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Taguig began as an old settlement that lived off the bounty of the largest lake in the Philippines.
Laguna de Bay has been the wellspring of Taguigeño culture, tradition, faith, and ways of life."
(Excerpt from the book “Taguig - Our Probinsyudad”)
Early 1500s - Started as a settlement under the Kingdom of Tondo with a population of about 800 farmers and fishermen, believed to be mixed with Chinese settlers
1583 - Formally recognized as a part of the Encomienda del Tondo
1587 - The settlement already known as Taguig was declared a pueblo or town of the province of Manila, comprised of nine (9) barrios.
1900s - General Order No. 4 proclaimed Taguig as an independent municipality.
1901 - Incorporated as part of Rizal Province.
1908 - Declared as an independent Municipality together with Pateros
1918 - Taguig and Pateros were separated and became independent municipalities of Rizal Province
1975 - Taguig became part of the National Capital Region under P.D. No. 824
1998 - Republic Act No. 8487 converted the Municipality of Taguig into a Highly Urbanized City
2008 - Taguig was politically subdivided into 28 barangays
2023 - Supreme Court affirms Taguig's jurisdiction over BGC and 10 additional EMBO barangays
The original settlers of the area were good at threshing rice after harvest.
Hence they were referred to as “mga taga-giik,” and their settlement as “pook ng mga taga-giik.”
The Spaniards found “taga-giik” difficult to pronounce, and could only produce the word sounding like “tagui-ig.”
So many mispronouncements later, “tagui-ig” was shortened to the present day “Taguig.”
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