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General Emilio Aguinaldo, officially the Municipality of General Emilio Aguinaldo ( tgl, Bayan ng Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo), is a 5th class
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in the
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of
Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite ( tl, Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southw ...
,
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,973 people.


Etymology

The town is also known by its former official name of Bailen. The municipality's current official name was adopted in 1965 and is named after
Emilio Aguinaldo Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (: March 22, 1869February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who is the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and is recognized as the first president of the Philippine ...
, the
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of the
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, who died the year before the rename. In 2012, municipality administrators voted to revert the town's name back to Bailen; however, this has yet to be ratified.


History

The municipality of General Emilio Aguinaldo used to be a separate
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in the town of adjacent
Maragondon Maragondon, officially the Municipality of Maragondon ( tgl, Bayan ng Maragondon), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,687 people. The town is famous for its ...
. It was founded by virtue of a decree issued on August 28, 1857, by
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Fray Aranguren, OSA, of the
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. The decree separated the barrios of Batas and Guyong-guyong from the town of Maragondon, naming the new parish ''Bailen'' after a town in the province of Jaén. It is recounted that a group of citizens from Barrio Batas petitioned Spanish
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Fernando Norzagaray to convert their barrio into a municipality because of its distance from the town proper. Giving due course to the petition, the Spanish governor approved the request on August 2, 1858. Bailen, the town's original name, is said to be coined from the Spanish word "''bailar''", meaning "to dance". Another claim is that it was named after a Spanish town of the same name, and it is much more plausible. The American civil government, from 1899 to 1901, reduced the number of towns to facilitate the military policy of concentrating the civilian population of the poblaciones. The
Philippine Commission The Philippine Commission was the name of two bodies, both appointed by the president of the United States, to assist with governing the Philippines. The first Philippine Commission, also known as the Schurman Commission, was appointed by Preside ...
approved Act No. 947 on October 15, 1903, annexing the municipalities of Bailen and Mendez to
Alfonso Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
, thus becoming barrios of Alfonso. The Philippine Commission, for the second time in 1904, reorganized the entire province of Cavite reducing its 22 municipalities to 9 groups of towns. Bailen was annexed to Mendez. Bailen was reconverted into an independent municipality in 1915, with the complete restoration of peace and order in Cavite. On June 19, 1965, with the signing of Republic Act No. 4346, the town's name, Bailen, was changed to ''General Emilio Aguinaldo'', in honor of the first Philippine president who died the year before. On September 3, 2012, administrators voted to revert the town's name back to Bailen. The Sangguniang Panglalawigan (Provincial Board) unanimously approved Committee Report 118-2012 renaming General Emilio Aguinaldo during the 95th Regular Session. This change, however, has yet to be ratified.


Geography

General Emilio Aguinaldo is located from Metro Manila. It is bordered to the north and east by the town of
Maragondon Maragondon, officially the Municipality of Maragondon ( tgl, Bayan ng Maragondon), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,687 people. The town is famous for its ...
, by
Alfonso Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
to the south, and Magallanes to the west.


Barangays

Bailen is politically subdivided into 14
barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...
s (4 urban, 10 rural).


Climate


Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was 23,973 people, with a density of .


Economy


Government

The following are the elected officials of the town elected last May 09, 2022 which serves until 2025:


See also

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References


External links


Profile: General Emilio Aguinaldo - Official Website of the Province of CaviteProfile: General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite - DILG Calabarzon Region
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