Calamba, Province of Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines

🇵🇭 Calamba, officially the City of Calamba, is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines.

It is the regional centre of the Calabarzon region. It is situated 50 km (31 mi) south of Manila, 37 km (23 mi) west of Santa Cruz, Laguna, 31 km (19 mi) north of San Pablo, Laguna and 23.6 km (14.7 mi) east of Tagaytay. The city is known as the "Spring Resort Capital of the Philippines" because of its numerous hot spring resorts, which are mostly located in Barangays Pansol, Bucal, Bagong Kalsada, and Lingga.

It is the most populous local government unit in Laguna.  Based on the overall rankings of the 2014 Cities and Municipalities Index, the city ranked 18th in the overall competitiveness (cities ranking) and first among cities in the Calabarzon region. The city is known to be the Calabarzon's richest city, followed by Cabuyao City, because of its numerous factories.

Calamba is the hometown of the de facto Philippine national hero, José Rizal.

Economy Calamba City is known today as the "Richest City in Calabarzon", (according to the 2014 Commission on Audit Annual Audit Report), as it registered a total income of ₱2,501,048,126.00. Calamba is also considered one of the "Next Wave Cities" for outsourcing firms.

The major income sources comes from manufacturing and economic plants, tourism, agriculture and services. There are many manufacturing and economic plants located in upland barangays like Canlubang, Real, La Mesa, Milagrosa, Makiling, Punta, Barandal, Batino and Prinza.

Banking As of December 31, 2013, there are 83 banking offices operating in the city that offers banking services to businesses and residents according to Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation. Calamba is the top city in Calabarzon with total deposits amounting to 29,632,884 in thousand pesos from 374,122 accounts.

Industries and manufacturing The city is a haven for industries. Considered the heart of Calabarzon due to the number of companies housed in its area, Calamba City is one of the premiere industrial hubs outside of Metro Manila. Some of the industrial parks located in the city are: • Allegis IT Park (Barangay Milagrosa) • Calamba Premiere International Park (Barangay Batino, Barandal and Prinza) • Canlubang Industrial Estate (Barangay Canlubang) • Carmelray Industrial Park 1 (Barangay Canlubang) • Carmelray Industrial Park 2 (Barangay Milagrosa & Punta) • Carmelray International Business Park (Barangay Canlubang) • Filinvest Technology Park (Barangay Punta, Burol & Bubuyan) • Light Industry and Science Park of the Philippines II (Barangay Real & Lamesa) • NYK-TDG IT Park (Barangay Canlubang) • SMPIC Special Economic Zone (Barangay Paciano Rizal) • YTMI Realty Special Economic Zone (Barangay Makiling).

Information technology Calamba City is also considered one of the "Next Wave Cities" for outsourcing firms and call centres, among them are Accenture and SPi Technologies.

Commerce Aside from the Crossing area in Barangay Uno, Barangays Real and Parian are also bustling with business structures, including SM City Calamba, and Liana's Discount Center Calamba.

Notable shopping centres and travel agencies in Calamba also include Southern Sky Travel & Tours (Calamba Headquarters), Walter Mart Makiling, Puregold Halang, Puregold Calamba Crossing, Checkpoint Mall, and iMall Canlubang among others.

Food processing plants in Calamba like Zenith Foods Corp. (central commissary of Jollibee Foods Corporation), where its sauces and food products (i.e. burger, pies, fries, etc.) are first made before distributing to Jollibee outlets is currently the most advanced food processing plant in the Philippines and one of the best in Asia. Other food and beverage processing plants in Calamba are Rebisco, RC Cola, Monde-M.Y. San Corporation and Zest-O Corporation.

Some of the semiconductor companies are also located in Calamba. To name a few, they are Samsung Electronics Philippines, Continental Temic Electronics Philippines, Toshiba Storage Device Philippines Inc., ST Microelectronics (formerly Philips Electronics), Fuji Electric Philippines, NEC Tokin Electronics, NEC Toppan Circuit Solutions and Austriamicrosystems Phils.

Automobile manufacturer that have plants located in Calamba City are Asian Transmission Corporation and Suzuki Philippines Inc.

Avon, the leading global beauty company has a manufacturing plant (Avon Products Manufacturing) located at Calamba Premiere International Park.