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Siniloan

Coordinates: 14°25′N 121°27′E / 14.42°N 121.45°E / 14.42; 121.45
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Siniloan
Guiling-guiling
Municipality
Municipality of Siniloan
Downtown area
Downtown area
Flag of Siniloan
Flag
Official seal of Siniloan
Seal
Nickname: 
A Waterfall Sanctuary
Motto: 
Siniloan, GO with me!
Map of Laguna with Siniloan highlighted
Map of Laguna with Siniloan highlighted
Map
Interactive map of Siniloan
Siniloan is located in Philippines
Siniloan
Siniloan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°25′N 121°27′E / 14.42°N 121.45°E / 14.42; 121.45
CountryPhilippines
RegionCalabarzon
ProvinceLaguna
District 4th district
FoundedJune 29, 1583
Barangays20 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorPatrick Ellis Z. Go
 • Vice MayorJoseph Metzler D. Masacupan
 • RepresentativeBenjamin Cueto "Benjie" Agarao Jr.
 • Municipal Council
Members
  • Dangal Jemimah R. Tibay
  • Rejnerr F. De Jesus
  • Carl Anthony S. Puño
  • Aristeo A. Lauresta
  • Mauro P. Adofina
  • John Allan A. Basilan
  • Louie Philip J. Castro
  • Marsan A. Pascual
 • Electorate26,242 voters (2025)
Area
[2]
 • Total
64.51 km2 (24.91 sq mi)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Highest elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2024 census)[3]
 • Total
42,533
 • Density659.3/km2 (1,708/sq mi)
 • Households
9,564
DemonymSiniloeño
Economy
 • Income class2nd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
24.36
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 237.1 million (2022)
 • Assets₱ 602.9 million (2022)
 • Expenditure₱ 205.2 million (2022)
 • Liabilities₱ 276.9 million (2022)
Service provider
 • ElectricityFirst Laguna Electric Cooperative (FLECO)
 • WaterSiniloan Water District (SIWADI)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
4019
PSGC
0403429000
IDD : area code +63 (0)49
Native languagesTagalog
Patron saintSaint Peter and Saint Paul
Websitesiniloan.laguna.com.ph

Siniloan, officially the Municipality of Siniloan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Siniloan), is a municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,533 people.[5]

It is a center of education, commerce and transportation, serving towns in eastern Laguna and some towns from the provinces of Quezon and Rizal. The municipality has active business and trade activities.

Etymology

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From the early period of Spanish colonialisation, some female inhabitants of the place were milling their palay in their fields. While doing this, some Spaniards came and asked them, "Como se llama esta pueblo?" The natives, not knowing Spanish thought that they were asked what they were doing and one of them answered, "camí po ay gumiguiling". The Spaniards repeated, "Guiling-Guiling", to which the natives nodded. Some this place known as "Guiling-Guiling" from 1583 to 1604.

Another story has it that during the later part of the year 1604, three brothers, namely, Juan Puno, Juan Pili, and Juan Puhuwan, migrated into this community. They selected a lot adjacent to the river Río Romelo and divided it equally among themselves. When the parish priest saw the ingenuity of the three brothers in equally dividing the land, he asked the natives how equally was expressed in Tagalog. The natives gave him the expression "Sinloan". Right then and there, the name Guiling-Guiling was changed to Siniloang which meant justice, equality and fairness. The word travelled from mouth to mouth with sound variations. Because of the difficulty of some Spaniards in pronouncing Siniloang, the name Siniloan struck and became the official name of this town.

The name Siniloan is also believed to have been taken from a legendary story about Luis and Ana, a married couple who chased a wild boar from a place called Luisiana. They ran after that big boar from Luisiana to Cavinti (kapit sa Binti). The people along the way who saw Luis and Ana chasing the boar took pity on them and helped them to catch it. The people chased the boar through the towns of Lumbán, Kalayaan, Loñgos, Paéte, Paquil, and Pañguil until they finally caught the boar in this town by means of the lassoed captivity or Siniloan. Siniloan start on 3 eggs.

History

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In 1583, Sinilóan came to be as a town when Don Juan de Salcedo arrived and the parish was established jointly by Friar Diégo de Orpesa and Friar Juan de Plasencia. The first stone church was erected in 1733 by a Franciscan Friar, Fr. Melchor de San Antonio. The towns of Santa Maria (formerly Caboan) and Mabitac, also former visitas or barrios of Sinilóan, were separated from the town in 1602 and 1613, respectively. Calumpang, a barrio later known as the town of Famy, was separated from the town two centuries later.[6]

In 1903, Famy and Pangil were consolidated with Siniloan.[7] In 1910, Famy separated to become a town once again. Pangil was also separated.

Geography

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Siniloan lies between the plains of the Sierra Madre Mountains and Laguna de Bay, bounded between Mabitac on the west, Pangil on the east, Real, Quezon on the north, and Laguna de Bay on the south. A river named Rio Romelo runs through the center of the town and is used for fishing ground and irrigation purposes. It is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the provincial capital, Santa Cruz, 113 kilometres (70 mi) from Manila via the South Luzon Expressway, and 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Lucena.

Barangays

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Sinilóan is politically subdivided into 20 barangays, as indicated in the matrix below. [8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Currently, there are 13 barangays which are classified as urban and the rest are rural.

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2024[9] 2010[10]
043429001 Acevida 3.0% 1,294 1,406 ▾ −0.56%
043429002 Bagong Pag-asa (Poblacion) 1.5% 636 559 ▴ 0.88%
043429003 Bagumbarangay (Poblacion) 0.3% 118 213 ▾ −3.95%
043429004 Buhay 2.6% 1,110 1,089 ▴ 0.13%
043429005 G. Redor (Poblacion) 0.6% 239 674 ▾ −6.82%
043429006 Gen. Luna 3.0% 1,294 1,360 ▾ −0.34%
043429007 Halayhayin 11.4% 4,847 3,923 ▴ 1.45%
043429008 J. Rizal 1.0% 418 458 ▾ −0.62%
043429009 Kapatalan 3.8% 1,630 2,525 ▾ −2.94%
043429010 Laguio 1.9% 797 549 ▴ 2.57%
043429011 Liyang 1.4% 601 618 ▾ −0.19%
043429012 Llavac 3.4% 1,428 1,943 ▾ −2.08%
043429013 Macatad 7.1% 3,034 2,161 ▴ 2.34%
043429014 Magsaysay 5.6% 2,375 1,611 ▴ 2.68%
043429015 Mayatba 1.0% 405 419 ▾ −0.23%
043429016 Mendiola 14.1% 5,978 5,091 ▴ 1.10%
043429017 P. Burgos 11.3% 4,805 2,599 ▴ 4.28%
043429018 Pandeno 8.2% 3,474 3,379 ▴ 0.19%
043429019 Salubungan 4.6% 1,947 1,739 ▴ 0.77%
043429020 Wawa 7.1% 3,030 3,044 ▾ −0.03%
Total 42,533 35,345 ▴ 1.27%

Climate

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Climate data for Siniloan, Laguna
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26
(79) 		27
(81) 		29
(84) 		31
(88) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		28
(82) 		26
(79) 		29
(84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22
(72) 		22
(72) 		22
(72) 		23
(73) 		24
(75) 		25
(77) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		23
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 58
(2.3) 		41
(1.6) 		32
(1.3) 		29
(1.1) 		91
(3.6) 		143
(5.6) 		181
(7.1) 		162
(6.4) 		172
(6.8) 		164
(6.5) 		113
(4.4) 		121
(4.8) 		1,307
(51.5)
Average rainy days 13.4 9.3 9.1 9.8 19.1 22.9 26.6 24.9 25.0 21.4 16.5 16.5 214.5
Source: Meteoblue[11]

Demographics

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Population census of Siniloan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 3,675—    
1918 3,913+0.42%
1939 4,692+0.87%
1948 5,450+1.68%
1960 9,149+4.41%
1970 12,413+3.09%
1975 14,386+3.00%
1980 17,220+3.66%
1990 22,759+2.83%
1995 26,914+3.19%
2000 29,902+2.28%
2007 34,877+2.15%
2010 35,363+0.50%
2015 38,067+1.41%
2020 39,460+0.76%
2024 42,533+1.82%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][9][13][10][14][15]

In the 2020 census, the population of Siniloan was 39,460 people,[16] with a density of 610 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,600 inhabitants per square mile.

Religion

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Religion in Sinilóan are major in Roman Catholicism, about 90% of the population, 7% of Protestantism and other Christian religions and 3% Muslim. The patron saint of this town are Saint Peter and Saint Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo) also the Black Nazarene (Nazareno Negro o Cristo Negro) The town feast is celebrated every 29 June each year.

Economy

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Poverty incidence of Siniloan

10
20
30
40
2000
30.86
2003
18.63
2006
9.50
2009
11.39
2012
11.04
2015
8.58
2018
2.97
2021
24.36

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Tourism

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Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church
  • Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church also Parroquía de San Pablo y San Pedro is the first and only Roman Catholic church in Sinilóan since 1604. Built it as stone church from 1733 to 1739 by Fr. Melchor de San Antonio, but destroyed during the 18 July 1880 earthquake. Rebuilt in 1890 to 1898 and was again damaged during the August 20, 1937 earthquake. The church was reconstructed, modernized and remodel as twice the size of the previous structure for its quadricentennial anniversary on 2004.
  • Holy Cross Orthodox Church: a fledgling Orthodox Christian community under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia, established by His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, known as the "Green Patriarch."
  • Buruwisan Falls

Education

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The Siniloan Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[25]

Primary and elementary schools

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  • Angela Ong Javier Elementary School
  • Antonio Adricula Memorial Elementary School
  • Bernbelle Pre-School Learning Center
  • Bridgewater School
  • Buhay Elementary School
  • Camelean Academy
  • Halayhayin Elementary School
  • Solid Foundation Christian Academy
  • Kapatalan Elementary School
  • Kapatalan National High School
  • Siniloan Elementary School

Secondary schools

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  • Colegio Santa Isabel of Laguna
  • Siniloan Integrated National High School

Higher educational institutions

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Healthcare

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Siniloan Pioneer General Hospital is the first hospital to be established in Siniloan.

Utility Services

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Siniloan Water District (SIWADI)

Notable personalities

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References

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  1. ^  Municipality of Siniloan | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Mabitac". Government of the Philippines Department of the Interior. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ Act No. 939 (October 12, 1903), An Act reducing the thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to nineteen, retrieved December 30, 2024
  8. ^ "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  9. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Siniloan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  12. ^ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  13. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  14. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  15. ^ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  16. ^ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  18. ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  19. ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  20. ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  21. ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  23. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  24. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Masterlist of Schools" (PDF). Department of Education. January 15, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
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