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Also known as Municipality of Mataasnakahoy, Municipality of Mataas na Kahoy

Mataasnakahoy, officially the Municipality of Mataasnakahoy (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

Key facts

Settlement.image_alt: Street in Mataasnakahoy
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Mataasnakahoy,_Batangas.png
Settlement.flag_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_seal: MataasnaKahoy Batangas.png
Settlement.seal_size: 100x80px
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Philippines
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within the
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Philippines
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.nicknames: MK, Kahoy
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: January 2, 1932
Settlement.parts_type: Barangays

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Municipality of Mataasnakahoy
Population: 31912
Area: 22.10
Elevation: 201
Official website: mataasnakahoy.gov.ph
Image: MataasnaKahoy,BatangasHalljf0381 06.JPG
Households: 7685
Dialing code: 43

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Commons category: Mataasnakahoy
postal code: 4223
poverty incidence: 7.67
electorate: 22311
total assets: 433770708.59
total expenditure: 135218924.64
total liabilities: 70322469.21
fiscal/tax revenue: 166707248.57

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Contents

Etymology
History
Geography
Barangays
Climate
Demographics
Religion
Economy
Residential development
Government
Elected officials
List of mayors
Transportation
Tourism
Fiesta and religious celebrations
Education
Primary and elementary schools
Secondary schools
Notable personalities
References
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Mataasnakahoy, officially the Municipality of Mataasnakahoy (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

==Etymology== Although the town's name is always written as one word, it comes from the Tagalog phrase mataás na kahoy, meaning "tall wood." The town’s report for the Historical Data Papers, released in May 1953 by a commission comprising local schoolteachers, dates the name "mataás na kahoy" to 1862. The then-Capitán Municipal (equivalent of a mayor) in Lipa decided to found a settlement in that particular place as a barrio of his town, and the head of the new village recalled a tall tree ("mataás na kahoy") in the area. Additional folklore links the tall tree to a fruit that had cured an old woman of illness.