barrios Antipolo, Entablado, Laguan, Pook, Mayton, Pauli, Talaga and Tuy. On December 18, 1918, Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison issued Executive Order 56 creating the Municipality of Rizal, naming the town after the foremost national hero and Laguna native Dr. Jose P. Rizal. Officials inaugurated the new town a year after on January 7, 1919, and had Fortunato Urrea Arban as mayor. Before the citizens of Pauli won back their township, Innocente Sumague donated a piece of land for the construction of a church (Parroquia De San Miguel Arcangel) in 1916. Construction workers quarried Mayton Creek for stones and gravel. The quarry claimed many lives before the construction ended, in time for the midnight mass of Christmas of 1917. Pablo Urrea became the mayor in 1941 and subsequently relinquished his post to lead the guerrilla fighters during the Japanese occupation. Geography Rizal is a landlocked municipality located from the provincial capital Santa Cruz and is bounded on the north by municipality of Calauan, on the east by Nagcarlan, on the west by San Pablo City, and on the south by Dolores, Quezon. Located amidst coconut trees, Rizal is surrounded by the foothills of Mount San Cristobal, Mount Banahaw, and the Basilin Hill. Barangays Rizal is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Antipolo Entablado Laguan Pauli 1 Pauli 2 East Poblacion West Poblacion Pook Tala Talaga Tuy Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, the population of Rizal, Laguna, was 18,332 people, with a density of . Economy References External links [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census Information Local Governance Performance Management System Municipalities of Laguna (province)