Balayan, Batangas
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| Coordinates: 13°56′N 120°44′E / 13.93°N 120.73°ECoordinates: 13°56′N 120°44′E / 13.93°N 120.73°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Calabarzon (Region IV-A) | |
| Province | Batangas | |
| District | 1st District | |
| Founded | 1571 | |
| Barangays | 48 (see Barangays) | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan | |
| • Mayor | Emmanuel Salvador O. Fronda | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 108.73 km2 (41.98 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 90,699 | |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | |
| • Voter (2016) | 46,848 | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 4213 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 | |
| Income class | 1st class | |
| PSGC | 041003000 | |
| Website | www |
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Balayan, officially the Municipality of Balayan (Filipino: Bayan ng Balayan), is a municipality in the province of Batangas in the Calabarzon (Region IV-A) of the Philippines. The population was 90,699 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 46,848 registered voters.
Balayan is bounded on the north by Tuy, west by Calatagan and Lian, east by Calaca, and south by the Balayan Bay. The town is rich among the natural resources of sugarcanes, coconuts and corn. Significant events includes the Parada ng Lechon (every June 24) and the Feast of Immaculate Conception celebrated annually every December 8. Widely known products originating from the area include the Bagoong Balayan.
Balayan is derived from the Old Tagalog word balayan[1], meaning "to walk past the paddy, from a basket to another" and "carry or accomplish anything with the tip of any batten". Other possible source is from the old Tagalog word balayang[2], which means "wood", as old natives used to call this town up to the present.
Tagalog literatures in Balayan were lost and destroyed at the coming of the Spaniards. Jesuit Father Chirino testifies to it that they found (300) three hundred pre colonial manuscripts in Balayan but believing them to be pagan (as anything non Roman Catholic are called Pagan by the Spaniards), and to facilitate them in the propagation of the Roman Catholic faith, the early Jesuit missionaries recklessly destroyed and burned this historically precious records as their usual method in all their conquered lands.
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