The Magdiwang was a faction of the

Katipunan The Katipunan (), officially known as the (; ) and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists Deodato Arellano, Andrés Bonifacio, Valentin Diaz, Ladislao Diwa, José Dizon, an ...

, a Philippine revolutionary organization founded by Filipino rebels in

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in 1892 with the aim to gain independence from

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. The Magdiwang Council was acknowledged as "the supreme organ responsible for the successful campaigns against the enemy" within

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. The Magdiwang chapter was started by

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, related by marriage to Andrés Bonifacio, the leader of the Katipunan. Both the Magdiwang and the Magdalo (led by Baldomero Aguinaldo, the cousin of

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) were the two major

factions in

, with the Magdiwang having control over a larger number of towns and municipalities. When rivalry grew between the two factions, Bonifacio was invited to mediate, but he was quickly embroiled in discussions with the Magdalo, who wished to replace the Katipunan with an insurgent government. The Magdiwang initially backed Bonifacio's stance that the Katipunan already served as their government, but at the

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, both factions were combined into one government body under Emilio Aguinaldo.

Magdiwang leaders

* Mariano Alvarez - President * Lorenzo Fenoy - Vice President for Batangas * Pascual Álvarez - Minister of the Interior * Ariston Villanueva - Minister of War * Ananias Diokno - Vice Minister of War of Batangas * Mariano Trías - Minister of Welfare and Justice * Emiliano Riego de Dios - Minister of Economic Development * Diego Mojica - Minister of Finance * Santiago V. Álvarez - Captain General * Artemio Ricarte - Assistant Captain General *

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- Assistant Captain General for Batangas * Mariano Riego de Dios - General, Cavite Division * Paciano Rizal - General, Batangas Division

Magdiwang municipalities

* Cavite City (capital) * San Roque * La Caridad * Noveleta * San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) *

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(locally referred to as Salinas) * Sta. Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza) * Naik * Maragondon *

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* Magallanes * Bailen (now General Emilio Aguinaldo) * Indang * Alfonso * Mendez * Amadeo * Nasugbu, Batangas * Tuy, Batangas * Looc, Batangas

Magdiwang leaders

Magdiwang municipalities

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