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TAYABAS

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 466 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAYABAS  , a

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

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is a component city in the province of Quezon, Philippines. On March 18, 2007, Republic Act No. 9398, An Act Converting the Municipality of Tayabas in the Province of Quezon into a Component City to be known as City of Tayabas, was enacted into law. On July 14, 2007, the municipality held a plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the said act, with the residents voting in favor of the move, although there was a low turnout of voters for the plebiscite. The official website of the City of Tayabas can be found at http://tayabas.ph/
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