Calatagan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. A municipality ( bayan, sometimes munisipyo in Cebuano or used infrequently in Tagalog) is a local government unit in the Philippines The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines. This article is about the province For the city see Batangas City. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The town comprises the Calatagan Peninsula between the South China Sea and Balayan Bay. The South China Sea is a Marginal sea south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 45,068 people in 9,201 households. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The peninsula's white sand beaches are popular vacation and leisure sites for Manila's rich and famous. The City of Manila Several beach resorts including the art-filled guesthouse called Banak House Calatagan, the Ronco Beach Resort in Brgy. Bagong Silang, Playa Calatagan in Brgy. Sta. Ana, the Golden Sunset Resort in Brgy. Uno are also well-known places for relaxation and respite from all the week's work.
An extremely rare example of pre-Spanish Philippine script was found in Calatagan. The script is called Baybayin in Tagalog, and was derived from Javanese writing, which in turn is derived from Brahmi. Baybayin or Alibata (known in Unicode as the Tagalog script) is a pre- Spanish Philippine Writing system that originated Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. Javanese is the language of the people in the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. This writing survives on an earthenware burial jar dated 1200s or 1300s.
Barangays
Calatagan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. This article refers to a political administrative division See Barangay Ginebra Kings for other uses
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