San Pablo city is one of the oldest cities in the Philippines and one of Laguna’s first class cities. The city lies in southern part of Laguna and situated about 82 kilometers outside Manila. It is composed of 80 barangays divided into 207,927 houses. The city of San Pablo is popularly known as the “City of Seven Lakes” because of its seven wonderful God creations namely Sampaloc, Bunot, Calibato, Mohicap, Palakpakin, Yambo and Pandin. Also it is known as the heartland of coconuts, for its rich resource of coconuts where you simply get the best.

           Before the Spanish era came, there were four large barrios bounded by Mt. Makiling that comprised Sampalok. The first batch of Spanish troops came to the upland village of San Pablo, then named Sampaloc. Due to their efforts in the spread of Christianity in the Philippines, Sampaloc was declared as a parish in 1586, after 61 years it became a municipality under the name “San Pablo de los Montes” in honor of St. Paul, The First Hermit. In 1756, San Pablo de los Montes was in the jurisdiction of Batangas Province and in 1883 it was returned to Laguna. In 1899, the municipality established a government to lead the throng. With accordance to the Commonwealth Act No. 520 or City Charter of San Pablo sponsored by Rep. Tomas Dizon, San Pablo was declared a city.