Peter Frank Gallenero (Ex-Oficio Member (SK Federation President))
• Electorate
36,096 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
• Total
517.18 km2 (199.68 sq mi)
Elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Highest elevation
2,069 m (6,788 ft)
• Rank
0
Population
(2020 census)[3]
• Total
54,423
• Density
110/km2 (270/sq mi)
• Households
13,473
Demonym
Tapaznon
Economy
• Income class
1st 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
• Electricity
Capiz Electric Cooperative (CAPELCO)
Time zone
UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
5814
PSGC
061917000
IDD: area code
+63 (0)36
Native languages
Sulod Karay-a Capisnon Hiligaynon Tagalog
Website
www.tapaz.gov.ph
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]
The festival in Tapaz are the Patabang Festival in September honoring Patron Saint Jerome, and Sirinadya Festival in January honoring Sr. Santo Niño. Other local festival is Tinuom Festival in Barangay San Nicolas celebrated in the Month of December honoring Patron Saint Nicholas of Myra.
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 Barangay San Antonio barangay is most popular tourist destination.
^Municipality of Tapaz | (DILG)
^"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.
^ abCensus of Population (2020). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^"PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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