Taytay, Palawan

Taytay
Municipality
Seal
Map of Palawan with Taytay highlighted
Taytay Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°49′N 119°31′E / 10.817°N 119.517°E / 10.817; 119.517Coordinates: 10°49′N 119°31′E / 10.817°N 119.517°E / 10.817; 119.517
Country	Philippines
Region	MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Province	Palawan
Congr. district	1st district
Founded	1623
Barangays	31
Government[1]
• Mayor	Romy L. Salvame
Area[2]
• Total	1,257.68 km2 (485.59 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	70,837
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
Zip Code	5312
Dialing code	48

Taytay is a first class municipality in the province of Palawan, an island of the Philippines.

According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 70,837 people.^[3]

Since 2002, its Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker is the episcopal see of the pre-diocesan missionary Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay.

History

Before the Spanish colonization, The Kingdom of Taytay was ruled by a monarch noted as followed everywhere at any given time by ten scribes. The crew of Ferdinand Magellan held the Taytay king and queen 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 where the Portuguese were so help can be sought. The native king and his subjects complied with the demands and even added more food supplies than what they asked for. This was duly recorded by Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's chronicler, who was on board in one of the ships when these events took place.

Pigafetta also took note of one curious thing in the kingdom. He found the natives fond of cockfighting, long before this pastime was seen or even heard of in the Western Hemisphere.

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.^[4]

Archived baptismal records of Cuyo, Palawan show that the last monarch of the Kingdom of Taytay to be converted to Christianity was christened Flores de los Santos Cabaylo meaning Cabaylo, Flower of the Saints. No other sovereign royal datu after him ruled in his kingdom. King Cabaylo's descendants include the present clans of Manlavi, Gabinete, Acosta and 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 pretender and sole claimant to the most serene and ancient throne of the Kingdom of Taytay.

During the American era, Taytay ceased being Palawan's capital, and its administrative boundary was reduced by approximately 500,000 hectares upon the creation of the Municipality of El Nido in 1916.^[5]

The historic Taytay Fort, the Fuerza de Santa Isabel, 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 on 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.^[6] The fort is now under the supervision of the National Museum. The Moro action must be understood not as an act of piracy but as a showdown of power and challenge to Spanish hugemony 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.

In 1957 the Island of Dibangan was constituted into a barrio.^[7]

Barangays

Taytay is politically subdivided into 31 barangays.^[2]

History of barangays

Demographics

Gallery

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  Taytay Sign

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  Fort Sta. Isabel

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  Chapel inside Fort Sta. Isabel

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Taytay.

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

		El Nido	Sulu Sea / Linapacan
	South China Sea		Sulu Sea / Cuyo
		Taytay
	San Vicente	Roxas / Dumaran	Araceli

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