Banaybanay (), officially the Municipality of Banaybanay (; ), is a
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Davao Oriental
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,
Philippines
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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 and Mandayan natives.
History
Banaybanay was primarily inhabited by the Mandayas in the uplands of Causwagan, Panikian and Mahayag, and
Kalagans 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 1800s before Uyanguren arrived in the Davao, there was a strong community of the Kalagans (Kagan) in the Piso led 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
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
purok
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s while some have
sitios
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.
* Cabangcalan
* Caganganan
* Calubihan
* Causwagan
* Punta Linao
* Mahayag
* Maputi
* Mogbongcogon
* Panikian
* Pintatagan
* Piso Proper
* Poblacion
* San Vicente
* Rang-ay
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
*
Banaybanay profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index*
Philippine Standard Geographic CodePhilippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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Municipalities of Davao Oriental