Santa Rosa, Province of Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines

Economy | Banking | Car dealerships | Shopping malls | Industries and manufacturing | Information technology

🇵🇭 Santa Rosa, officially the City of Santa Rosa (Filipino: Lungsod ng Santa Rosa), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines.

It is the second largest local government unit in Laguna after Calamba.  On August 28, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11395, which separated the city from the first district, allowing it to elect its separate representative beginning in the 2022 elections. However, for the purposes of electing Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, Santa Rosa remains part of the province's first Sangguniang Panlalawigan District.

Santa Rosa was initially known for the Coca-Cola and Toyota manufacturing plants in its industrial estates. Recently, it has become popular for being the site of Enchanted Kingdom, a local theme park, and several housing developments.

Economy Santa Rosa is considered to be the premier city and hub of South Luzon. It is also known as the Lion City of South Luzon. According to the 2013 COA AFR report, the city has an annual income of ₱2.3 billion, surpassing the income of Calamba and Batangas City. Santa Rosa is now the richest city in Luzon outside of Metro Manila in terms of annual income.

Special economic zones and industrial parks in Santa Rosa include: • Laguna Technopark Inc. • Greenfield Automotive Park • Toyota Special Economic Zone • Lakeside Evozone Nuvali • Daystar Santa Rosa Industrial Park • Santa Rosa Commercial Complex • Meridian Industrial Complex.

Banking Major commercial banks in the Philippines operate in the city. Currently, the city hosts banking institutions that offer banking services to businesses and residents. Most of these are concentrated in barangays Balibago, Don Jose, Macabling, Pulong Santa Cruz, Santo Domingo, and Tagapo.

Car dealerships A number of car brands have put up dealerships in Santa Rosa. Prominent car dealerships include Toyota, Chevrolet, Ford (Borromeo), Foton, Honda (ANC), Hyundai, Isuzu (Gencars), JMC, Kia, Mazda (Borromeo), MG Motor (Greenfield), Mitsubishi (Amcar), Nissan (Greenfield), Subaru (ANC), and Volkswagen (Greenfield).

Furthermore, the Borromeo's Ford and Mazda have recently set up shops while two of the six ANC Group brands, Honda and Subaru, have branches in Santa Rosa.

Shopping malls The city host various shopping malls: SM City Santa Rosa, Robinsons Place Santa Rosa, Ayala Malls Solenad, Walter Mart Santa Rosa, Walter Mart Santa Rosa Bel-Air, Victory Mall Santa Rosa, Vista Mall Sta. Rosa, Paseo Outlets (formerly and still commonly known as Paseo de Santa Rosa), Laguna Central, Arcadia, and Target Mall. A new branch of CityMall in the city is currently under construction.

Industries and manufacturing Dubbed as the "Motor City of the Philippines" or "Detroit City of the Philippines", Santa Rosa is host to multinational automotive giants Nissan Motors Co., Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, and Mitsubishi – all contributing 95 percent of the country's automotive production. It is also the location for the headquarters of Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.

Food conglomerate Monde Nissin Corporation, which manufactures Lucky Me! instant noodles and Monde biscuits, has a 14-hectare (35-acre) manufacturing facility in the city. San Miguel Brewery and Magnolia also have a plant in the city. Santa Rosa is also home to the largest plant of The Coca-Cola Company in the Philippines, situated next to the Santa Rosa Exit of South Luzon Expressway. In 2018, Santa Rosa became the new home of HAMBURG Trading Corporation's 7,000-square-meter (75,000 sq ft) facility that houses the company's warehouse, administration office, and state-of-the-art demo kitchen – all in one roof.

Information technology Santa Rosa is aiming to be the next hub for the BPO industry. It is currently ranked 82nd in the world for its competitiveness in the Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing services (IT-BPO) by the leading strategic advisory firm, THOLONS. BPO companies present in Santa Rosa are IQor, KGB, Teletech, IBM, Ubisoft, and Concentrix.

Santa Rosa, Province of Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines 
<b>Santa Rosa, Province of Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines</b>
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Santa Rosa has a population of over 414,812 people. Santa Rosa also forms one of the centres of the wider Laguna Province which has a population of over 3,382,193 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Santa Rosa has links with:

🇵🇭 Alimodian, Philippines 🇵🇭 Cabanatuan City, Philippines 🇵🇭 Cabuyao, Philippines 🇸🇪 Enköping, Sweden
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Antipodal to Santa Rosa is: -58.88,-14.32

Locations Near: Santa Rosa 121.12,14.32

🇵🇭 Biñan 121.08,14.33 d: 4.5  

🇵🇭 Cabuyao 121.124,14.272 d: 5.4  

🇵🇭 San Pedro 121.058,14.358 d: 7.9  

🇵🇭 City of Muntinglupa 121.05,14.38 d: 10.1  

🇵🇭 Muntinlupa 121.045,14.395 d: 11.6  

🇵🇭 Calamba 121.109,14.174 d: 16.2  

🇵🇭 Silang 120.975,14.231 d: 18.5  

🇵🇭 Los Baños 121.225,14.182 d: 19.1  

🇵🇭 Dasmariñas 120.934,14.327 d: 20.1  

🇵🇭 Las Piñas 120.98,14.45 d: 20.9  

Antipodal to: Santa Rosa -58.88,-14.32

🇧🇷 Tangará da Serra -57.491,-14.621 d: 19861.8  

🇧🇷 Vilhena -60.11,-12.708 d: 19791.8  

🇧🇷 Várzea Grande -56.139,-15.652 d: 19685.6  

🇧🇷 Cuiabá -56.096,-15.596 d: 19684  

🇧🇷 Lucas do Rio Verde -55.917,-13.067 d: 19665.9  

🇧🇷 Sorriso -55.7,-12.533 d: 19617.9  

🇧🇷 Cacoal -61.447,-11.439 d: 19590.7  

🇧🇷 Sinop -55.633,-11.833 d: 19567.8  

🇧🇷 Ji-Paraná -61.941,-10.881 d: 19508.6  

🇧🇷 Primavera do Leste -54.333,-15.517 d: 19508.8  

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