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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 466 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAYABAS , a See also:

town of the See also:province of Tayabas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 8 m. N. of See also:Lucena, the See also:capital. Pop. of the See also:municipality (1903) 14,740. Tayabas is picturesquely situated on the slopes of the See also:extinct See also:volcano Banajao, and commands a magnificent view of the surrounding See also:country, which is extremely fertile, and is planted in See also:rice and coco-nuts. Its See also:climate, although cool, is very unhealthy, See also:malignant malarial fevers causing a high See also:death-See also:rate. It has a See also:church and See also:convent of large See also:size and massive construction. During the revolt of 1896 a See also:Spanish See also:garrison occupying these buildings withstood a See also:siege of fifty-eight days, at the end of which See also:time it was forced to surrender by lack of See also:food. Tagalog and Bicol are the See also:languages spoken. Until 1901 Tayabas was the capital of the province.

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