Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya ( tgl, Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class

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in the

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Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people. An island

, it is the eastern part of the

Cuyo Archipelago The Cuyo Archipelago or Cuyo Islands, is a group of about 45 islands lying to the northeast of the Philippine island of Palawan.''Traveler's Companion Philippines 1998'' p.214 Kirsten Ellis, Globe Pequot Press Globe Pequot, 1998 It lies south of ...

in the

Sulu Sea The Sulu Sea ( fil, Dagat Sulu; Tausug: ''Dagat sin Sūg''; Chavacano: ''Mar de Sulu''; Cebuano: ''Dagat sa Sulu''; Hiligaynon: ''Dagat sang Sulu''; Karay-a: ''Dagat kang Sulu''; Cuyonon: ''Dagat i'ang Sulu''; ms, Laut Sulu) is a body ...

, and the municipality covers several islands, including its namesake Agutaya Island, which is the second largest island of the Cuyo archipelago, as well as Diit, Halog, Maracanao, Matarawis (also spelled Matarabis), Eke, and

Quiniluban The Quiniluban Group is a group of islands in Palawan Province of the Philippines situated between the islands of Palawan and Panay in the Sulu Sea. The group is the northernmost in the Cuyo Archipelago, consisting of several islands and rocks. The ...

islands.

Geography

Agutaya Island is the second largest of the Cuyo group with an area of about . The north-eastern part is hilly. Four peaks tower over the island. The middle and highest of the four peaks, high, is covered with cogon grass (

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), the others being wooded.''United States coast pilot, Philippine islands, Vol 2'' Govt. print. off., 1921 p.35 Native sailboats used to be unable to sail to and from the nearby island of Cuyo (only 20 miles away), due to the strength of the monsoon, either the Northwest monsoon in wintertime, or the Southwest monsoon in summer.

Volcano

Agutaya is an inactive

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, located at , in the province of

in the

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(Phivolcs) lists Agutaya as inactive.

Barangays

The Municipality of Agutaya is politically subdivided into 10

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s. * Abagat (

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) * Algeciras * Bangcal (

) * Cambian (

) * Concepcion * Diit * Maracañao * Matarawis * Villa Fria * Villa Sol

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Agutaya was 12,867 people, with a density of .

Languages

Agutaya is home to a specific language, called the

Agutaynen language The Agutaynen language is spoken on Agutaya, Palawan, Agutaya Island in the provinces of the Philippines, province of Palawan in the Philippines. Distribution Caabay & Melvin (2014: 1-2)Caabay, Marilyn A. and Melissa S. Melvin. 2014. ''Agutaynen ...

, spoken by 10,000 people overall. Today, half of its speakers live in Agutaya, while the rest live in other communities of

.''Proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Austronesian languages'' by Cecilia Odé, W. A. L. Stokhof, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië, p.685
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and

Cuyonon Cuyonon is a regional Bisayan language spoken on the coast of Palawan and the Cuyo Islands in the Philippines.

are also widely spoken.

Economy

References

External links

Agutaya Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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Geography

Volcano

Barangays

Climate

Demographics

Languages

Economy

See also

References

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