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

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TAYABAS , a See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

province of Tayabas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 8 m . N. of See also:

LUCENA

Lucena, the See also:

capital . Pop. of the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality (1903) 14,740 . Tayabas is picturesquely situated on the slopes of the See also:

EXTINCT

extinct See also:

VOLCANO

volcano Banajao, and commands a magnificent view of the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, which is extremely fertile, and is planted in See also:

rice and coco-nuts . Its See also:

CLIMATE

climate, although cool, is very unhealthy, See also:

MALIGNANT (Lat. malignus, evil-disposed, from maligenus)

malignant malarial fevers causing a high See also:

DEATH

death-See also:

RATE

rate . It has a See also:

church and See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of large See also:

SIZE

size and massive construction . During the revolt of 1896 a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

garrison occupying these buildings withstood a See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of fifty-eight days, at the end of which See also:

time it was forced to surrender by lack of See also:

food . Tagalog and Bicol are the See also:

LANGUAGES

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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