Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay ( ), is a

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 83,357 people. Since 2002, its

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of St. Joseph the Worker is the episcopal see of the pre-diocesan missionary Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay. Taytay is from

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History

In the 1200s, the Chinese recorded that the nation Sandao once ruled over Palawan. Eventually, before the arrival of the Spanish, the Kingdom of Taytay came to be and was ruled by a monarch noted as being followed everywhere at any given time by ten scribes. The crew of Ferdinand Magellan held the King of Taytay and his consort hostage for ransom after escaping the

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where Magellan was slain. They intended to secure more supplies as they plan to cross into the Moluccas to seek help from the Portuguese there. The king and his subjects complied with the Spaniards’ demands and even added more food supplies than what were asked for. This was duly recorded by Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's chronicler, who was onboard one of the ships when these events took place. Pigafetta also noted a curious thing in the Kingdom: the natives were fond of cockfighting, long before this pastime was seen or even heard of in the

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. 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.Palawan Tourism Council: History of Palawan
Accessed August 27, 2008. Archived baptismal records in

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show that the last monarch of the Kingdom of Taytay was baptised into

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with the name Flores de los Santos Cabaylo (“Cabaylo, Flower of the Saints”). No other sovereign royal

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after him ruled the kingdom. King Cabaylo's descendants include the present clans of Cabaylo-Manlavi-Gabinete-Macolor as main genealogical roots. His

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Datu Dr. Fernando Macolor Cruz, who hailed from the Cabailo-Manlavi-Gabinete-Macolor line of the royal house, is the present and sole pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Taytay. During the American era, Taytay ceased being Palawan's capital, and its administrative boundary was reduced by approximately 50,000 hectares upon the creation of the Municipality of El Nido in 1916. The historic Taytay Fort, the '' Fuerza Santa Isabel de la Paragua'', 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 in 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. The fort is now under the supervision of the Municipal Government of Taytay. The Moro action must be understood not as an act of piracy but as a showdown of power and challenge to Spanish hegemony 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 Debangan was constituted into a barrio.

Geography

Barangays

Taytay is politically subdivided into 31

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s. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. * Abongan * Banbanan * Bantulan * Batas * Bato * Beton * Busy Bees * Calawag * Casian * Cataban * Debangan * Dipla * Liminangcong * Maytegued * New Guinlo * Old Guinlo * Pamantolon * Pancol * Paly (''Paly Island'') * Poblacion * Pularaquen (''Canique'') * San Jose * Sandoval * Silanga * Alacalian * Baras (''Pangpang'') * Libertad * Minapla * Talog * Tumbod * Paglaum

History of barangays

Tumbod. 1972. Liminangcong

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Taytay, Palawan, was 83,357 people, with a density of .

Economy

Gallery

Image:Taytay Sign.JPG, Taytay marquee Image:Taytay Fort, Fort of Santa Isabel, Palawan, Philippines.jpg, Fort of Santa Isabel Image:Fuerza de Sta. Isabel Taytay.jpg, Fort of Santa Isabel, in relation to the sea Image:Fort Sta. Isabel Chapel.JPG, Exterior of the chapel within the Fort of Santa Isabel Image:Fuerza de Sta. Isabel church Taytay.jpg, Interior and altar of the chapel inside the Fort of Santa Isabel Taytay, Santa Monica Parish Church, Palawan, Philippines.jpg, Nave and sanctuary of Santa Mónica Parish Church Taytay, Night by the sea, Palawan, Philippines.jpg, Night by the sea

References

External links

Taytay Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Palawan Former provincial capitals of the Philippines 1623 establishments in the Philippines