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Victoria, Laguna

Victoria, officially the Municipality of Victoria (Tagalog: Bayan ng Victoria), is a municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 45,230 people. Large amounts of ducks are reared in the municipality, with an annual festival celebrating the town's founding anniversary dedicated to the animal.

The name Victoria, meaning "victory" in English, comes from the Spanish language. It was named after Victoria Quirino, the daughter of former President Elpidio Quirino, under whose presidency the municipality was established. The younger Quirino also served as the First Lady, as her father was a widower.

Prominent citizens and civic leaders found new hope to make Nanhaya, then a barrio of Pila, a town when the Americans granted the Philippines independence in 1946. They revived the move to separate from Pila. During this time, citizens proposed to name the town Trinidad, after the young republic's First Lady, the wife of then-President Manuel Roxas. Strong opposition shelved the proposal once more.

After Roxas's death, Elpidio Quirino took over the presidency. Nanhaya's residents remained undaunted. They tried once more, intensifying the campaign. The Fernandez clan, the town's most prominent and wealthiest family, including Judge Jose Fernandez, then Mayor Alejandro Fernandez and Atty. Ramon H. Fernandez Sr., as well as Andres Franco, Dr. Agrifino Oca, Gregorio Herradura, and Leonardo Rebong, stood for the proposal. On November 15, 1949, President Elpidio Quirino signed into effect Executive Order No. 282, segregating barrios Nanhaya, Bancabanca, Daniw, Masapang, San Benito, San Felix, San Francisco and San Roque from Pila and forming a new independent municipality.

After Pateros became highly urbanized and densely populated, Victoria became a destination of balut traders and became the "Duck Raising Center of the Philippines". The town was featured as the detour challenge of Leg 11 of the 5th Season of The Amazing Race. Victoria celebrates the Itik Festival every second week of November.

The municipal seat of Pila was once located in Barangay Pagalangan, now one of Victoria's barangays. The remains of Pila's original parish church can still be found in Pagalangan, which in the past made that community a target of treasure hunters seeking antiques. Pagalangan ceased to be Pila's capital when the town center was relocated due to frequent flooding.

Victoria is located along the southeastern shore of Laguna de Bay, 76 kilometers (47 mi) south of Manila and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) from Santa Cruz. It is bordered by the municipalities of Calauan to the southwest, Nagcarlan to the southeast and Pila to the northeast.

Victoria is politically subdivided into 9 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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