Laguna Province

Also known as: Lalawigan ng Laguna

By Landon Little, Founder & CEO, Zentarai Labs · Updated October 8, 2026

Laguna is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), Southern Luzon. Population 3.69M (PSA 2024 census), 6 cities + 24 municipalities, 674 barangays total, land area 1,759.69 km². Provincial capital: Santa Cruz.

Quick answers about Laguna

Provincial planning context

Laguna's PDPFP coordinates two distinct geographies that share a single province administration: the industrial-residential corridor along the South Luzon Expressway from Cabuyao through Calamba and Santa Rosa — designated by DEPDev (formerly NEDA) as a key CALABARZON economic growth center — (the densest manufacturing zone in the country) and the rural-tourism eastern arc from Pagsanjan through Pakil, Pangil, and Famy. The Laguna de Bay shore creates a third geography — the lakeside municipalities (Bay, Los Baños, Pila, Victoria, Calauan, Lumban, Pagsanjan, Cavinti, Pakil, Pangil) face the country's most complex inter-LGU watershed management mandate. The Mount Makiling Forest Reserve — a DENR-protected landscape owned and operated by UP Los Baños — is a fourth jurisdictional layer. CALAX, the Manila-Calabarzon-Bicol expressway extension, and the LRT-1 Bacoor extension all reshape land values. The CALA-Bay growth area concept (Cavite + Laguna + Batangas Bay) would create another inter-province coordination layer.

Key industries: Electronics + semiconductor manufacturing (PEZA — biggest concentration in PH), Higher education (UP Los Baños, IRRI), Automotive parts manufacturing, Agribusiness, Tourism (Pagsanjan Falls, Mount Makiling, hot springs)

CLUP & SGLG status

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Municipal CLUP documents

• Alaminos (Municipality) — Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2018–2027) is published on its official site: alaminoslaguna.com.
• Calamba (City) — its Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2017–2026 was listed as adopted under Ordinance No. 623 (2017) (Calamba City ordinance index); the 2017–2026 plan itself is not posted online as of October 2026. The index gives the year but no date, and links no file or text for the ordinance. Request it from Calamba's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Calamba.
• Los Baños (Municipality) — its Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2005–2020 was adopted under Resolution No. 2022-76, approved April 1, 2022 (losbanos.gov.ph); the 2005–2020 plan itself is not posted online as of October 2026. It adopts the existing plan until an updated plan is prepared, adopted and approved; Resolution No. 2020-34 of February 7, 2020 did the same. The town's list marks it "(OLD)" and shows a different resolution as "(NEW) Resolution No. 2022-76". Resolution No. 2026-22, approved January 19, 2026, authorizes a contract for the continuing plan-updating project. Request it from Los Baños' Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Santa Rosa (City) — its Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2018–2026 was adopted under Resolution No. 025, Series of 2018 (santarosacity.gov.ph resolutions page, 2018 list); the 2018–2026 plan itself is not posted online as of October 2026. The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved it unanimously at its 8th regular session on February 26, 2018. It recites that the Provincial Planning and Development Coordination Office passed a resolution approving the plan, without giving that resolution's number or date. Request it from Santa Rosa's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Santa Rosa.
• Bay (Municipality) — we could not check its official site (it blocked or refused our automated check), so we do not know whether a plan is posted (as of October 2026). Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Bay's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Bay.
• Biñan (City) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it from Biñan's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Biñan.
• Cabuyao (City) — no working official website found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Cabuyao's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Cabuyao.
• Calauan (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it from Calauan's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Cavinti (Municipality) — no working official website found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Cavinti's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Famy (Municipality) — no working official website found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Famy's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Kalayaan (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it from Kalayaan's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Liliw (Municipality) — no working official website found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Liliw's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Luisiana (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Luisiana's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Lumban (Municipality) — no working official website found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Lumban's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Mabitac (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Mabitac's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Magdalena (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Magdalena's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Majayjay (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Majayjay's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Nagcarlan (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Nagcarlan's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Paete (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it from Paete's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Pagsanjan (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Pagsanjan's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Pakil (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Pakil's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Pangil (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Pangil's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Pila (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Pila's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Rizal (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Rizal's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• San Pablo (City) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it from San Pablo's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• San Pedro (City) — no working official website found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or San Pedro's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Santa Cruz (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Santa Cruz's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Santa Maria (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it from Santa Maria's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Siniloan (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Siniloan's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
• Victoria (Municipality) — no published copy found as of October 2026. Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Victoria's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.

How Nova Gov fits Laguna

Laguna's multi-overlay reality (industrial PEZA + university research + lake watershed + agricultural rural) is the acid test for AIOS ontology fusion. The CLUP-vs-PEZA-vs-UP jurisdictional split is exactly the kind of multi-source zoning conflict Nova Gov's compliance dashboards are designed to surface.