LOCAL HISTORY PAPER CALAMBA CITY INTRODUCTION Topography, baranggays, etc. Picture: Mapsssss IL. ETYMOLOGY "kalan-banga", two guardia civil who were lost found a girl carrying a kalan ban ga (clay stove, water pot) and asked her what the name of the place is but the g irl thought they were asking her what she was carrying; hence she said kalan ban ga and the guardia civil, being stupid tongue-tied jerks mispronounced it as "ca lamba" IIT. RIVER? "sah juan" and "san cristobal" river, san juan is worse than class D acc to LUDA which cant be used for agri and stuff, san cristobal also bypasses cabuyao. bot h rivers are major tributaries of laguna de bay although the rivers arent well known and not useful to calamba's community, it i s rich with hotsprings that come fron mt. makiling--makiling is not a mountain b ut a dormant volcano, hence the hotsprings. pansol, calamba city is known for it s resorts most of which generate fresh hotspring water frm mt makiling IV. EARLY SETTLEMENT eldest part of calamba is baranggay sucol, then the spaniards came and it became a part of tabuco (now cabuyao city) V. PLAZA COMPLEX VI. OLD HOUSES VII. ROADS VIII. MONUMENTS IX, TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL X PRODUCTS XI. MAJOR HISTO EVENTS XII. FAMOUS PEOPLE