Bauan

Bauan is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines, with a population of 94,016 at the 2024 census and a land area of 53.31 square kilometres according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. It was formerly a barrio of Taal. The Augustinian church of Bauan was founded as a visita, a small chapel without a resident priest, in 1590 on the slopes of Mount Macolod along the southern shore of Taal Lake. The municipality is bordered by Balayan Bay to the west and Batangas Bay to the southeast, and the largest private marine terminal, a 20-hectare multi-purpose, multi-user facility, stands on Batangas Bay in Bauan. Folk etymology derives the name from bauang, meaning close and rugged mountains, or from bawang, the Tagalog word for garlic that farmers were planting near Taal Lake when a Spanish official asked about the place.