Ma-ayon, officially the Municipality of Ma-ayon, is a municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has …Ma-ayon, officially the Municipality of Ma-ayon, is a municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,226 people. As to the origin of the name of Maayon not much has been written about it, but folks speak of several versions and one among those considered most popular was when a group of Spanish soldiers while pursuing the insurgents, discovered a settlement near the bank of the river. Finding the people to be hospitable and nice, they asked for the name of the place. Since the natives did not understand the Spanish language, they assumed that what the Spaniards were asking for what is the status of the harvest, for them it was harvest time. The natives answered "Maayo man". So the Spaniards named the settlement "El Pueblo de Maayon". Thus, the name Maayon was derived from that word and to this very day, it is known as such.
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