Alaminos is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 36,120 people in 7,466 households. It has a land area of 21.11 square miles and is situated 48.5 miles east of Manila.
Alaminos began as a barrio of San Pablo City, which was then only a town belonging to the province of Batangas. It was re-annexed as barrio of San Pablo which was then ceded to the province of Laguna in 1902. It was not until about 1916 that Alaminos regained its status as a town and remained within the political territory of Laguna.
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