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Tanay | |
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Municipality of Tanay | |
Nickname: Tourism Capital of Rizal | |
Anthem: Tanay Dakila ka | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 14°29′50″N 121°17′11″E / 14.49722°N 121.28639°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Calabarzon |
Province | Rizal |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | November 12, 1606[1] |
Named for | "Monte de Tan-ay" |
Barangays | 20 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• mayor of Tanay[*] | Rafael A. Tanjuatco |
• Vice Mayor | Rex Manuel C. Tanjuatco |
• Representative | Emigdio P. Tanjuatco III |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 70,360 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,467 m (4,813 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 139,420 |
• Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
• Households | 33,178 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 5.47 |
• Revenue | ₱ 684.9 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 2,534 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 432.7 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 783.3 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Manila Electric Company (Meralco) |
• Water | Tanay Water District |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 1980 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)2 |
Native languages | Sinauna Tagalog |
Major religions | Roman Catholicism |
Feast date | January 22–24 – Tanay Town Fiesta
October 28 – Barangay Sampaloc Fiesta November – Tanay Hane Festival |
Catholic diocese | Diocese of Antipolo |
Patron saint | Ildephonsus of Toledo
Our Lady of Guadalupe – (Town Proper), Holy Cross – (Barangay Tandang Kutyo), Jude the Apostle – (Barangay Sampaloc), and Holy Family – (Barangay Cuyambay) |
Website | www |
Tanay, officially the Municipality of Tanay (Filipino: Bayan ng Tanay IPA: [tɐˈnaɪ]), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 139,420 people.[4]
Tanay is located 37 kilometres (23 mi) from Antipolo and 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Manila. It contains portions of the Sierra Madre Mountains and is bordered by Antipolo in the north-west, Baras, Morong and Teresa in the west, General Nakar (Quezon Province) in the east, and Pililla, Santa Maria (Laguna province) as well as the lake Laguna de Bay in the south.
It is the epicenter of the Tanay Tagalog dialect, which has the deepest modern Tagalog words in the Tagalog language and is the only endangered Tagalog dialect.