by San Pedro on the south by Santa Rosa City and on the west by Carmona, Cavite. On the eastern and northern horizon lies the Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country.
Captain Juan de Salcedo discovered and founded Biñan at the end of June 1571, a month after Miguel Lopez de Legaspi established Manila when he explored the largest freshwater lake in the Philippines and second in Asia (Laguna de Bay).
Biñan, the richest municipality in the Philippines before its cityhood, became the City of Biñan, an independent component city of the Province of Laguna, in 2010 by virtue of Republic Act 9740. In 2015, it became the Lone Congressional District of Biñan, the first lone district in Laguna.
See Biñan - Observe the grandeur of the heritage structures and learn the tales hidden in their carved intricacies.
Biñan, formerly Poblacion, is a barangay in the city of Biñan, in the province of Laguna. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 7,103. This represented 1.74% of the total population of Biñan.
Biñan is one of the oldest towns in the Philippines, almost as old as Manila, perhaps even older if its existence as a settlement before the Spaniards arrived is considered. But even going only as far back as recorded history, Biñan would still be at least three centuries old.
Biñan is a city in Laguna. Practically, it is more of a bedroom community south of Manila, but is well recognized as the city where the Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal, received his first education.
