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'''Tayum''', officially the '''Municipality of Tayum''' ({{langx|ilo|Ili ti Tayum}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Tayum}}), is a municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 14,808 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |title=2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/2024-census-population-popcen-population-counts-declared-official-president |access-date=November 15, 2025 |website=psa.gov.ph}}</ref>
Every 25 November, Tayum celebrates its town fiesta. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion.
==Etymology== According to historical records,<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Municipality of Tayum|url=https://abra.gov.ph/municipalities/tayum/?__cf_chl_managed_tk__=pmd_SYeU2I4veyXLk1V1cawpMCnsDrBP2iqrGR6ZJmQ0fsY-1633674274-0-gqNtZGzNAuWjcnBszRM9|access-date=11 October 2021|website=abra.gov.ph}}</ref> Tayum was named after the indigo plant, which the Ilocanos referred to as ''tayum-tayum''. Indigo once flourished in Tayum, and it was a source of wealth for the Ilocanos. A big vat (''pagtimbugan'') was used in decaying the plant into a blue-black dye called "ngila" in Barangay Deet, about a half-kilometer away from the town proper. Cotton yams were dyed using the dye.
However, at the turn of the century, a powder dye from the Anilino Factories of Germany became popular among Ilocano weavers, effectively killing the indigo industry.
==History== ===Spanish colonial era=== Tayum, also known as ''Bukaw'', was founded in 1626 by an enterprising priest named Father Juan Pareja. Father Gabriel Alvarez, another equally daring and adventurous Augustinian Priest, built a temporary chapel in Tayum during his expedition to Lepanto in 1569. Tayum was formally organized as a political unit under the Spanish Regime in 1725. Don Vidal Banganan served as the first Gobernadorcillo.
With the construction of the solid bricks walled church under the successive Augustinian missions, Tayum transformed from a mere ''visita'' of Bangued into an independent mission in the year 1807. The church was built in honor of St. ''Catherine of Alexandria'', whose feast day falls on November 25.
===American invasion era=== In 1904, Tayum reverted to a ''barrio'' of Bangued, due to the deterioration of peace and order at the time. Tayum's existence as a ''barrio'' came to an end on December 31, 1907, when Don Pio Balmaceda y Belmonte was appointed ''Teniente del barrio''. Balmaceda organized his men to effectively curb lawlessness, restoring peace to the town. It regained its town status, with Don Manuel Brillantes as its first president.
=== World War II === At about 3:00 am, in the early dawn of Sunday, 8 October 1944, 500 bolo men from the resistance entered Tayum and set several homes including the Tayum Municipal Building on fire. Torches were applied to all the houses on Santa Clara Street's southern side. They left the town at 5:45 am, leaving behind 24 houses and 1 granary in flames, as well as killing Mayor Severo Brillantes, two mayors, two ex-soldiers, two leaders of the neighborhood association Ho-Ko and four other law abiding citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NLP Digital Collection HD01.p1.m18.md1 |url=https://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph/HD01/p1/m18/md1/bs/datejpg.htm |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph}}</ref>
===Contemporary era=== On July 27, 2022, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 3 km from the town. The quake killed at least eleven people and injured 567 others (19 of them in Tayum).<ref name=":3">{{Cite report|url=https://ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/4192/SitRep_No_11_for_Magnitude_7_0_Earthquake_in_Tayum_Abra_20221.pdf|title=Situational Report No. 11 for Magnitude 7 Earthquake in Tayum, Abra (2022)|date=August 6, 2022|publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council|access-date=August 6, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=August 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806051721/https://ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/4192/SitRep_No_11_for_Magnitude_7_0_Earthquake_in_Tayum_Abra_20221.pdf}}</ref>
==Geography== According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of {{convert|61.14|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|61.14|4,165.25|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|4,165.25|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Abra. The town is located at {{coord|format=dms}}.
Tayum is situated {{convert|5.54|km}} from the provincial capital Bangued, and {{convert|411.39|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.
===Barangays=== Tayum is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. thumb|upright=1.1|{{center|'''Political map of Tayum'''}}
{{PH brgy table lite|top}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124001| Bagalay | 1026| 937}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124002| Basbasa | 852| 849}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124003| Budac | 1387| 1286}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124004| Bumagcat | 830| 794}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124005| Cabaroan | 1365| 1251}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124006| Deet | 973| 912}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124007| Gaddani | 1573| 1325}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124008| Patucannay | 1445| 1317}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124009| Pias | 1169| 1165}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124010| Poblacion| 2676| 2645}} {{PH brgy table lite|140124011| Velasco | 1573| 1459}} {{PH brgy table lite|bottom|14869}}
===Climate=== {{Weather box | location = Tayum, Abra | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 29 | Jan low C = 18 | Feb high C = 31 | Feb low C = 19 | Mar high C = 32 | Mar low C = 20 | Apr high C = 34 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 32 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 31 | Jun low C = 24 | Jul high C = 30 | Jul low C = 24 | Aug high C = 30 | Aug low C = 24 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 23 | Oct high C = 30 | Oct low C = 22 | Nov high C = 30 | Nov low C = 21 | Dec high C = 29 | Dec low C = 19 | Jan precipitation mm = 9 | Feb precipitation mm = 11 | Mar precipitation mm = 13 | Apr precipitation mm = 23 | May precipitation mm = 92 | Jun precipitation mm = 122 | Jul precipitation mm = 153 | Aug precipitation mm = 137 | Sep precipitation mm = 139 | Oct precipitation mm = 141 | Nov precipitation mm = 42 | Dec precipitation mm = 14 | Jan rain days = 4.6 | Feb rain days = 4.0 | Mar rain days = 6.2 | Apr rain days = 9.1 | May rain days = 19.5 | Jun rain days = 23.2 | Jul rain days = 24.0 | Aug rain days = 22.5 | Sep rain days = 21.5 | Oct rain days = 15.2 | Nov rain days = 10.5 | Dec rain days = 6.0 | source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms"> {{cite web | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/tayum_philippines_1682570 | title = Tayum: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 26 April 2020 }}</ref> | date = 26 April 2020 }}
==Demographics== {{Philippine Census | align= left | title= Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}} | 1903 = {{PH census population|1903}} | 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}} | 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}} | 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}} | 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}} | 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}} | 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}} | 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}} | 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}} | 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}} | 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}} | 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}} | 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}} | 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}} | 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}} | 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}} | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} }}
In the 2024 census, Tayum had a population of 14,808 people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|14,808/61.14|2}}|PD/km2}}.
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== Economy == {{PH poverty incidence}}
==Government== ===Local government=== {{main|Sangguniang Bayan}} Tayum, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Abra, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
===Elected officials=== <!--NOTE: Update needed by June 30, 2022 after oath-taking of the declared winners in the May 9, 2022 local elections.--> {| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.20em; font-size:100%;" |+ Members of the Municipal Council<br />(2019–2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 National and Local Elections |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ElectionResults/2019NLE_LIst_of_Elected_CityMun_Candidates.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2022 |website=Commission on Elections}}</ref> |- ! Position ! Name |- | Congressman | style="text-align:center;" | Joseph Santo Niño B. Bernos |- | Mayor | style="text-align:center;" | Placido P. Eduarte Jr. |- | Vice-Mayor | style="text-align:center;" | Emmanuel Eleazar B. Eduarte |- |rowspan=8| Councilors | style="text-align:center;" | Agustin B. Barbieto Jr. |- | style="text-align:center;" | Romel Flor B. Tamo |- | style="text-align:center;" | Bienvenido A. Dion Jr. |- | style="text-align:center;" | Avelino T. Tejero |- | style="text-align:center;" | Joel P. Flores |- | style="text-align:center;" | Teresa B. Millare |- | style="text-align:center;" | Eduardo A. Tejero |- | style="text-align:center;" | Constantino T. Fernandez |- |}
==List of Cultural Properties of Tayum== {{Cleanup list|section|date=October 2016}}
{{Philippine cultural property header|region-iso=PH-40 }} {{Philippine cultural property row | site_name = Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church | description = A 19th-century Baroque church, declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alba|first1=Reinerio|title=The Restoration of 26 Philippine Churches|url=http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?subcat=13&i=17|website=National Commission on Culture and the Arts.|accessdate=29 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223346/http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?subcat=13&i=17|archivedate=12 May 2014}}</ref> | province = Abra | location = Tayum | barangay = Poblacion | address = | coord = {{coord|17.618511|120.654319}} | image = Tayum Church.JPG }} {{Philippine cultural property row | site_name = First SVD Regional House | description = Established by Fr. Luis Beckert in 1912. Fr. Beckert is the first regional superior of the SVD Missionaries in Abra. | province = Abra | location = Tayum | barangay = | address = | coord = {{coord|17.618511|120.654319}} | image = First SVD Regional House in Tayum.JPG }} {{Philippine cultural property row | site_name = Flores Ancestral House | description = Built in 1890. | province = Abra | location = Tayum | barangay = | address = Isidro Flores St. | coord = {{coord|17.617696|120.655003}} | image = Flores Residence (Tayum).JPG }} {{Philippine cultural property row | site_name = Jose Cariño Sr. Ancestral House | description = | province = Abra | location = Tayum | barangay = | address = 1 Brilliantes corner Jose Cariño | coord = {{coord|17.616621|120.654817}} | image = Jose Cariño Sr. Ancestral House.JPG }} {{Philippine cultural property row | site_name = Teodoro Brillantes Ancestral House | description = | province = Abra | location = Tayum | barangay = | address = Poblacion | coord = | image = Teodoro Brillantes Ancestral House.JPG }} |}
==Transportation== The main mode of public transportation are tricycles and jeepneys.
==Education== thumb|Holy Ghost School The Tayum Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=May 8, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref>
===Primary and elementary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Bagalay Elementary School * Basbasa Elementary School * Bumagcat Elementary School * Don Marcos Rosales Elementary School * Tayum Central School * Velasco Elementary School {{div col end}}
===Secondary schools=== * Ananaao Integrated School * Gaddani National High School * Holy Ghost School
==See also== * Santa Catalina de Alejandria Parish Church
==Notes== {{notelist-lr}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051217121606/http://www.tayum.gov.ph/ Municipality of Tayum]
{{Geographic location | Centre = Tayum | Northeast = Dolores | East = Lagangilang | Southeast = Bucay | Southwest = Bangued | Northwest = La Paz }} {{Abra|state=expanded}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Abra (province) Category:Populated places on the Abra River