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Nasugbu, Batangas

Nasugbu
Municipality
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Official seal of Nasugbu
Seal
Nickname(s): Batangas' Last Frontier
Map of Batangas showing the location of Nasugbu
Location within Batangas province
Nasugbu is located in Philippines
Nasugbu
Nasugbu
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°04′N 120°38′E / 14.07°N 120.63°E / 14.07; 120.63Coordinates: 14°04′N 120°38′E / 14.07°N 120.63°E / 14.07; 120.63
Country Philippines
Region Calabarzon (Region IV-A)
Province Batangas
District 1st District
Founded January 31, 1947
Barangays 43 (see Barangays)
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Tony Barcelon
Area
 • Total 278.51 km2 (107.53 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 134,113
 • Rank 23 out of 1,489 Municipalities
 • Density 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Voter(2016)  68,980
Demonym(s) Nasugbueño
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 4231
IDD:area code +63 (0)43
Income class 1st class
PSGC 041019000
Website www.nasugbu.gov.ph

Nasugbu, officially the Municipality of Nasugbu (Filipino: Bayan ng Nasugbu), is a municipality in the province of Batangas in the Calabarzon (Region IV-A) of the Philippines. The population was 134,113 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 68,980 registered voters.

Several bus services provide transportation to and from Nasugbu. Jeepneys from Tagaytay City also enter and leave the town at a scheduled time. Within the town, tricycles are the main mode of transport. During the summer season, resorts in Nasugbu are a shooting location for comedy programs of GMA-7.

According to legend, a group of Spanish soldiers was allowed by their commander to go on a sightseeing tour of the friendlier villages on the western coast of Batangas. The group came upon a native couple cooking rice in a palayok (clay pot), the lid of which rattled over the steaming rice. In Spanish, the group leader asked the woman: "¿Cómo se llama este pueblo?" ("What is this place called?") The woman, who knew no Spanish, thought that the stranger was asking about her pot of rice. "Nasubo na po iyan, eh, kaya ganyan" ("The rice is boiling; that is why it is like that,") she replied. The Spaniard repeated the word "nasubo" and nodding his head towards his companions, introduced the word to them. The village henceforth began to be called by that name. Although no historical documents can support this legend, it is the most common story one hears when asking how the town got its name.

Nasugbu is located at 14°04′N 120°38′E / 14.07°N 120.63°E / 14.07; 120.63.


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