Talim Island

{{Short description|Largest lake island in Laguna de Bay, Philippines}} {{Infobox islands | name = Talim Island | native_name = | etymology = | image_name = Susong Dalaga LB.JPG | image_size = | image_caption = Talim Island with Mount Tagapo as seen from {{nowrap|Los Baños}} pier at dusk | image_alt = | map = Philippines | map_alt = | map_width = | map_caption = Location within the Philippines | map_relief = yes | label = | label_position = | location = Laguna de Bay | coordinates = {{coord|14|21|7|N|121|13|54|E|type:isle_region:PH|display=inline,title}} | area_km2 = | area_footnotes = | Country_heading = | country = Philippines | country_admin_divisions_title = Region | country_admin_divisions = Calabarzon | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province | country_admin_divisions_1 = Rizal | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipalities | country_admin_divisions_2 = {{unbulleted list | Binangonan | Cardona }} | population = 40,018 (as of 2020) | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | additional_info = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|center|thumb|type=shape|stroke-width=1|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=10}} }}

'''Talim Island''' is the largest lake island in Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines. The island politically governed by the Province of Rizal, split between two municipalities: Binangonan on the western side, and Cardona on the eastern half. The island is volcanic in origin and forms the southwest rim of the Laguna Caldera. Volcanism after the formation of the caldera created the maars and volcanic craters at the southern end of the island,<ref>{{cite gvp | vnum = 273080 | name = Laguna Caldera | accessdate = 2013-09-18}}</ref> the largest of which is a {{convert|3|km|adj=on}} crater surrounding Barangays Balibago and Tuna.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Balibago+Port,+Cardona,+Rizal,+Philippines&hl=en&ll=14.326929,121.247606&spn=0.043327,0.078707&sll=14.505156,121.164093&sspn=0.173169,0.314827&t=h&hq=Balibago+Port,&hnear=Cardona,+Rizal,+Calabarzon,+Philippines&z=14&iwloc=lyrftr:h,15946340537860399182,14.328925,121.240568 "Port of Balibago"]. Google Maps. Retrieved on 2013-09-18.</ref>

==Political subdivision== The island consists of 24 barangays that lie along its shores, 17 belong to the town of Binangonan and 7 to Cardona.

{| |-style="vertical-align:top;" | {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;" ! scope="col" | Binangonan ! scope="col" | Cardona |-style="vertical-align:top;" | {{unbulleted list | Bangad | Binitagan | Bombong | Buhangin | Ginoong Sanay | Gulod | Habagatan | Janosa | Kasile | Kaytome | Kinaboogan | Kinagatan | Malakaban |Pinagdilawan | Rayap | Sapang | Tabon }} | {{unbulleted list | Balibago | Boor | Lambac | Malanggam | Navotas | Subay | Tuna }} |} | {{multiple image|caption_align=center|header_align=center | align = right | direction = horizontal | width = 200 | header = Map of Rizal highlighting Talim Island | image1 = Ph locator rizal binangonan.png | alt1 = | caption1 = Binangonan portion | image2 = Ph locator rizal cardona.png | alt2 = | caption2 = Cardona portion }} |}

==History== Marking's Guerrillas operated on the island in 1943, during World War II.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaminski |first1=Theresa |title=Angels of the Underground |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780199928248 |pages=252}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Panlilio |first1=Yay |title=The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla |url=https://archive.org/details/crucibleautobiog00panl |url-access=limited |date=1950 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick |isbn=9780813546827 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/crucibleautobiog00panl/page/n155 125]-135}}</ref>

==Geography== Talim Island is located almost at the center of Laguna de Bay, a three-lobed lake the center of which is the Laguna Caldera. The northernmost tip of the island is separated from the mainland by Diablo Pass, which is only about {{convert|240|m|sp=us}} at the narrowest. The southernmost tip of the island is called Talim Point.

The highest point of the island is Mount Tagapo, known locally as "''Bundok ng Susong Dalaga''" (Maiden's breast mountains) for the conical hill at its peak resembling the female breast. The hill is among the several in the Tagalog region that are called as such because of its shape. This feature is best observed from neighboring Mount Sembrano in the Jalajala peninsula across the lake.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050112025002/http://metropolitanms.org/it/Mount%20Sembrano.pdf "Destination Mt. Sembrano"].</ref>

==Economy== The island is rich in bamboo, which the islanders make into different types of furniture such as bamboo sofas, cabinets, tables, chairs and a lot more. It is their main source of living, while lake fishing is only secondary.

Also, along the lake are fish pens that supports the everyday needs of the islanders.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons-inline}} * [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5073075 Talim Island] at OpenStreetMap *[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100130095048/http://www.census.gov.ph/census2000/index.html 2000 Philippine Census Information]

Category:Islands of Rizal (province) Category:Lake islands of Asia Category:Laguna de Bay