# Talim Island

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{{Short description|Largest lake island in Laguna de Bay, Philippines}}
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| name                            = Talim Island
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| image_caption                   = Talim Island with [Mount Tagapo](/source/Mount_Tagapo) as seen from {{nowrap|[Los Baños](/source/Los_Ba%C3%B1os%2C_Laguna)}} pier at dusk
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| location                        = [Laguna de Bay](/source/Laguna_de_Bay)
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| country                         = [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| country_admin_divisions_title   = Region
| country_admin_divisions         = [Calabarzon](/source/Calabarzon)
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province
| country_admin_divisions_1       = [Rizal](/source/Rizal_(province))
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipalities
| country_admin_divisions_2       = {{unbulleted list | [Binangonan](/source/Binangonan%2C_Rizal) | [Cardona](/source/Cardona%2C_Rizal) }}
| population                      = 40,018 (as of 2020)
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'''Talim Island''' is the largest [lake island](/source/lake_island) in [Laguna de Bay](/source/Laguna_de_Bay), the largest [lake](/source/lake) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines). The island politically governed by the [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Philippines) of [Rizal](/source/Rizal_(province)), split between two municipalities: [Binangonan](/source/Binangonan%2C_Rizal) on the western side, and [Cardona](/source/Cardona%2C_Rizal) on the eastern half. The island is [volcanic](/source/volcanic) in origin and forms the southwest rim of the [Laguna Caldera](/source/Laguna_Caldera). Volcanism after the formation of the caldera created the [maar](/source/maar)s and [volcanic crater](/source/volcanic_crater)s 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 [Barangay](/source/Barangay)s 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](/source/barangays) that lie along its shores, 17 belong to the town of Binangonan and 7 to Cardona.

{|
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
! scope="col" | [Binangonan](/source/Binangonan%2C_Rizal)
! scope="col" | [Cardona](/source/Cardona%2C_Rizal)
|-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 }}
|}
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{{multiple image|caption_align=center|header_align=center
 | align = right
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 | width = 200
 | header = Map of [Rizal](/source/Rizal_(province)) highlighting Talim Island
 | image1 = Ph locator rizal binangonan.png
 | alt1 = 
 | caption1 = [Binangonan](/source/Binangonan%2C_Rizal) portion
 | image2 = Ph locator rizal cardona.png
 | alt2 = 
 | caption2  = [Cardona](/source/Cardona%2C_Rizal) portion
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|}

==History==
Marking's Guerrillas operated on the island in 1943, during [World War II](/source/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](/source/Laguna_de_Bay), a three-lobed lake the center of which is the [Laguna Caldera](/source/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](/source/Mount_Tagapo), known locally as "''Bundok ng Susong Dalaga''" (Maiden's breast mountains) for the conical hill at its peak resembling the [female breast](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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.

==See also==
* [Laguna de Bay](/source/Laguna_de_Bay)
* [Laguna Lake Development Authority](/source/Laguna_Lake_Development_Authority)
* [Breast shaped hills](/source/Breast_shaped_hills)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons-inline}}
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5073075 Talim Island] at [OpenStreetMap](/source/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]

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

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