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Encyclopedia Britannica



TAYABAS

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 466 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
TAYABAS , a town of the province of Tayabas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 8 m. N. of Lucena, the
capital
 . Pop. of the municipality (1903) 14,740. Tayabas is picturesquely situated on the slopes of the
extinct
 
volcano
  Banajao, and commands a magnificent view of the surrounding country, which is extremely fertile, and is planted in
rice
  and coco-nuts. Its climate, although cool, is very unhealthy,
malignant
  malarial fevers causing a high death-rate. It has a
church
  and convent of large size and massive construction. During the revolt of 1896 a Spanish garrison occupying these buildings withstood a siege of fifty-eight days, at the end of which time it was forced to surrender by lack of food. Tagalog and Bicol are the languages spoken. Until 1901 Tayabas was the
capital
  of the province.


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