Rosario, Batangas

Rosario
Municipality
Aerial view of downtown Rosario
Nickname(s): The Agro-Industrial Capital of Southern Tagalog; Rice Granary of Batangas
Map of Batangas showing the location of Rosario
Rosario Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 13°51′N 121°12′E / 13.850°N 121.200°E / 13.850; 121.200Coordinates: 13°51′N 121°12′E / 13.850°N 121.200°E / 13.850; 121.200
Country	Philippines
Region	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province	Batangas
District	4th District
Founded	1867
Barangays	48
Government[1]
• Mayor	Manuel B. Alvarez (UNA)
• Vice Mayor	Jose T. Valencia (PDSP)
Area[2]
• Total	226.88 km2 (87.60 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	105,561
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	4225
Dialing code	43
Income class	1st class

Rosario is a first class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 105,561 people.^[3]

Rosario is also considered as among the interior municipalities of the Batangas Bay Region comprising eleven municipalities and two cities whose catchment areas drain into the Batangas Bay. The town is also dubbed as "The Rice Granary of Batangas".^[4]

History

Accounts show that the origin of Rosario was a Christian settlement along the coast of Lobo. The settlement became prey to the pirate raids during the Moro wars of the 18th century.

The Moro or pirate raids forced the inhabitants of the settlement to the safety of the ravine and forest on the northwest bank of Kansahayan River (now the Municipality of Taysan). Here the settlement was relocated. However, at the height of the Moro Wars in the second half of the 18th century, the Moro vicious Moro raids did reach Kansahayan. In one of their forays the Parish Priest is said to be among those slain.

The inhabitants decided to leave Kansahayan. They headed farther north holding a novena and praying the rosary in the process of their flight. On the 9th night of the novena, the fleeing inhabitants reached the river bank of Tubig ng Bayan (a river originating from Lipa) in now the town of Padre Garcia. Here they finally settled. Living in peace and prosperity, the grateful town’s people erected a stone church south of the river bank in honor of their benefactress, the Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish. The town was named Sto. Rosario.

Sto. Rosario was razed to the ground during the Filpino-American War. In the early American Military occupation of Sto. Rosario, a cavalry officer, Captain Ed H. Boughton, came upon the big spring at the foot of Tombol Hill. He decides to relocate the town west of the spring where the poblacion proper of Rosario is now.

Official record show that on June 9, 1902, a council of prominent citizens of the town met under a mango tree beside Tombol Spring. On the spot they formerly organized the municipal government of Rosario. The following distinguish gentlemen assumed the first key positions of the town government, to wit:

Don Geronimo Carandang (Presidente), Don Diego Rosales (Bise Presidente), Don Luis Greñas (Secretario), Don Leon Magtibay (Tesorero),

A wealthy landowner, Don Antonio Luansing donated foe the town’s public buildings and plaza.

Local historians were not unanimous as the exact date of the founding of this town. Certainly it was among those organized by the ecclesiastical authorities after the creation of Batangas as a province in 1581. It is generally believed to have come to the existence in 1687 while still located along the coast of Lobo during the term of Don Nicolas Morales as gobernadorcillo. Originally, Rosario comprised the whole parts of the municipalities of Lobo, Taysan, Ibaan, San Juan de Bolbok and the entire municipality of Padre Garcia.

The old settlement in Kansayahan now bears the name of Pinagbayanan, a thriving marketing post in the municipality of Taysan. The old town site of Sto. Rosario had been named Lumang Bayan before it was renamed Padre Garcia when the latter was created and carved out Rosario in 1950 as a separate municipality.^[5]

Barangays

Rosario is politically subdivided into 48 barangays.^[2] Malaya was formerly known as Munting Tubig.^[6]

Clusters

For purposes of community organization and effective delivery of social development projects, the Office for Sustainable Development under supervision of the Office of the Municipal Mayor in 1995, conveniently divided the 48 barangays into 8 barangay clusters with 6 member barangays each.^[7]

This system was patterned after the resolutions traditionally passed by the Sangguniang Bayan as part of its organizational plan following the general elections when new members are elected into office for a new term.

Consequently, the barangay cluster arrangement was adopted and served as the framework for land use development strategies enunciated under the Comprehensive Land Use Plan of Rosario, Batangas for Planning Period 2000-2010 (CLUP).^[8]

Demographics

Poblacion

World Outlook in Local Action

In compliance with the principles of 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Municipal Government of Rosario, Batangas formulated the Aksyon ng Bayan Rosario 2001 And Beyond Human and Ecological Security Plan^[9] by virtue of Executive Order No. 98-02 dated October 5, 1998 by then Mayor Rodolfo Guerra Villar.

The plan pursued a sustainable development approach to poverty reduction efforts balanced with concerns for ecological security. This required an active collaboration among the municipal and barangay government units, non-governmental and people's organizations, and the local community.

Local government

Rosario Town Hall

The current set of municipal officials were elected during the 2010 General Elections and re-elected in 2013; their term is set to expire in 2016.^[1]

• Municipal Mayor: Manuel B. Alvarez
• Vice-Mayor: Jose T. Valencia
• Sangguniang Bayan Members:
  • Christopher A. Conti
  • Angelito M. Gulfo
  • Anatacio G. Zara
  • Raquel M. Guadez
  • Aldwin G. Garcia
  • Edward B. Aguilar
  • Arnold T. Austria
  • Melissa L. Jareño
• ABC President: Angel B. Alvarez, Sr.

Immediate Past Municipal Officials

The immediate past municipal officials were elected during the 2004 General Elections and their term expired 2007. The mayor was Felipe Marquez who was reelected for his second term during the 2007 General Elections as chief executive of Rosario. The vice mayor is Danilo Alday. Sangguniang Bayan is composed of Angelica Rosales, Leonardo Anyayahan, Sonia Ebite, Adrian Montalbo, Kennedy Laroza, Pedro Andan and Johnny Minas. Sangguniang Kabataan Municipal Federation President is Grace Villar of Brgy. Quilib.

Mayor Felipe Africa Marquez expired October 8, 2011, while in office, due to various complications in his health at Mediatrix Hospital Lipa City, Batangas.

Barangay Officials

¹ - Association of Barangay Captains President
² - Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President

Notable people

• Jovit Baldivino - Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 winner

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosario, Batangas.

• Municipality of Rosario Batangas Blog
• Rosario Batangas Information
• RosarioBatangas.com
• Barangay Clusters
• My Rosario Batangas Journal
• Agricultural Technologist
• Barriotikman Community Worker
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information

	Lipa City	Padre Garcia / San Antonio, Quezon
	Ibaan		San Juan
	Rosario
	Taysan	Lobo

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