Kumintang (historical polity)

Kumintang ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔
Unknown–1581
Capital	Kumintang
Common languages	Batangas Tagalog
Ethnic groups	Tagalog
Religion	Tagalog polytheism
Government	Bayan under the rule of a paramount datu
• Unknown-1581	Gat Pulintan
History
• Established	Unknown
• Arrival of Spanish missionaries into Batangas	1572
• Christianization of Kumintang	1581
Succeeded by Captaincy General of the Philippines Balayan
Today part of	Philippines

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Kumintang (Baybayin: ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔) or Comintan in Spanish orthography, was a precolonial Philippine polity (bayan) situated north of the modern-day downtown of Batangas City in Southern Luzon, around the Calumpang River.^[1][2] Its inhabitants were the Tagalog people, and was also claimed to be the place of origin of the song “Kumintang”. Its most commonly known ruler was a legendary figure known as Gat Pulintan, the paramount datu of the region.