San Jose is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. The municipality is bounded by Lipa City in the north and northeast, the municipality of Ibaan in the east, Batangas City and municipality of San Pascual in the south, and the municipality of Cuenca in the west. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of more than 51,965 people in 10,123 households.
Established on April 26, 1765 as the town of San Jose de Malaquing Tubig, it once formed part of the Municipality of Bauan, and was the mother of the Municipality of Cuenca.
San Jose is well known for growing good varieties of coffee, lanzones, and black pepper. It is where a great number of poultry and piggery animals are grown and sold, especially to Metro Manila, where it supplies a significant percentage of poultry products. Most of the San Jose workforce is either directly or indirectly involved in farming. There are also numerous feedmill corporations within its jurisdiction such as WhiteGold, Everlast, Busilac, Wincom, New Golden Mix, to name a few. The municipality boasts as having one of the most prosperous coffee and poultry farms in the Philippines.
San Jose celebrates Sinuam Festival every 25th day of April to commemorate its founding anniversary and to thank its patron for the good performance of the main business in the town which is Poultry.