Tayabas, Quezon
| City of Tayabas Lungsod ng Tayabas |
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| Coordinates: 14°1′1.2″N 121°34′58.8″E / 14.017°N 121.583°ECoordinates: 14°1′1.2″N 121°34′58.8″E / 14.017°N 121.583°E | |||
| Country |  Philippines |
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| Region | CALABARZON (Region IV-A) | ||
| Province | Quezon | ||
| District | 1st district of Quezon | ||
| Founded | 1578 | ||
| Barangays | 66 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Faustino Silang (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 301.8 km2 (116.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 87,252 | ||
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | ||
| ZIP code | 4372 | ||
| Income class | 4th class, partially urban | ||
| Website | Official Website of Tayabas | ||
| Population Census of Tayabas City | |||
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| Census | Pop. | Rate | |
| 2000 | 70,985 |
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| 2007 | 87,252 | 2.89% | |
| Est. 2011 | 100,000 | 40.87% | |
The City of Tayabas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Tayabas) is a city located in Quezon. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 87,252 people.[1] Tayabas is known for lambanog (coconut wine) and sweet food/delicacies, as well as resorts.
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[edit] History
In 1578, Fray Juan de Plasencia and Fray Diego de Oropesa, two Franciscan missionaries from Spain founded the town of Tayabas in order to spread Christianity to its natives. Prior to the occupation, however, the native Tayabenses lived in rural settings typical to those times, with barangays headed by village chiefs and councils of elders.[2]
From 1779 to 1901, Tayabas was the capital of the Province of Tayabas, now known as Quezon. In the 19th century, Tayabas was among the biggest towns in the country. Its Minor Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel, which was enlarged in the mid-1850s, is the longest church in the country and is a lasting testament to its glorious and historic past.
In more than 3 centuries of Spanish occupation, only 8 cities and towns were given the title of Villa, and Tayabas was one of them. These are La Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus de Cebu in 1565, La Villa de Santiago de Libon (Albay, 1573), La Villa Fernandina de Vigan (Ilocos, 1574), La Villa Rica de Arevalo (Iloilo, 1581), La Noble Villa de Pila (Laguna, 1610), La Muy Noble Villa de Tayabas, (Tayabas, 1703), La Villa de Bacolor (Pampanga, 1765), La Villa de Lipa (Batangas, 1887). Interestingly, that Tayabas was given the title of 'most noble' villa even before it became the provincial capital shows its importance even before 1779.
In the book "The Philippines," written by French traveler Jean Baptiste Mallat, and published in 1846, it appears that Tayabas had more than 21,000 people at that time. This was reduced to 16,000 when Lucena became an independent town in 1879. Due to low population growth during the Spanish period, this number remained unchanged until the coming of the Americans.
Tayabas is at the center of the province's long-settled heartland, which possessed the best lands, the oldest parishes, and the most active commercial centers. The provincial heartland was described by Pres. Manuel L. Quezon as having the “richest and gayest places in the province.”
Tayabas has many places of interest. Its Casa Comunidad, a centuries-old building, is the place where Apolinario "Hermano Pule" Dela Cruz was tried and convicted in 1841. It was restored in the 1990s through funds donated by the "Friends of Casa Comunidad," an organization of affluent Manila-based Tayabenses.
Tayabas suffered a terrible blow near the end of World War II when it was completely burned to the ground after a bombing raid on March 15, 1945. Prior to that, the old houses of Tayabas rival those of Vigan's Spanish-era structures.
[edit] Economy
The major agricultural products of Tayabas are rice and coconut. It is also known for Sweet delicacies and lambanog. However, the city is growing at a very slow rate, slower even than its population growth. Based on data published by the city, it has an annual economic growth rate of 1.38%. This is largely due to the ineptness and lack of initiative on the part of its present crop of political leaders.
[edit] Government
[edit] Officials
- Mayor: Hon. Faustino "DONDI" Alandy Silang
- Vice Mayor: Hon. Brando R. Rea
- Councilors:
[edit] Barangays
Tayabas is politically subdivided into 66 barangays.
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[edit] Tayabas City
On March 18, 2007, Republic Act No. 9398, An Act Converting the Municipality of Tayabas in the Province of Quezon into a Component City to be known as City of Tayabas, was enacted into law. On July 14, 2007, the municipality held a plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the said act, with the residents voting in favor of the move, although there was a low turnout of voters for the plebiscite.
However, in its Decision dated November 18, 2008, the Supreme Court revoked the cityhood of Tayabas and 15 other cities, and declared their cityhood laws unconstitutional. According to the High Court, the cityhood laws violated Section 10, Article X of the Constitution as well as the equal protection clause.[3] More than a year later, on December 22, 2009, acting on the appeal of the so-called "League of 16 Cities" (of which Tayabas is a part), the Supreme Court reversed its earlier ruling and ruled that "at the end of the day, the passage of the amendatory law (regarding the criteria for cityhood as set by Congress) is no different from the enactment of a law, i.e., the cityhood laws specifically exempting a particular political subdivision from the criteria earlier mentioned. Congress, in enacting the exempting law/s, effectively decreased the already codified indicators."[4]
But on August 24, 2010, in a 16-page resolution, the Supreme Court reinstated its November 18, 2008 decision striking down the Cityhood laws[5] making Tayabas a municipality again.
The most recent development in the legal battle surrounding the "League of 16" came on February 15, 2011. Voting 7-6, the Supreme Court ruled that the 16 towns can stay as cities. It is the fourth time that the Supreme Court ruled on the case, and the third reversal, something that is unprecedented in its history. It said the conversion of the 16 towns into cities met all legal requirements. [6]
[edit] Public/Private Education Institutions
- Luis Palad National High School
- St. John Bosco Academy
- Kiddie School Early Childhood Learning Center
- Our Lady of Victory Integrated School
- San Roque Parochial School
- West Palale National High School
- Tayabas East Central School
- Tayabas West Elementary School
- Ilasan Elementary School
- Masin Elementary School
- South Palale Elementary School
- Ibabang Palale Elementary School
- Ilayang Palale Elementary School
- Lawigue Elementary School
- Lakawan Elementary School
- Mate Elementary School
- Isabang Elementary School
- Dapdap Elementary School
- Potol-Anos Elementary School
- Busal Elementary School
- Casa del Nino Jesus de Tayabas
- Calumpang Elementary School
- Quezon Science High School (Brgy. Isabang, Tayabas City)
[edit] Festivals/ Celebration
- Mayohan Festival - A stellar attraction during the month of May. A grand, colorful and folsky Parada ang Baliskog welcomes a guest to Mayohan Festival. "kog" means arc, a welcome arc. The more the imaginative decked it with local flowers and palay. Yearly, 66 barangays, government and non-government organizations, art groups join the parade. A display of baliskog made indigenous materials like coco leaf, coco husk, bamboo poles, buli, rattan, dried flowers and tistis fiiled the streets of Tayabas and joyously welcome visitors and the summer season.Mayohan Festival ranks as major festival in the region. It continually draws large number of crowd since it started in 1989.
- Hagisan ng Suman (Mayohan Festival) - Suman is the ritual gift of Hagisan. Hagisan is an opportunity for the Tayabasin to share their prosperity. Bundles of suman are gaily tied in a bamboo called bagakay, exhibited and installed at households along the procession route. As soon as the image of San Isidro passes by the bagakay must be emptied of its colourful array of abundance, which aside from suman, includes banana, mango, buko, pineapple and other local farm produce. In most houses, suman and other farm produce are no longer tied in bagakay, they simply throw them with passion and great enthusiasm from their decks, balconies, or windows to the multitudes of peasants and workers. Hagisan means throwing or sharing away.
- Pa'yas kay san Isidro (Mayohan Festival) -“Pa’yas kay San Isidro” is visual delight. All houses along Felimon Perez Street in the four barangays of Muntingbayan District are decked with indigenous materials and fresh farm produce. Viewing is every May 13th to 15th.
- Aguyod Fetival - Ang pagdiriwang ng Aguyod Festival ay hindi lamang naglalayong linangin ang kakayahan ng mga Tayabasin sa larangang ng sining kagaya ng pagsayaw, pag-arte at pagrampa sa entablado, manapa’y nilalayon din ng pagdiriwang na maipamulat sa mga Tayabasin ang kahalagahan ng pangangalaga sa kalikasan at sa kanilang kapaligiran sa pamamagitan ng wastong “waste manangement”at mabigyan ng pansin ang pagpapaunlad ng lokal na turismo kaalinsabay ng pagpapasigla ng negosyo ng mga lokal na mamumuhunan.
- Taytsinoy Festival - As part of Chinese New Year the City of Tayabas celebrated its Taytsinoy Festival last February 2-5, which served as a connecting bridge between the Chinese and Tayabense people. The festivity also aimed to heal discrimination between the Tayabenses and Chinese folks.Tayabenses commemorated the event to impart themselves with the tradition and belief of Chinese society. Aligned with this were some Chinese activities being adopted by Tayabenses and contests like Chinese Garter Contest, Kiamoy Eating Contest, Chopstikan ng Pancit Habhab, Binibining Taytsinoy, and a lot more. The highlight of the event was the Dragon and Chinese Presentation in Parke Rizal and Pagdalaw ng Leon at ng Dragon at Tayabas Poblacion wherein all people undeniably enjoyed, especially the children.The four days celebration embodying numerous events greatly gave bunch of fun to all Tayabenses and guests. Ultimate learning, awareness of the Chinese culture and tradition, and endless merriment were being brought out by the municipality.
- Hermano Pule A.K.A. Apolinario Dela Cruz - A commemoration of the martyrdom of Apolinario dela Cruz (Ka Puli). A native of Lucban who organized and led the Cofradia de San Jose, a confraternity which resisted the Spanish rule from 1832 until the time of his death in 1841.Puli was shot by firing squad on November 4, 1841 outside the vicinity of Casa de Comunidad in Tayabas. His body was cut up into pieces and his head put in a cage, stuck into a pole, and placed in front of his mother’s house.The event aims at gaining respect and national recognition to the heroic deed of Apolinario dela Cruz or Hermano Puli.
- Feast of San Miguel Arkangel - (September 29)- Celebration of the fiesta.
- Araw ng Tayabas (August 13) - Designated as the day for commemorating heroism of Tayabasins. The event calls for unity, strengthens social bonding and encourages Tayabasins to renew commitment to service.
[edit] Places of Interest
- Minor Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel
- Santuario de las Almas
- Lita Spa and Resort
- Ermita Church
- Taao Cave (Ilasan)
- Missionary Catechist of St. Therese of Infant Jesus (MCST) Mother House
- Casa Comunidad de Tayabas
- Alitao River
- St. Roche Parish Church (Ilasan)
- Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church (Potol)
- Malagonlong Bridge
- Calle Budin
- Tayabas Racing Circuit (TRC)
- Mallari Distillery (Since 1908. Oldest Lambanog distillery in the Philippines)
- Kamayan sa Palaisdan (Restaurant, Resort and Hotel)
- Bulwagan ng Tayabas Reception Hall and Catering Services
- El Pescado Bar Cafe
- Kundiman Restaurant
- Nawawalang Paraiso Resort and Hotel
- Mainit Hot Spring Resort
- Talolong Resort
- Villa Cinco Resort
- Villa Cecilia Resort and Hotel
- Mariposa Spring Resort
- Graceland Country Club
[edit] Notable people from Tayabas
- Orlando Nadres--1938-1991 - writer
- Bishop Alfredo Maria Obviar - first bishop of the Diocese of Lucena, founder of MCST, declared a Servant of God
- Hermana Fausta Labrador - born in Tayabas/founder of Sacred Heart College (Lucena City). her father's surname was originally San Agustin until he changed it to Labrador in compliance with the decree of Governor General Narciso Claveria
- Paraluman (Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese y de Torres)--December 4, 1923-April 27, 2009 - Award-winning actress active from the 1940s to the 1970s
- Isidro Cabuyao Sia - 1992 TOYM awardee for Pharmacology
- Victor Emmanuel Carmelo "Vim" D. Nadera, Jr. - 2003 TOYM awardee for Literature
- Heide Lloce Mendoza - the whistle blower during the anomaly in AFP.
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Supreme Court strikes down cityhood of 16 towns
- ^ SC reverses self, upholds creation of 16 cities
- ^ SC Reinstates 2008 Decision Voiding 16 Cityhood Laws
- ^ [3]
[edit] External links
- Quezon Province Business Directory and Travel Guide
- The Official Website of the Municipality of Tayabas
- Welcome to Quezon Province -- www.goquezon.com
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Quezon province Web Portal
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