Sariaya
| Sariaya, Quezon | ||||||||||
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| Municipality of Sariaya Bayan ng Sariaya |
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Sariaya Town Square , Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church, Sariaya Municipal Building, Natalio Enriquez Ancestral House, Facade of Gala-Rodriguez Ancestral House, Don Lucio Rodriguez House, Emralino-Rodriguez Ancestral House, Don Catalino Rodriguez Ancestral House
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| Nickname(s): Heritage Town of Quezon Art Deco Capital of Southern Luzon |
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| Motto: Gilas Sariaya! |
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 Map of Quezon showing the location of Sariaya |
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 Sariaya, Quezon
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| Coordinates: 13°58′N 121°32′E / 13.967°N 121.533°ECoordinates: 13°58′N 121°32′E / 13.967°N 121.533°E | ||||||||||
| Country | Philippines | |||||||||
| Region | CALABARZON (Region IV-A) | |||||||||
| Province | Quezon | |||||||||
| District | 2nd district of Quezon | |||||||||
| Founded | October 4, 1599 (Castañas) | |||||||||
| Barangays | 43 | |||||||||
| Government | ||||||||||
| • Mayor | Marcelo P. Gayeta (LP) | |||||||||
| • Vice Mayor | Alexander A. Tolentino (LP) | |||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • Municipality | 245.3 km2 (94.7 sq mi) | |||||||||
| • Urban | 0.631 km2 (0.244 sq mi) | |||||||||
| • Rural | 244.6 km2 (94.4 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area rank | 13th out of 41 in Quezon | |||||||||
| Elevation | 157 m (515 ft) | |||||||||
| Population (2015) | ||||||||||
| • Municipality | 148,980 | |||||||||
| • Rank | 2nd out 41 in Quezon 20 out of 1,489 Municipalities |
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| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Sariayahin | |||||||||
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |||||||||
| ZIP code | 4322 | |||||||||
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 | |||||||||
| Income class | 1st class municipality | |||||||||
| • Total LGU Income |  PHP 275.70 million (2015) |
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| • Expenses | PHP 248.83 million (2015) | |||||||||
| • Assets | PHP 467.81 million (2015) | |||||||||
| • Equity | PHP 176.53 million (2015) | |||||||||
| Website | www |
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Sariaya, officially as the Municipality of Sariaya (Filipino: Bayan ng Sariaya) is a first class municipality located in the province of Quezon, Philippines. Sariaya, being the only Mount Banahaw town in both Quezon and Laguna Provinces that has a sea coast is one of the most visited municipality in Quezon during summer season for its very accessible and numerous beach resorts that offers a pristine beach and also offers a lot of recreational activities. The town is tagged as the Heritage Town of Quezon and Art Deco Capital of Southern Luzon for its extant heritage houses and structures built in Art Deco-styled architecture scattered mostly in the Town Proper and also well-known for its scrumptious delicacies such as Pinagong, Broas, Apas, Leche Puto, Yema and more. With more than a hundred declared cultural properties within the municipality, the heritage town has been branded by various cultural experts as a 'cultural gem worthy of a UNESCO designation.' The local government of the municipality with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines were designated to work for the heritage town's inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Sariaya is an inland municipality in the province of Quezon, located 126 kilometers south of the National Capital Region where the country's capital of Manila is situated and approximately 12 kilometers from the highly urbanized city of Lucena. The municipality is bordered by Tayabas City on north-east side, the city of Lucena on its southeast, the municipality of Candelaria on its west, and the town of San Juan in Batangas on its south-west. Mount Banahaw flanks it on the north and Tayabas Bay on the south side.
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