Alfonso, officially the Municipality of Alfonso ( tgl, Bayan ng Alfonso), is a 1st class

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in the

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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 southwest ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,306 people.

History

Alfonso was totally forested until the 17th century when a few pocket settlements sprouted. The town was originally part of Barrio Lumampong in the town of

Indang Indang, officially the Municipality of Indang ( tgl, Bayan ng Indang), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,699 people. The municipality is situated in the c ...

. In the course of time, the pocket settlements grew into sitios and later on into barrios. The town became a separate district municipality from Indang on 16 March 1859 through the efforts of the community leaders Bonifacio Aveo and Felix del Mundo. The new town was called ''Alas-as'' for a period of seventeen years. The name refers to the name of a tree used for the construction of houses and bears sweet fruit. It was, eventually, named after King Alfonso XII of Spain, son of Isabella II. Alfonso was initially composed of the barrios of Taywanak, Pajo, Esperanza, Marahan, Matagbak, Sinaliw and Kaytitinga. Don Narciso Mojica was the ''capitan municipal'' of Alfonso at the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution. A few days after the Cry of Balintawak, on 31 August 1896, General Mariano Trias ordered the liquidation of all Spaniards in the municipality. In the bloody battle that followed, the leaders of the revolutionists were General Hipolito Rint, Captain Eriberto Cetro (Kapitan Berto) and Predencio Rolle (Tandang Doro).

Geography

Alfonso is an upland town situated at the south-western portion of the Cavite province. It is 74 kilometers from

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via

Tagaytay Tagaytay, officially the City of Tagaytay ( fil, Lungsod ng Tagaytay), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 85,330 people. It is one of the country's most po ...

. Magallanes bounds it on the west,

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and La ...

province on the south, Mendez and

on the east, General Aguinaldo on the north-west and

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and

on the north-east.

Barangays

Alfonso is politically subdivided into 32

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Alfonso, Cavite, was 59,306 people, with a density of .

Economy

Government

The following are the duly elected officials of Alfonso, Cavite for the term 2022–2025.

References

External links

Profile: Alfonso, Cavite - Official Website of the Province of CaviteProfile: Alfonso, Cavite - DILG Calabarzon Region
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
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