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