Diégo de Orpesa and Friar Juan de Plasencia. The first stone church was erected in 1733 by a Franciscan Friar. , Fr. Melchor de San Antonio. Famy which was formerly a small barrio of Sinilóan and known as Barrio Calumpáng was separated from Sinilóan in 1910, while the towns of Santa Maria (formerly Caboan) and Mabitac, also former visitas or barrios of Sinilóan, were separated from the town in 1602 and 1613, respectively. Geography Sinilóan lies between the plains of the Sierra Madre Mountains and Laguna de Bay, bounded between the municipality of Mabitac on the west, Pañguil on the east, Real, Quezon on the North and Laguna de Bay on the South. A river named Río Romelo runs through the center of the town and is used for fishing ground and irrigation purposes. The town proper or población is about from Manila, passing through Rizal Province major Highways Manila East Road or Marcos Highway, and about via the South Luzon Expressway passing the town of Santa Crúz, the capital of the province. Barangays Sinilóan is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Of these, 13 are classified as urban and 7 are classified as rural. Acevida Bagong Pag-Asa (Poblacion) Bagumbarangay (Poblacion) Buhay Gen. Luna Halayhayin Mendiola Kapatalan Laguio Liyang Llavac Pandeño Magsaysay Macatad Mayatba P. Burgos G. Redor (Poblacion) Salubungan Wawa J. Rizal (Poblacion) Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, the population of Siniloan was 39,460 people, with a density of . Religion Religion in Sinilóan are major in Roman Catholicism, about 90% of the population, 7% of Protestantism and other Christian religions and 3% Muslim. The patron saint of this town are Saint Peter and Saint Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo) also the Black Nazarene (Nazareno Negro o Cristo Negro) The town feast is celebrated every 29 June each year. Economy Tourism Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church also Parroquía de San Pablo y San Pedro is the first and only Roman Catholic church in Sinilóan since 1604. Built it as stone church from 1733 to 1739 by Fr. Melchor de San Antonio, but destroyed during the 18 July 1880 earthquake. Rebuilt in 1890 to 1898 and was again damaged during the August 20, 1937 earthquake. Today's church colloquially called Laguna Cathedral (unofficial) was reconstructed, modernized and remodel as twice the size of the previous church for its quadricentennial anniversary on 2004 under the supervision of Monsignor Mario Rafael