San Juan Water District
According to the census, it has a population of , people. The city is known historically for the site of the first battle of the Katipunan , the organization which led the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. Notable landmarks today such as Pinaglabanan Shrine and heritage homes are located in the city. Other locations include Greenhills and Santolan Town Plaza, making the city a major shopping hub with a range of upscale, boutique and bargain retail.
As with numerous other places in the Philippines, the name combines a patron saint and a toponym ; in this case Saint John the Baptist with the locale’s hilly terrain and relatively higher elevation compared to surrounding areas.
San Juan, officially the Municipality of San Juan (Tagalog: Bayan ng San Juan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to.
Vigan was an important coastal trading post in pre-colonial times. Sea-faring merchants came to barter exotic goods from Asian kingdoms in exchange for gold, beeswax and other mountain products from the Cordilleras. In January , Salcedo returned to the capital of his Encomienda, Vigan, bringing with him some Augustinian Missionaries to pioneer the evangelization of Ylocos and established a Spanish city, for the purpose of controlling the neighboring countries.
It was believed that when Juan de Salcedo asked a native what the name of the place is, as Salcedo spoke in Spanish , the native could not understand a word he was saying. Salcedo however was pointing on the ground and the native thought that he was actually asking for the name of the vegetation planted on the ground. From then on the Spaniards named the place Bigan. Malaria was endemic to the place and was constantly flooded during the rainy season.
The Rio Grande de Cagayan was eroding and destroying the site of the Diocese leading to a progressive decay of the town. In sharp contrast, Vigan, during the same period, was a flourishing Spanish settlement nearer to Manila. It was fast developing into the center of Spanish influence and politico-economic power in the north. When Don Juan dela Fuente de Yepes became Bishop of Nueva Segovia in , he requested the King of Spain and the Pope for the transfer of the Diocese from Lallo, Cagayan to Vigan, which was at the height of its progress as center of religious, commercial and socio-cultural activities.
By this Royal Decree, Villa Fernandina de Bigan which became the new seat of the Diocese was automatically elevated to the status of a City known as Ciudad Fernandina de Vigan in honor of the then current King of Spain. In , the natives were working on agricultural land and the mestizos engaged in business with other provinces including Manila. The mestizos played a very important role in the progress and prosperity of the city of Vigan.