Banaybanay (), officially the Municipality of Banaybanay ( ceb, Lungsod sa Banaybanay; tl, Bayan ng Banaybanay), is a 2nd class

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in the

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Davao Oriental Davao Oriental ( Cebuano: ''Sidlakang Dabaw''; tl, Silangang Davao), officially the Province of Davao Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is city of Mati, and it borders the province o ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,451 people.

Etymology

''Banaybanay'' is derived from the two native words ''Banay'' ( Kalagan word), meaning ''sprout'' due to its main livelihood in the area which is rice farming, and ''Bânay'' (Cebuano word) means ''clans'' due to the family clans that arrived in that area that came from Visayas Islands and Luzon and settled there along together with the

Kalagans The Kalagan (also spelled Kagan, Kaagan, or by the Spanish as Caragan) are a subgroup of the Mandaya-Mansaka people who speak the Kalagan language. The Kalagan comprise three subgroups which are usually treated as different tribes: the Tagakaulo, ...

and Mandayan natives.

History

Banaybanay was primarily inhabited by the Mandayas in the uplands of Causwagan, Panikian and Mahayag, and

in shorelines and the mouth rivers of Piso, Pongoton, Mogbongcogon and Maputi which they have a strong settlement and a Muslim governance on that area leads by a Datus or Imams. Around 1800’s before Uyanguren arrived in the Davao, there was a strong community of the Kalagans (Kagan) in the Piso lead by a chieftain named Datu Panayangan. Their dwelling was along the river Delta of Piso, along with his people who living there peacefully. The story of the arrival of the Kallaw people from Samal Island is very well known especially among the Kalagans of Banaybanay. They arrived in the Piso to settle there along with their Kalagan brothers on the permission of Datu Panayangan. The Kallaw chieftain named Datu Lamaran reconciled with Datu Panayangan to settle the swampy place of Piso which today the Barrio Pongoton from the word ''pangotanan'' means "a place of abundance of fish and crabs to catch". Until now, the grandsons or the clans of Datu Panayangan and Datu Lamaran are still living on the areas that divide into many families.

Geography

Climate

Barangays

Banaybanay is politically subdivided into 14

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s. * Cabangcalan * Caganganan * Calubihan * Causwagan * Punta Linao * Mahayag * Maputi * Mogbongcogon * Panikian * Pintatagan * Piso Proper * Poblacion * San Vicente * Rang-ay

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

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Banaybanay Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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Philippine Census Information

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