Kumintáng

Kumintang was a Tagalog country in southern Luzon, associated with the shores of Balayan Bay and Lake Taal. Archaeological finds of ceramics and ornaments point to exchanges that connected its communities with other islands and the wider South China Sea world. In the Spanish period Taal became an important centre of Batangas, but the volcano in the lake repeatedly threatened its settlements. The great eruption of 1754 forced the town to move toward Balayan Bay.