Taytay, Palawan

Not to be confused with Taytay, Rizal.

Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay (Tagalog: Bayan ng Taytay IPA: [taɪ'taɪ]), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 83,357 people.^[3]

Taytay
Municipality
Municipality of Taytay
A village in Taytay
Flag Seal
Nickname:  King of Northern Palawan
Motto(s):  Taytay, Una sa Lahat!
Anthem: Estrella Del Norte Bayan Kong Taytay
Map of Palawan with Taytay highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Taytay Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°49′N 119°31′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Palawan
District	1st district
Founded	1623
Barangays	31 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Christian V. Rodriguez
• Vice Mayor	Delma P. Edep
• Representative	Edgardo L. Salvame
• Municipal Council	Members Alvino V. Yara Arlene E. Arzaga Ovinal L. Salvame Edilberto Y. Felizarte Yolando M. Edep, Sr. Alerey T. Rapsing Joel M. Parapina Delia M. Signo
• Electorate	49,823 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	1,257.68 km2 (485.59 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Highest elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	83,357
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Households	19,482
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	25.18 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 657 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 1,798 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 361.1 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 438.5 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5312
PSGC	175320000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)48
Native languages	Palawano Central Tagbanwa Tagalog

Since 2002, its Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker is the episcopal see of the pre-diocesan missionary Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay. Taytay is 214 kilometres (133 mi) from Puerto Princesa.

History

In the 1200s, the Chinese recorded that the nation Sandao once ruled over Palawan. Eventually, before the arrival of the Spanish, the Kingdom of Taytay came to be and was ruled by a monarch noted as being followed everywhere at any given time by ten scribes. The crew of Ferdinand Magellan held the King of Taytay and his consort hostage for ransom after escaping the Battle of Mactan where Magellan was slain. They intended to secure more supplies as they plan to cross into the Moluccas to seek help from the Portuguese there. The king and his subjects complied with the Spaniards’ demands and even added more food supplies than what were asked for. This was duly recorded by Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's chronicler, who was onboard one of the ships when these events took place.^{[citation needed]}

Pigafetta also noted a curious thing in the Kingdom: the natives were fond of cockfighting, long before this pastime was seen or even heard of in the Western World.^{[citation needed]}

During the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Taytay was formally founded in 1623. Taytay became the capital of the province of Calamianes, the entire territory of Paragua (now Palawan), in 1818; and the province of Castilla, a land area occupying the northern part of Palawan, in 1858.^[5]

Archived baptismal records in Cuyo, Palawan show that the last monarch of the Kingdom of Taytay was baptised into Catholic Church with the name Flores de los Santos Cabaylo (“Cabaylo, Flower of the Saints”). No other sovereign royal datu after him ruled the kingdom. King Cabaylo's descendants include the present clans of Cabaylo-Manlavi-Gabinete-Macolor as main genealogical roots. His Royal Highness Datu Dr. Fernando Macolor Cruz, who hailed from the Cabailo-Manlavi-Gabinete-Macolor line of the royal house, is the present and sole pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Taytay.^{[citation needed]}

During the American era, Taytay ceased being Palawan's capital, and its administrative boundary was reduced by approximately 50,000 hectares upon the creation of the Municipality of El Nido in 1916.^[6]

The historic Taytay Fort, the Fuerza Santa Isabel de la Paragua, built in 1667 under the Augustinian Recollect Fathers and named in honor of Spain's Queen Isabela II in the 19th century, was used as a military station during that period. This famous relic was completed in 1738. It was mainly used to defend against Muslim warrior-raiders in their colorful war boats while the Spanish soldiers fire at them with their huge cannons. The fort's small chapel and cannons are still intact.^[7] The fort is now under the supervision of the Municipal Government of Taytay. The Moro action must be understood not as an act of piracy but as a showdown of power and challenge to Spanish hegemony over the islands. It can be viewed as the Tausug's efforts to recover what was once theirs. Similar raids were also carried out against Christian converts in Spanish Cuyo, Dumaran, Linapacan and Culion.^{[citation needed]}

In 1957, the Island of Debangan was constituted into a barrio.^[8]

Geography

Barangays

Taytay is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Abongan
• Banbanan
• Bantulan
• Batas
• Bato
• Beton
• Busy Bees
• Calawag
• Casian
• Cataban
• Debangan
• Dipla
• Liminangcong
• Maytegued
• New Guinlo
• Old Guinlo
• Pamantolon
• Pancol
• Paly (Paly Island)
• Poblacion
• Pularaquen (Canique)
• San Jose
• Sandoval
• Silanga
• Alacalian
• Baras (Pangpang)
• Libertad
• Minapla
• Talog
• Tumbod
• Paglaum

History of barangays

Barangay (Barrio)	Creation Date	Mother Territory
Nasalogan	1955	Sitio of Nasalogan[9]
Bambanan	1956	Sitio of Bambanan[10]
Sandoval	1956	Sitio of Calatan[11]

Tumbod. 1972. Liminangcong

Climate

Climate data for Taytay, Palawan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	45 (1.8)	34 (1.3)	62 (2.4)	64 (2.5)	127 (5.0)	159 (6.3)	172 (6.8)	147 (5.8)	167 (6.6)	182 (7.2)	172 (6.8)	88 (3.5)	1,419 (56)
Average rainy days	12.1	9.4	13.0	14.3	22.7	26.9	28.0	26.4	27.0	27.0	22.7	17.8	247.3
Source: Meteoblue[12]

Demographics

Population census of Taytay

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 4,992 —     1918 2,833 −3.71% 1939 4,173 +1.86% 1948 4,050 −0.33% 1960 8,607 +6.48% 1970 11,920 +3.31% 1975 17,712 +8.27% 1980 22,980 +5.34%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 38,435 +5.28% 1995 47,095 +3.88% 2000 53,657 +2.84% 2007 61,991 +2.01% 2010 70,837 +4.97% 2015 75,165 +1.14% 2020 83,357 +2.05%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16]

In the 2020 census, the population of Taytay, Palawan, was 83,357 people,^[3] with a density of 66 inhabitants per square kilometre or 170 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Taytay

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 69.08 2003 64.93 2006 54.50 2009 35.13 2012 33.35 2015 27.44 2018 17.88 2021 25.18 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Gallery

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  Taytay Sign
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  Fort Sta. Isabel
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  Chapel inside Fort Sta. Isabel
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  Fortress Sta. Isabel
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  Inside the church in the fortress of Santa Isabel
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  Santa Monica Parish Church
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  Night by the sea