Tapaz

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| motto = Bakas Tapaz

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| leader_name = Roberto O. Palomar

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| leader_name1 = Romel G. Somo

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| 3=Hernalyn P. Pastrana

| 4=Ma. Ivy A. Fundal

| 5=Marlon C. Perez

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| 8=Karen A. Palomar

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Tapaz, officially the Municipality of Tapaz ({{langx|cps|Banwa sang Tapaz}}; {{langx|hil|Banwa sang Tapaz}}; {{langx|akl|Banwa it Tapaz}}; {{langx|krj|Banwa kang Tapaz/Banwa ka Tapaz}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Tapaz}}), is a municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,423 people.{{PH census|current}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8ApbrjA-s | title=Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho: "Ligbok," Namamatay na Wika? - YouTube | website=YouTube }}

Marugo lake in Barangay San Antonio barangay is most popular tourist destination.

History

The first people who arrived and settled in what is now Tapaz are the Panay-Bukidnon people who speak the indigenous Ligbok language.

When the Spanish arrived in Panay, they established Dumalag town. Eventually, Tapaz was founded in 1835 but it continued being a part of Dumalag town for many years. In 1862 and 1863 two letters were made to declare parish under the patronage of St. Jerome. Both were signed by Governor General Lemery, but they were never executed. Finally, in 1874, Tapaz was declared an independent parish by Jaro Bishop Mariano Cuartero.

In 2016, the Ligbok language of the Panay-Bukidnon of Tapaz was confirmed to be dying out. This triggered a massive conservation program for the language and the epic chant spoken by the Panay-Bukidnon.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8ApbrjA-s | title=Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho: "Ligbok," Namamatay na Wika? - YouTube | website=YouTube }}

Geography

Tapaz lies within the latitude 11° 09’ to 11° 09’ 42" and the longitude of 121° 11’ to 122° 34’ 45". It is {{convert|55|km}} from Roxas City.

=Climate=

{{Weather box

| location = Tapaz, Capiz

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 28

| Jan low C = 22

| Feb high C = 29

| Feb low C = 22

| Mar high C = 31

| Mar low C = 22

| Apr high C = 32

| Apr low C = 23

| May high C = 32

| May low C = 25

| Jun high C = 30

| Jun low C = 25

| Jul high C = 29

| Jul low C = 25

| Aug high C = 29

| Aug low C = 25

| Sep high C = 29

| Sep low C = 25

| Oct high C = 29

| Oct low C = 24

| Nov high C = 29

| Nov low C = 23

| Dec high C = 28

| Dec low C = 23

| Jan precipitation mm = 64

| Feb precipitation mm = 44

| Mar precipitation mm = 58

| Apr precipitation mm = 83

| May precipitation mm = 204

| Jun precipitation mm = 304

| Jul precipitation mm = 334

| Aug precipitation mm = 291

| Sep precipitation mm = 310

| Oct precipitation mm = 281

| Nov precipitation mm = 172

| Dec precipitation mm = 97

| Jan rain days = 12.5

| Feb rain days = 8.9

| Mar rain days = 11.3

| Apr rain days = 14.1

| May rain days = 24.2

| Jun rain days = 28.0

| Jul rain days = 29.6

| Aug rain days = 28.2

| Sep rain days = 28.1

| Oct rain days = 28.1

| Nov rain days = 20.2

| Dec rain days = 15.2

| source 1 = Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)

{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/tapas_philippines_1682960

| title = Tapaz: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

| publisher = Meteoblue

| accessdate = 2 May 2020 }}

| date = 2 May 2020

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=Barangays=

Tapaz is politically subdivided into 58 barangays.{{PSGC detail|area}}However, there are boundaries issues with neighboring municipalities of Jamindan, Capiz and Libacao, Aklan. The Sitio Maytaraw which is bordered to Calinog, Iloilo is occupied by Libacao, Aklan but within the territory of Tapaz, while the four Barangays, the Brgy Hilwan, Brgy Rizal Sur, Brgy Rizal Norte, and Brgy Maliao are within the Territorial Jurisdiction of Jamindan. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

There are 36 lowlands barangays and the rest of the 22 are upland barangays.

Abangay
Acuña
Agcococ
Aglinab
Aglupacan
Agpalali
Apero
Artuz
Bag-Ong Barrio
Bato-bato
Buri
Camburanan
Candelaria
Carida
Cristina
Da-an Banwa
Da-an Norte
Da-an Sur
Garcia
Gebio-an
Hilwan
Initan
Katipunan
Lagdungan
Lahug
Libertad
Mabini
Maliao
Malitbog
Minan
Nayawan
Poblacion
Rizal Norte
Rizal Sur
Roosevelt
Roxas
Salong
San Antonio
San Francisco
San Jose
San Julian
San Miguel Ilawod
San Miguel Ilaya
San Nicolas
San Pedro
San Roque
San Vicente
Santa Ana
Santa Petronila
Senonod
Siya
Switch
Tabon
Tacayan
Taft
Taganghin
Taslan
Wright

Demographics

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| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}

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| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}

| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}

| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}

| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}

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| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}

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In the 2020 census, the population of Tapaz was 54,423 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|54,423/517.18|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

The natives of Tapaz are mixture of several ethnic groups as the Malays, Spaniards, Indonesians, and the Aetas or Negritos who are the aborigines of Panay. In the recent years the residents are distincts group as the "Baludnons" those in lowland and "Bukidnons" those in upland.

=Religion=

As a Catholic Dominant Municipality. Tapaz has two parishes and three mission stations and many churches.

Parishes:

St. Jerome Parish (Poblacion, Tapaz)
St. Nicholas of Myra Parish (San Nicolas, Tapaz)

Mission Stations:

St. Andre Besette Mission Station (Taft, Tapaz)
St. Juan Diego Mission Station (Cristina, Tapaz)
St. Julian of Cuenca Mission Station (San Julian, Tapaz)

Economy

Healthcare

Hospital in Tapaz:

Tapaz District Hospital

Education

The increasing population of school children made the District of Tapaz into two districts. The Tapaz East District with 22 complete Elementary Schools and 14 Primary Schools. The Tapaz West District with 19 complete Elementary Schools and 3 Primary Schools. It has 8 Secondary Schools and one University Satellite Campus that caters the tertiary education of every Tapaznon.