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Padre Garcia, Batangas History

Visit the Padre Garcia, Batangas page for all information on Padre Garcia.

The town was originally a part of Rosario and known as Lumang Bayan or Sambat. It became a separate municipality in 1949, with Jose A. Pesigan and Rustico K. Recto as first elected mayor and vice mayor respectively.

Padre Garcia is one of the 32 municipalities of Batangas Province, situated in the eastern part of the province. It is bounded on the north by Lipa City, on the east by the Municipality of San Antonio, Quezon, south by Rosario and on the west by Lipa City and Rosario.

The name of the town is derived from one of its most famous sons, Padre Vicente Garcia, a native of Barangay Maugat. He was one of the first defender’s of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere. He and Rizal were friends during the time when they were fighting for the Philippine’s independence from Spain.

Sources: wikipedia.org, Official Government Website of Padre Garcia, Batangas

Last Updated: November 14, 2013

 

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