Tanauan

About Tanauan

Tanauan, officially the City of Tanauan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Tanauan), is a component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 209,697 people.

It is known as the birthplace of Apolinario Mabini, the 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines, and José P. Laurel, the 3rd President of the Philippines.

The town was incorporated as a city under Republic Act No. 9005, signed on February 2, 2001, and entered into force on March 10, 2001.

the Tagalog word tanaw, which means "to look through [the window]," as it was the site of a lookout tower that provides a view of the Pansipit River on the other side of Taal Lake and of the surrounding lands; or

tanawa, a shrub that flourished in the area and on the shoreline of Taal Lake, according to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

Like most Batangueños, Tanauan residents also pronounce the city's name as Tan-awan, in Batangas Tagalog dialect, despite the spelling. It is also spelled as Tanawan.

Tanauan was founded by the Augustinians in 1584 on the northwestern bay of Taal Lake (formerly Bombon Lake), called...

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