General Information About Batangas

Batangas got its name from the term batangan meaning raft, which the people used so that they could fish in the nearby Taal Lake. Long before the arrival of the Spaniards in the Philippines, large centers of population already thrive in Batangas. The present Batangueños are descendants of the Bornean datus, Datu Dumangsil and Datu Balensusa, who sailed from Borneo to Panay Island and as far as Taal Lake. They organized the first Malay settlement in the mouth of Taal River.

Its is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. This place is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. To the south, is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Poetically, Batangas is often referred to by its ancient name Kumintáng. Batangas is one of the most popular tourist destinations near Metro Manila. It is home to the famous Taal Volcano, one of the Decade Volcanoes, and Taal Heritage town, a small picturesque town that has ancestral houses and structures dating back to the 19th century. The province also has many excellent beaches and diving spots including Anilao in Mabini, Sombrero Island in Tingloy, Ligpo Island in Bauan, Matabungkay in Lian, Punta Fuego in Nasugbu, Calatagan and Laiya in San Juan. Batangas City has the second largest international seaport in the Philippines after Metro Manila. The identification of the city as an industrial growth center in the region and being the focal point of the CALABARZON program resulted to the increasing number of business establishments in the city's Central Business District (CBD) as well as numerous industries operating at the province's industrial parks. Physical Features It's features are mainly plains and mountains, including the world's smallest volcano, Mt. Taal, as said earlier, with an elevation of 600 metres (2,000 ft), located in the middle of the Taal Lake. Other important peaks are Mt. Makulot with an elevation of 830 metres (2,720 ft), Mt. Talamitan with 700 metres (2,300 ft), Mt. Pico de Loro with 664 metres (2,178 ft), Mt. Batulao with 811 metres (2,661 ft), Mt. Manabo with 830 metres (2,720 ft), and Mt. Daguldol with 672 metres (2,205 ft). Here, the Municipality of Nasugbu is the home of the plantation of Central Azucarera Don Pedro, the Philippines' largest producer of sugar and other sugarcane products. Batangas also has many islands, including Tingloy, Verde Island (Isla Verde), and Fortune Island of Nasugbu. According to Guinness World Records, the largest island in a lake on an island is situated in Batangas (Vulcan Point, in Crater Lake, which rests in the middle of Taal Island, in Lake Taal, on the island of Luzon, where Batangas is located).

Source: Batangas. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2015, from http://www.philippine-islands.ph/en/batangas-philippines.html

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