Lipa, Batangas

Lipa is a component city in the province of Batangas in the Calabarzon region of Luzon in the Philippines, officially the City of Lipa. It was the first city with a charter in the province and is one of five cities in Batangas, alongside Batangas City, Calaca, Santo Tomas and Tanauan. It is the most populous city of Batangas, with 387,392 residents in the 2024 census against 372,931 in 2020, and it lies about 78 kilometres south of Manila. The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road and the South Luzon Expressway give it access to Batangas City and Metro Manila. The city covers about 209 square kilometres according to the national list of cities and municipalities, and it was converted into a city on 20 June 1947.