Santa Maria – A Promising Municipality To Live and Work

The competitive advantage of Santa Maria being near Metro Manila and inhabited by peace loving people, governed by elective and appointive officials and rank file employees who are committed to pursue strong economic development by instituting administrative reforms and innovations to achieve total development make our municipality a promising place to live and work.

Being near the fine ports of Metro Manila, Clark and now its accessibility to Subic thru the Friendship Highway, Santa Maria’s access to all types of transportation makes it ideal to be the haven of investments which is justified with the presence of Special Economic Zone in barangay Bulac covering an area of more or less 135 hectares of land which are suitable for non-pollutive heavy industries.

The presence of nine (9) resorts which could serve the needs of in and out of town residents makes Santa Maria a favorite place for local and foreign tourists to spend their leisure moments, thus making profitable business for other services and business categories.

Santa Maria is a good service provider. Being the home to its 205,258 population as of 2007 count with an annual growth rate of 5.16%, it has a tertiary public and four secondary private hospital and five rural health units that caters the medical needs of its constituents; two public and three private tertiary schools; four public and 8 private secondary schools and 31 public and nine private elementary schools. Electricity is served by MERALCO, water by Santa Maria Water District and 20 commercial and five thrift banks operate and serve the banking needs of the population.

Whether it is doing business or living in Santa Maria, it is always the right choice. Live your dream in our town and be a part of our success.