Taal, Batangas
Taal | |
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| Municipality of Taal | |
Minor Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours | |
Map of Batangas with Taal highlighted | |
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Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 13°53′N 120°56′E / 13.88°N 120.93°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Batangas |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | April 26, 1572 |
| Barangays | 42 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Fulgencio I. "Pong" Mercado |
| • Vice Mayor | Michael Rey A. Villano |
| • Representative | Joseph Eric R. Buhain |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 40,453 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.76 km2 (11.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 61,460 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
| • Households | 14,977 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 9.45 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 259.1 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 479.7 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 212.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 73.12 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Batangas 1 Electric Cooperative (BATELEC 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4208 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
| Native languages | Tagalog |
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Taal [ta'ʔal], officially the Municipality of Taal (Tagalog: Bayan ng Taal), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,460 people.
Taal is famous for its old ancestral houses, one particular ancestral house (now a museum) where Marcela Coronel Mariño de Agoncillo grew up in Taal, Batangas built in the 1770s by her grandparents, Don Andres Sauza Mariño and Doña Eugenia Diokno Mariño. Its poblacion (town proper) is designated as a National Historical Landmark.
The municipality is known as the balisong and barong tagalog capital of the Philippines. The town is home to hundreds of heritage structures dating from the Spanish colonial period. Scholars have been pushing for its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.