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Coron, Palawan
Coron, officially the Municipality of Coron (Tagalog: Bayan ng Coron), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,855 people.
It is home to the Coron Island Natural Biotic Area, which is listed in the natural category of the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
Before the present name, it was called Bancuang, named after the native name of the palm that grew abundantly along the rivers and marshes especially at the spot where the spring that was source of the town's water supply was found. When the Spaniards arrived, they named the area Peñon de Coron, after the Tagbanua word "Corong", a type of pot. In 1902, the name was changed into Coron, its present name.
The Calamian Islands were originally inhabited mainly by Tagbanuas and the Calamianen beginning their settlement in the 11th century. Oral history tells that the Datu Macanas ruled the entire Busuanga Island where present-day Coron town lies. Early on Spanish exploration of the islands, Fray de la Concepcion took note of the friendliness of the people of Busuanga Island and the ferocity of the Tagbanua tribe living in Coron Island.
Early on the history of the Calamianes, Coron was directly ruled by the Spanish in Mindoro while the island of Cuyo by the Spanish authorities in Panay. In this area of the Calamianes, the first permanent Spanish settlement was Culion, with Coron as its visita. A fort and church were built in Libis (San Pedro), Culion around 1670 by the Spaniards as part of the defenses against the Muslim raids.
Between 1730-1735, Spanish missionaries built another cotta at Culion to defend from Moro incursions. The Spaniards eventually left for Panay with the exception of priests who stayed at Camianan.
Coron became a settlement for migrants to the Calamianes. Don Nicolas Manlavi, a Cuyonon served several years in Spanish Galleons, and an Ilonggo from Jaro, Ilo-ilo named Claudio Sandoval later wed Nicolas' only daughter Evarista. The Sandoval clan of the Calamianes came from this union.
It was Don Nicolas Manlavi who established the first settlement in Coron in 1749 which was initially at Banuang Lague (old town) in present-day Banuang Daan in Coron Island. Due to Moro depredations, many people moved to Tagum and Makinit, living in these areas temporarily. In 1800, a new town site was created and people began resettling into this place. To defend from the Moro attacks, they built the Coron Fortress and the Ili Fort in San Miguel at Linacapan.
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Coron, Palawan
Coron, officially the Municipality of Coron (Tagalog: Bayan ng Coron), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,855 people.
It is home to the Coron Island Natural Biotic Area, which is listed in the natural category of the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
Before the present name, it was called Bancuang, named after the native name of the palm that grew abundantly along the rivers and marshes especially at the spot where the spring that was source of the town's water supply was found. When the Spaniards arrived, they named the area Peñon de Coron, after the Tagbanua word "Corong", a type of pot. In 1902, the name was changed into Coron, its present name.
The Calamian Islands were originally inhabited mainly by Tagbanuas and the Calamianen beginning their settlement in the 11th century. Oral history tells that the Datu Macanas ruled the entire Busuanga Island where present-day Coron town lies. Early on Spanish exploration of the islands, Fray de la Concepcion took note of the friendliness of the people of Busuanga Island and the ferocity of the Tagbanua tribe living in Coron Island.
Early on the history of the Calamianes, Coron was directly ruled by the Spanish in Mindoro while the island of Cuyo by the Spanish authorities in Panay. In this area of the Calamianes, the first permanent Spanish settlement was Culion, with Coron as its visita. A fort and church were built in Libis (San Pedro), Culion around 1670 by the Spaniards as part of the defenses against the Muslim raids.
Between 1730-1735, Spanish missionaries built another cotta at Culion to defend from Moro incursions. The Spaniards eventually left for Panay with the exception of priests who stayed at Camianan.
Coron became a settlement for migrants to the Calamianes. Don Nicolas Manlavi, a Cuyonon served several years in Spanish Galleons, and an Ilonggo from Jaro, Ilo-ilo named Claudio Sandoval later wed Nicolas' only daughter Evarista. The Sandoval clan of the Calamianes came from this union.
It was Don Nicolas Manlavi who established the first settlement in Coron in 1749 which was initially at Banuang Lague (old town) in present-day Banuang Daan in Coron Island. Due to Moro depredations, many people moved to Tagum and Makinit, living in these areas temporarily. In 1800, a new town site was created and people began resettling into this place. To defend from the Moro attacks, they built the Coron Fortress and the Ili Fort in San Miguel at Linacapan.