Also known as: City of Santa Rosa, Lungsod ng Santa Rosa, Sta. Rosa
Santa Rosa City is a component city in Laguna, Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Population 431K (PSA 2024 census), 18 barangays, land area 54.84 km².
Santa Rosa City is a component city in Laguna, Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
No. Santa Rosa City is a component city in Laguna, Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
Santa Rosa City had 430,920 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Santa Rosa City covers 54.84 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Santa Rosa City has 18 barangays.
Santa Rosa City anchors one of the country's most significant automotive manufacturing sites: Toyota Motor Philippines' main assembly plant, inside the 82-hectare Toyota Special Economic Zone, has operated here since April 1997 and currently assembles the Innova, Vios, and, since 2024, the Tamaraw. Alongside Laguna Technopark's multi-locator industrial base, the city is also home to Nuvali, Ayala Land's roughly 2,400-hectare planned mixed-use development spanning Santa Rosa, Cabuyao, and Calamba, combining residential, commercial, and institutional development on an explicitly sustainability-oriented masterplan.
Key industries: Automotive manufacturing (Toyota Motor Philippines), Industrial parks (Laguna Technopark), Mixed-use development (Nuvali), Commercial and retail
That public-private development model extends into civic infrastructure. On February 18, 2025, Ayala Land Estates and the City Government of Santa Rosa, under Mayor Arlene Arcillas, signed an agreement to build a 2-hectare Santa Rosa Civic Complex inside Nuvali, planned to include a convention center, a City One-Stop Shop, sports facilities, and a command center. Santa Rosa's population grew from 414,812 in the 2020 Census to 430,920 in the 2024 Census.
Officials managing Santa Rosa's industrial and mixed-use growth can compare notes with other Laguna industrial corridor cities in the LGU directory. Planning teams evaluating digital compliance tools can explore the pilot program or schedule a consultation.
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
Santa Rosa has to coordinate a major auto-manufacturing zone, a large planned-community masterplan, and a new civic-complex build-out inside that masterplan, all while keeping zoning and permitting records in sync across public and private developers. Nova Gov's platform is built for exactly this kind of cross-department coordination, and the pilot program is designed to help planning offices bring project and land-use records into one place.
A new civic complex is rising inside Santa Rosa's Nuvali development through a public-private partnership. See how a founding pilot could line up that project with the city's zoning and permitting records.
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