Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas, is a first class province of the Philippines located in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north, and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Poetically, Batangas is often referred to by its ancient name, Kumintáng.
Image: Batangas Capitol (side view) (J.P. Laurel Highway, Batangas City)(2018 07 30)
Image: Taal Volcano crater lake 8 8 2014
Image: Taal Basilica St. Martin de Tours Basilica
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Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages, alongside English.
The base consonants and vowels of the Baybayin script, the original writing system of Tagalog
Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, 1794.
Diariong Tagalog (Tagalog Newspaper), the first bilingual newspaper in the Philippines founded in 1882 written in both Tagalog and Spanish.
No dumping sign along the highway in the Laguna province, Philippines.
