page_title: Santa Cruz, Laguna
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Cruz, Laguna / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Pedro Guevarra Street, Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines
context_page_description: Santa Cruz, officially the Municipality of Santa Cruz, is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 117,605 people.
  Santa Cruz is situated on the banks of the Santa Cruz River which flows into the eastern part of Laguna de Bay. The town is bounded by the Bay on the north, by Lumban and Pagsanjan towns in the east, Pagsanjan and Magdalena towns in the south, and Pila in the west. It is 88 kilometres from Manila via Calamba and Los Baños. It is accessible by land from Metro Manila passing through Rizal Province via Manila East Road or via South Luzon Expressway
  Santa Cruz is considered as the service and commercial center on the eastern part of the province. The town is composed of five barangays in the Poblacion area and 21 classified urban barangays. Although relatively far from the immediate urbanizing influence of Metropolitan Manila, Santa Cruz continues to progress. It is now classified as first class municipality. The present administration is headed by the Mayor Egay San Luis.
context_section_description: In the 2015 census, the population of Santa Cruz, Laguna, was 117,605 people, with a density of 3,000 inhabitants per square kilometre or 7,800 inhabitants per square mile.
caption: Pedro Guevara Avenue, in front of the Iglesia ni Cristo church (left).
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