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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 of Taytay | |
 Panoramic | |
 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 | |
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.svg)  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 | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Christian V. Rodriguez |
| • Vice Mayor | Delma P. Edep |
| • Representative | Edgardo L. Salvame |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 49,823 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• 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 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 458.7 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 1,162 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 346 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 290.5 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5312 |
| PSGC | |
| 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.
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]
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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
Tumbod. 1972. Liminangcong
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
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| 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.
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Poverty incidence of Taytay
10
20
30
40
50
60
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] |
Taytay Sign
Fort Sta. Isabel
Chapel inside Fort Sta. Isabel
Fortress Sta. Isabel
Inside the church in the fortress of Santa Isabel
Santa Monica Parish Church
Night by the sea
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