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Padre Garcia

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Padre Garcia, officially the Municipality of Padre Garcia (Tagalog: Bayan ng Padre Garcia), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,853 people. Padre Garcia's old name is Lumang Bayan, as it is the former seat of government of the neighboring town of 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 defenders of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere. He and Rizal were friends during the time when they were fighting for the Philippines' independence from Spain. It is bounded on the north and northwest by Lipa City; east by San Antonio, Quezon; and south and southwest by Rosario.

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San Antonio, officially the Municipality of San Antonio (Tagalog: Bayan ng San Antonio), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,891 people. Located in the westernmost part of the province, it is one of the municipalities that traverses Quezon and Batangas. It has an efficient road system, the National Road linking Tiaong, Quezon and Lipa City through passing Padre Garcia. San Antonio is 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Lucena and 105 kilometres (65 mi) from Manila. San Antonio is then known as Buliran, one of the progressive and component barangay of Tiaong, Quezon covered with thick cogon grasses and Buri trees. It is situated in the western part of Tiaong, its mother municipality, and bounded on the south by the Municipalities of Padre Garcia and Rosario in Batangas. Its history was known through the knowledge of many of its residents. Considering its abundance and economic opportunity, the place was occupied by the Batangueño from the western part of the barrio and became the pioneers and witnessed the pristine beauty of the place and later in cultivated and tilled its virgin and fertile land. It produces bottled Sinturis Juice, pasteurized freshly squeezed Philippine orange mixed with sugar, Malagkit Festival with the different kakanin made from malagkit. It also has several resorts and leisure farms that serve as favorite getaways for fun and family get together. It is composed of 20 barangays, each headed by a barangay captain and seven councilmen duly elected. It is a third-class municipality having total area of 5,400 hectares (13,000 acres).

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