Calatagan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. The town comprises the Calatagan Peninsula between the South China Sea and Balayan Bay. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 45,068 people in 9,201 households. The peninsula's white sand beaches are a popular site for the homes of Manila's rich and famous. Several beach resorts also attract tourists including the Ronco Beach Resort in barangay Bagong Silang, and the Golden Sunset Resort in Brgy. Uno. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Ph_locator_batangas_calatagan. ... A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Batangas is a province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. ... Jump to: navigation, search The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². It is the largest sea... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES City of Manila Region: National Capital Region Province: — Dates: Founded—June 24, 1571 Cityhood—June 10, 1574 Population: 2000 census—1,581,082 Density—41,014 per km² Area: 38. ...

An extremely rare example of pre-Spanish Philippine script was found in Calatagan. The script is called Baybayin in Tagalog, and was derived from Javanese writing, which in turn is derived from Brahmi. This writing survives on an earthenware burial jar dated 1200s or 1300s. Jump to: navigation, search Baybayin (sometimes called Alibata) is a pre-Hispanic Tagalog writing system that originated from the Javanese script Kavi. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The Javanese language is the inferred language of the people in the central and eastern part of the island of Java, in Indonesia. ... Brāhmī refers to the pre-modern members of the Brahmic family of scripts, attested from the 3rd century BC. The best known and earliest dated inscriptions in Brahmi are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka. ... Jump to: navigation, search Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s - 1200s - 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s Years: 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 Events and Trends 1200 University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France 1202-1204... Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s - 1300s - 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s Years: 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 Events and Trends MARF Categories: 1300s ...

Barangays

Calatagan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. A barangay (Filipino: baranggay) is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information