Tayum, Abra

Tayum
Municipality
{{#property:P242}} Map of Abra showing the location of Tayum
Tayum Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
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Region	Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Province	Abra
District	Lone District of Abra
Barangays	11
Government
• Mayor	Placido "Glen" P. Eduarte Jr.
Area
• Total	61.14 km2 (23.61 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	13,940
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	{{#property:P281}}
Dialing code	{{#property:P473}}
Income class	5th class municipality

Tayum is a fifth class municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 13,940 people. Tayum is just 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of capital Bangued. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion, however, other Christian and other believers also practice in this town. On the 25th of November, Tayum celebrates its town fiesta.

Barangays

Tayum is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.

Barangay	Population (2007)	Population (2010)
Bagalay	1,007	937
Basbasa	831	849
Budac	1,280	1,286
Bumagcat	808	794
Cabaroan	1,276	1,251
Deet	852	912
Gaddani	1,284	1,325
Patucannay	1,359	1,317
Pias	1,032	1,165
Poblacion	2,530	2,645
Velasco	1,101	1,459

History

Records show that Tayum got its name after the indigo plant which was commonly known to the Ilocanos as Tayum-Tayum. There was a time when indigo flourished in Tayum, then a source of wealth to the Ilocanos. In Barangays Deet, a half kilometer away from the town proper, there was a big vat (Pagtimbugan) used in decaying the plant into a blue-black dye called “ngila”. The dye was used to color yams of cotton. At the beginning of the century, however, a powder dye from the Aniline Factories of Germany came into popular use among Ilocano weavers, causing the death of the indigo industry.

The earliest historical accounts of Tayum date back to 1626 when one adventurous priest, Father Juan Pareja, organized Tayum, also known as Bukaw. Sometime in 1569, another equally daring and adventurous Augustinian Priest, Father Gabriel Alvarez, constructed a temporary chapel in Tayum during the time of his expedition to Lepanto. It was however in 1725 when Tayum was formally organized as a political unit under the Spanish Regime. Don Vidal Banganan served as the first Gobernadorcillo.

From a mere “visita” of Bangued, Tayum metamorphosed into an independent mission in the year 1807 with the construction of the solid brick-walled church under the successive Augustinian missions. The church was dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria whose feastday is celebrated every 25th day of November. In 1904, Tayum reverted to a barrio of Bangued, due to the deterioration of peace and order at the time. Tayum ended as a barrio on December 31, 1907, with the designation of Don Pio Balmaceda y Belmonte as Teniente del barrio. Balmaceda organized his men in effectively curbing lawlessness thus restoring the town’s peacefulness. Shortly afterwards, it regained its town status with Don Manuel Brillantes as it first president.

List of Cultural Properties of Tayum

Cultural Property wmph identifier	Site name	Description	Province	City/Municipality	Address/Location	Coordinates	Image
	Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church	A 19th-century Baroque church, declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2001.	Abra	Tayum, Abra	Brgy. Poblacion, Tayum
	First SVD Regional House	Established by Fr. Luis Beckert in 1912. Fr. Beckert is the first regional superior of the SVD Missionaries in Abra.	Abra	Tayum, Abra			File:First SVD Regional House in Tayum.JPG
	Flores Ancestral House	Built in 1890.	Abra	Tayum, Abra	Isidro Flores St.
	Jose Cariño Sr. Ancestral House		Abra	Tayum, Abra	1 Brilliantes corner Jose Cariño		File:Jose Cariño Sr. Ancestral House.JPG
	Teodoro Brillantes Ancestral House		Abra	Tayum, Abra	Poblacion		File:Teodoro Brillantes Ancestral House.JPG

Demographics

Population census of Tayum
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	11,045	—
1995	12,346	+2.11%
2000	12,539	+0.33%
2007	13,360	+0.88%
2010	13,940	+1.56%
Source: National Statistics Office

Transportation

The main mode of public transportation are tricycles and jeepneys. Tricycles is a three-wheel motorbike that can carry more than five adults and locals preference when it comes to transportation . Jeepney is also good but beware to walk from main road to catch the jeepney. Walking to main road to catch jeepney would save you few pesos, as much cheaper in comparison to tricycle.

See also

• Santa Catalina de Alejandria Parish Church

External links

• Municipality of Tayum
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information