Talim Island

Dusk at the Los Baños pier, with Talim Island and Mt. Susong Dalaga in the background

Map of Rizal showing the location of Binangonan and the Talim island in the middle of the lake (southern tip)

Map of Rizal showing the location of Cardona and the Talim island in the middle of the lake (southern tip)

Talim Island is an island in the Philippines.

Features

Talim Island is located at the center of the Laguna de Bay lake under the municipality of Binangonan on the western side and the municipality of Cardona on the eastern side in the province of Rizal. The island is rich in bamboo grass, with which islanders make different types of furniture such as bamboo sofas, cabinets, tables, chairs and a lot more. It is the main source of their living, while fishing on the lake is only secondary.

Two parishes are located in the island. Santo Domingo Parish is located at Janosa, Binangonan, and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish at Navotas, Cardona.

One famous feature of Talim Island are the "Bundok ng Susong Dalaga" (Maiden's breast mountains) - two huge mounds of conical hills resembling the female breast, which are the highest peaks of the island. These two hills are among the more famous of several hills in the Tagalog regions who share the same name, because local folks of old often named identical conical hills as such. This feature is best observed from neighboring Mount Sembrano across the lake.

Barangays

The island consist of 26 barangays, 17 from Binangonan and 9 from Cardona.

Binangonan	Cardona
Bangad	-Amihanan
Binitagan	Boor
Bombong	Malanggam
Buhangin	Calubacan
Ginoong Sanay	Tuna
Gulod	Balibago
Habagatan	Navotas
Janosa	Subay
Kasile	Ticulio
Kaytome	Pikot
Kinaboogan	lambac
Kinagatan
Pinagdilawan
Rayap
Sapang
Tabon
Malakaban

See also

• Laguna de Bay
• Laguna Lake Development Authority
• Breast shaped hills

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information