Calaca, Batangas

Calaca is a component city in the province of Batangas in the Calabarzon region of Luzon in the Philippines, officially the City of Calaca. The 2024 census counted 92,281 residents, compared with 87,361 in 2020, and the city covers about 115 square kilometres. It is politically subdivided into 40 barangays. Calaca is home to the Calacatchara festival, whose name is a portmanteau of Calaca and atchara, a pickled relish. The municipality was converted into a city in 2021, which makes it one of the more recently chartered cities of the Philippines, and as a component city it remains within the provincial government of Batangas.