Tapaz

Tapaz, officially the Municipality of Tapaz (Capiznon/Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Tapaz; Aklanon: Banwa it Tapaz; Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Tapaz/Banwa ka Tapaz; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tapaz), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,423 people.[3]

Tapaz
Municipality
Municipality of Tapaz
Tapaz Government Center
Tapaz Government Center
Flag of Tapaz
Flag
Official seal of Tapaz
Seal
Motto: 
Bakas Tapaz
Anthem: "Tapaz, Banwang Nalulutan"
Map of Capiz with Tapaz highlighted
Map of Capiz with Tapaz highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Tapaz is located in Philippines
Tapaz
Tapaz
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°15′44″N 122°32′13″E
CountryPhilippines
RegionWestern Visayas
ProvinceCapiz
District 2nd district
Barangays58 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorRoberto O. Palomar
 • Vice MayorRomel G. Somo
 • RepresentativeFredenil H. Castro
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate36,096 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
 • Total517.18 km2 (199.68 sq mi)
Elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Highest elevation
2,069 m (6,788 ft)
 • Rank0
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total54,423
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
 • Households
13,473
DemonymTapaznon
Economy
 • Income class1st municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
12.41
% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 264.8 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 569.7 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 233.3 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 290 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityCapiz Electric Cooperative (CAPELCO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
5814
PSGC
061917000
IDD : area code +63 (0)36
Native languagesSulod
Karay-a
Capiznon
Hiligaynon
Tagalog
Websitewww.tapaz.gov.ph

The festival in Tapaz are the Patabangay Festival in September honoring Patron Saint Jerome, and Sirinadya in January honoring Sr. Santo Niño. Other local festival is Tinuom Festival in San Nicolas celebrated in the Month of December honoring Patron Saint Nicholas of Myra.

The natives of Tapaz are mixture of several ethnic groups as the Malays, Spaniards, Indonesians, and the Aetas or Negritos who are the aborigines of Panay. In the recent years the residents are distincts group as the "Baludnons" those in lowland and "Bukidnons" those in upland.

The town is known for a small community of indigenous Panay-Bukidnon in Barangay Tacayan. The community is home to Feliza, a binukot who has expertise in chanting the suguidanon, one of the most significant epic chants of the Western Visayas region. Feliza is the last known person who can speak the Ligbok language in her community, making her the last bastion for the thousand-year old language in Tapaz. Her death would translate to the death of the language in Tapaz itself and the suguidanon epic chant as well. Also, Feliza has traditional tattoos on her skin which were inscribed when she was chosen as a binukot. In 2016, after reports came out on the dying Ligbok language and suguidanon epic chant, the government began documenting the language and epic chant and teaching the language to younger generations of Panay-Bukidnon in Tapaz.[5]

Marugo lake in San Antonio barangay is most popular tourist destination.

Tapaz is also the most-populated town in the province of Capiz, it has 56,000 people in the town.

History

The first people who arrived and settled in what is now Tapaz are the Panay-Bukidnon people who speak the indigenous Ligbok language.

When the Spanish arrived in Panay, they established Dumalag town. Eventually, Tapaz was founded in 1835 but it continued being a part of Dumalag town for many years. In 1862 and 1863 two letters were made to declare parish under the patronage of St. Jerome. Both were signed by Governor General Lemery, but they were never executed. Finally, in 1874, Tapaz was declared an independent parish by Jaro Bishop Mariano Cuartero.

In 2016, the Ligbok language of the Panay-Bukidnon of Tapaz was confirmed to be dying out. This triggered a massive conservation program for the language and the epic chant spoken by the Panay-Bukidnon.[6]

Geography

Tapaz lies within the latitude 11° 09’ to 11° 09’ 42" and the longitude of 121° 11’ to 122° 34’ 45". It is 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Roxas City.

Climate
Climate data for Tapaz, Capiz
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 28
(82)		 29
(84)		 31
(88)		 32
(90)		 32
(90)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 28
(82)		 30
(85)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 64
(2.5)		 44
(1.7)		 58
(2.3)		 83
(3.3)		 204
(8.0)		 304
(12.0)		 334
(13.1)		 291
(11.5)		 310
(12.2)		 281
(11.1)		 172
(6.8)		 97
(3.8)		 2,242
(88.3)
Average rainy days 12.5 8.9 11.3 14.1 24.2 28.0 29.6 28.2 28.1 28.1 20.2 15.2 248.4
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[7]

Barangays

Tapaz is politically subdivided into 58 barangays. [8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

There are 36 lowlands barangays and the rest of the 22 are upland barangays.

  • Abangay
  • Acuña
  • Agcococ
  • Aglinab
  • Aglupacan
  • Agpalali
  • Apero
  • Artuz
  • Bag-Ong Barrio
  • Bato-bato
  • Buri
  • Camburanan
  • Candelaria
  • Carida
  • Cristina
  • Da-an Banwa
  • Da-an Norte
  • Da-an Sur
  • Garcia
  • Gebio-an
  • Hilwan
  • Initan
  • Katipunan
  • Lagdungan
  • Lahug
  • Libertad
  • Mabini
  • Maliao
  • Malitbog
  • Minan
  • Nayawan
  • Poblacion
  • Rizal Norte
  • Rizal Sur
  • Roosevelt
  • Roxas
  • Salong
  • San Antonio
  • San Francisco
  • San Jose
  • San Julian
  • San Miguel Ilawod
  • San Miguel Ilaya
  • San Nicolas
  • San Pedro
  • San Roque
  • San Vicente
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Petronila
  • Senonod
  • Siya
  • Switch
  • Tabon
  • Tacayan
  • Taft
  • Taganghin
  • Taslan
  • Wright

Demographics
Population census of Tapaz
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 3,741—    
1918 11,242+7.61%
1939 17,047+2.00%
1948 16,376−0.45%
1960 21,178+2.17%
1970 26,482+2.26%
1975 30,589+2.93%
1980 35,129+2.81%
1990 40,942+1.54%
1995 40,809−0.06%
2000 44,085+1.67%
2007 47,059+0.90%
2010 48,051+0.76%
2015 51,313+1.26%
2020 54,423+1.16%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12]

In the 2020 census, the population of Tapaz was 54,423 people,[3] with a density of 110 inhabitants per square kilometre or 280 inhabitants per square mile.

Religion

As a Catholic Dominant Municipality. Tapaz has two parishes and three mission stations and many churches.

Parishes:

  • St. Jerome Parish (Poblacion, Tapaz)
  • St. Nicholas of Myra Parish (San Nicolas, Tapaz)

Mission Stations:

  • St. Andre Besette Mission Station (Taft, Tapaz)
  • St. Juan Diego Mission Station (Cristina, Tapaz)
  • St. Julian of Cuenca Mission Station (San Julian, Tapaz)

Economy
Poverty Incidence of Tapaz
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14]
[15][16][17][18][19]

Healthcare

Hospital in Tapaz:

  • Tapaz District Hospital

Education

The increasing population of school children made the District of Tapaz into two distincts. The Tapaz East District with 22 complete Elementary Schools and 14 Primary Schools. The Tapaz West District with 19 complete Elementary Schools and 3 Primary Schools. It has 8 Secondary Schools and one University that caters the tertiary education of Tapaznon.

High schools

High Schools in Tapaz:

  • Bag-ong Barrio National High School
  • Camburanan National High School
  • Candelaria National High School
  • Col. Patrociño Artuz National High School
  • Rev. Tomas Conejar National High School
  • Roxas National High School
  • San Nicolas National High School
  • Tapaz National High School

College

College in Tapaz:

  • Capiz State University -Tapaz Campus

References
  1.  Municipality of Tapaz | (DILG)
  2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. Census of Population (2020). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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  6. "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho: "Ligbok," Namamatay na Wika? - YouTube". YouTube.
  7. "Tapaz: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. "Province: Capiz". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  9. Census of Population (2015). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VI (Western Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  12. "Province of Capiz". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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  15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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