oldest dictionary and the first book printed using the movable type, the Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala. The book was written and compiled by Fray Pedro de San Buenaventura and printed by Tomas Pinpin, the Prince of Filipino printers. The book is twenty-seven years older than the Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in the United States in 1640. At the beginning of the 19th century, the town was transferred from Pagalangan to the present site of Santa Clara because of perennial flooding. Geography Barangays Pila is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. In 1957, the sitio of Pinagbayanan was converted into a barrio. Aplaya Bagong Pook Bukal Bulilan Norte (Poblacion) Bulilan Sur (Poblacion) Concepcion Labuin Linga Masico Mojon Pansol Pinagbayanan San Antonio San Miguel Santa Clara Norte (Poblacion) Santa Clara Sur (Poblacion) Tubuan Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, the population of Pila, Laguna, was 54,613 people, with a density of . Economy Landmarks The National Historical Institute of the Philippines (now National Historical Commission of the Philippines) declared the town plaza and surrounding ancestral houses a National Historical Landmark on May 17, 2000, by NHI Resolution no. 2, series of 2002. It cited Pila as an early pre-Hispanic center of culture and trade in Laguna known as La Noble Villa de Pila and has been recognized as one of the country's more important archeological sites where clay potteries were discovered in excavations made in Pinagbayanan in 1967. The historic town of Pila is bounded by General Luna Street in the north, M. H. del Pilar Street in the east, Mabini Street in the south, and Bonifacio Street in the west, and including the Pila Elementary School, and the Juan Fuentes and Santiago Fernandez house. Two years later, on July 9, 2002, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo proclaimed the parish church of San Antonio de Padua de Pila as the Diocesan Shrine of St. Anthony. According to Philippine historian, Dr. Luciano Santiago, it is the only town in the Philippines that is formally recognized as a historical site by both the church and the state. National Shrine of San Antonio de Padua Formerly San Antonio de Padua Parish Church, the original Pila church was built in Pagalangan in the 1578 with Rev. Juan de Florencia serving as its first priest. The whole structure, including the convent, was completed in 1618. The church was then transferred to its present