Agutaya
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Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya (Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people.Template:PH census
An island municipality, it is the eastern part of the Cuyo Archipelago in the Sulu Sea, and covers several islands, including its namesake Agutaya Island, which is the second largest island of the Cuyo archipelago,[1] as well as Diit, Halog, Maracanao, Matarawis (also spelled Matarabis), Eke, and Quiniluban islands.
Geography
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Agutaya Island is the second largest of the Cuyo group with an area of about Script error: No such module "convert".. The north-eastern part is hilly. Four peaks tower over the island. The middle and highest of the four peaks, Script error: No such module "convert". high, is covered with cogon grass (Imperata arundinacea), the others are wooded.[1]
Native sailboats used to be unable to sail to and from the nearby island of Cuyo (only 20 miles away), due to the strength of the monsoon, either the Northwest monsoon in wintertime, or the Southwest monsoon in summer.[2]
Volcano
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Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lists Agutaya as inactive.[3]
Barangays
Agutaya is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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Climate
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Demographics
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In the 2020 census, the population of Agutaya was 12,867 people,Template:PH census with a density of Script error: No such module "convert"..
Languages
Agutaya is home to a specific language, called the Agutaynen language, spoken by 10,000 people overall. Today, half of its speakers live in Agutaya, while the rest live in other communities of Palawan.[4] Tagalog and Cuyonon are also widely spoken.
Economy
See also
- List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
- List of islands of the Philippines
- List of volcanos in the Philippines
- Pacific ring of fire
References
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- ↑ a b United States coast pilot, Philippine islands, Vol 2 Govt. print. off., 1921 p.35
- ↑ The Gems of the East by A. Henry Savage Landor p.66
- ↑ Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) List of Inactive Volcanoes Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Austronesian languages by Cecilia Odé, W. A. L. Stokhof, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië, p.685
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External links
- Agutaya Profile at PhilAtlas.com
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System
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