The Municipality of Tayabas

The Municipality of Tayabas, Quezon (Filipino: Bayan ng Tayabas, Quezon) in the Quezon, Philippines was once the capital of the province. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 70,985 people in 15,155 households. Tayabas is known for lambanog (coconut wine) and sweet food/delicacies, as well as resorts.


Resurrecting the cabecera spiritBy Maria Lourdes B. Abulencia
Tayabas is a special community, a living entity in search of its own destiny, an understanding of its inner being, meaning and history.
The municipality of Tayabas was established in 1578 by the Franciscan missionaries named Fray Juan de Placencia and Fray Diego de Oropesa.
From 1779 to 1910, Tayabas was the cabecera of the province that was also called Tayabas. Later the province was named Quezon. As the cabecera, Tayabas could be regarded as the mother of the provincial community. Tayabas was the navel, the womb, the center, the spirit life of the entire province. Tayabas nurtured the social processes of learning and change toward the whole province’s maturity.
Lucena, formerly a village of Tayabas, is now the capital of Quezon province. Lucena today is a fast growing city. But while the umbilical cord binding the child to the mother has been severed, the original navel still breathes. Tayabas remains the beginning and the mother. And her inner ties with all her children continue to flourish.