Lian is a second class municipality in the Province of Batangas

Batangas

Batangas is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. According to thelatest census, it has a population of 44,925 people in 8,215 households.

The patron of Lian is Saint John the Baptist

John the Baptist

John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

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Lian is politically subdivided into 19 barangay

Barangay

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The climate of Lian falls under the first type of classification, Type I, characterized by two pronounced seasons: Dry season from November to April and wet season for the rest of the year.

• Lian Institute
• Lian national High school
• YALE Children School
• Grand Prairie Learning School
• Lian Central School
• Saint Claire Academy
• Malaruhatan Elementary School
• Matabungkay Elementary School
• San Diego Elementary School
• Bungahan Elementary School
• Bagong Pook Elementary School
• Prenza Elementary School
• Cumba Elementary School
• Lumanyag Elementary School
• Luyahan Elementary School
• Balibago Elementary School
• Matabungkay National High School
• Binubusan Elementary School
• Saint Anne Academy (formerly known as Binubusan Academy).

Lian's fiesta

Festival

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 day is June 24 of every year to celebrate the birthdate of Saint

Saint

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 John The Baptist

John the Baptist

John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

 (baptised Jesus Christ).