Sinisian West,

Lemery,
Batangas

Neil Adrian M. Razon

BSED1-Science
 History of Sinisian West, Lemery, Batangas
In one of the little nooks of the town of Lemery lies the barrio of Sinisian, Lemery, endowed with
beautiful rice and corn fields, vast areas of evergreen meadows, hills and mountains and with water
from a spring flowing continuously, thus making the lives of the inhabitants easier. Here and there are
tall and slender bamboo trees which stand majestically and waving as if to welcome everybody who
wants to settle there. Sinisian, Lemery, is one of the barrios of the town of Lemery, province of
Batangas. Calawang, Balukbaluk, Talisay and Malapad na Bato are places under the territorial
jurisdiction of the barrio. Long before the Spanish conquest, this barrio was a part of the former barrio
of Sinisian, Calaca. It was told that in a place just near the spring, the Spanish soldiers were defeated by
the Americans. Just after the Spanish defeat, the Spanish soldiers began to talk with each other. The
people who came later could neither understand nor speak the Spanish language heard the “si, si” of the
Spanish. Some thirsty American soldiers then approached the group of Filipinos conversing by a spring
and asked what spring it was. The Filipinos thought that the Spaniards were “nagsisihan” because they
were defeated. The Americans believed that the name of the spring where they stood was Sisihan.
Later, this barrio was called “Sisihan” after the name of the spring. After the lapse of several years, this
spring became the dividing line between Lemery and Calaca, and so called the northern part of Sisihan,
Calaca and the eastern part as Sisihan, Lemery until years later, the name became corrupted to the
present form, Sinisian, Lemery. How the change took place, nobody knows and likewise nobody seems
to care. Date of Establishment Sinisian, Lemery was established in the year 1896. Original Families In the
olden days, majority of the vast lands of Sinisian, Lemery was owned by the rich family of Miss Agueda
Reyes, who was known to be the first family that lived in this place. As time went on, settlers came and
through this kindhearted family, they were able to own land through persistent toil. Due to the growing
civilization, this family aspired for a higher standard of living and transferred their residence to the town.
They then sold parcels of land to other residents who came to live in this barrio.

Sinisian West is situated at approximately 13.9160, 120.8554, in the island of Luzon. Elevation at
these coordinates is estimated at 46.1 meters or 151.2 feet above mean sea level.
 The population of Sinisian west grew from 1,369 to 2,012 in 201 an increase of 643 people. The
latest census figures in 2015 denote a positive growth rate of 2.19 percent or an increase of 216 people,
from the previous population of 1,796 in 2010.
Facilities
Projects
Foot Bridge and River side view
On going project Drainage
 Feeding Program

Community Pantry
Officials

Barangay Captain: Randy Reyes

Councilors:
Raymond Villalobos
Renato Noche
Lethanie De Castro
Darwin Noche
Nestor Magsino

SK Chairman: Arnold Tenorio

SK councilors:
Cherrymay Magsino
Nichell ann Razon
Jerome Cantillano
Alfred Catapang