There is no official record as to the origin and meaning of the name Tagum, but in Visayan tagum (or variants tayum, tagung-tagung) refers to the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria Linn.).
On the one hand, a legend explains how the name Magugpo, the city's former name, came about.
At the beginning, Magugpo was nothing but a vast wilderness, inhabited by the Mansakas, Manguangans, Mandayas and the Kalagans in the coastal barangays.
The name Magugpo was derived from the native word mago, a name of certain tree, and ugpo means very high.
According to legend, the natives were occupying a river basin inside the thickly covered forest where they could not even see the sun.
The creek where the natives dwelt still exists, but the once abundant fresh water is now dead due to pollution.
There is no official record as to the origin and meaning of the name Tagum, but in Visayan tagum (or variants tayum, tagung-tagung) refers to the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria Linn.). On the one hand, a legend explains how the name Magugpo, the city's former name, came about. At the beginning, Magugpo was nothing but a vast wilderness, inhabited by the Mansakas, Manguangans, Mandayas and the Kalagans in the coastal barangays. The name Magugpo was derived from the native word mago, a name of certain tree, and ugpo means very high. According to legend, the natives were occupying a river basin inside the thickly covered forest where they could not even see the sun. The creek where the natives dwelt still exists, but the once abundant fresh water is now dead due to pollution.
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