Guinayangan, officially the Municipality of Guinayangan ( tgl, Bayan ng Guinayangan), is a 3rd class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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Quezon Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon Regions of the Philippines, region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of th ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,045 people. Guinayangan came from a native word for cane "''gayang''", they "copied"---ginaya and adopted the name to become "ginayangan" or what is now known as "Guinayangan". Its people pronounce it "Ginyangan" omitting the "a" sound. The municipality is home to the

Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape The Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape is a protected landscape area of forested hills and several rivers and streams located in the province of Quezon on southern Luzon island in the Philippines. It was originally created in 1939 to protect the ...

and the critically endangered Inagta Lopez, a dialect of the critically endangered

Inagta Alabat language Inagta Alabat (Alabat Island Agta) is a nearly dormant Aeta language spoken in central Alabat Island, Philippines. Inagta Lopez is a dialect reported to be spoken in Guinayangan Guinayangan, officially the Municipality of Guinayangan ( tgl, ...

, which has - at most - 30 speakers left in the world.

Geography

Barangays

Guinayangan is politically subdivided into 54

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Climate

Demographics

Economy

Culture

Festivals

When the month of June comes, the people of Guinayangan, Quezon prepare for the annual celebration of Gayang Festival, wherein the coconut tree and the banana is the main attraction of the festivities. The festival is highlighted by a street dancing competition participated by the residents of different barangays, as well as by elementary and high school students. In the later part of 2000, the very first Seafoods Festival was held in the town. However, it was replaced by Gayang Festival in the succeeding years to give importance to the town's history.

Education

;Secondary schools * Dungawan National High School * Guinayangan Academy * Guinayangan National High School * Sta Cruz National High School * Lamon Bay SOF - Ext. (Aloneros, Guinayangan) * Nabangka National High School * Aloneros National High School * Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial High School ;Tertiary schools * Guinayangan Institute Of Technology (Permanently Closed) * G-sisters Learning Institute of Technology (Permanently Closed) * Guinayangan College Foundation Inc. GCFI

References

External links

Guinayangan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Quezon Populated places established in 1769