The Municipality of Binangonan is a first class urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines

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. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 238,931 inhabitants in 38,488 households in census. It has a land area of 64.38 km².

A thriving fish port and fishing industry is found in Binangonan, having a long coast line facing the Laguna de Bay. The plant of Rizal Cement and Grandspan are in Binangonan as well.
Its name in English means, “The first established town around the lake.” Although in reference to legend of how towns around Laguna lake were named, Binangonan must mean "place from where someone or something rose," which Binangonan in Pangasinan language means.

A first class municipality, Binangonan lies between the foothills of Sierra Madre and the shores of Laguna de Bay.