Mabitac

Small town in Laguna province with a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size, Mabitac also carries a notable piece of Philippine-American War history: on 17 September 1900, Filipino forces under General Juan Cailles defeated an American column here. The town's name derives from the Tagalog word for traps, recalling a time when the area was a hunting ground where indigenous hunters used pit traps to catch game.

• Population12,398
• Nearest water from center 1.6 km1.0 mi
• Nearest mountain from center 8.2 km5.1 mi