Maragondon, officially the Municipality of Maragondon (), is a

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,687 people. The town is famous for its bamboo crafts, Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape which includes Mount Pico de Loro, and various ancestral houses and structures important to Philippine history and culture such as Maragondon Church and the execution site and trial house of national hero Andres Bonifacio. Maragondon is from Imus, the provincial capital, and from

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, the national capital.

Etymology

The name Maragondon is a Spanish approximation of the Tagalog word ''maragundong'' or ''madagundong'', which means "having a rumbling or thunderous sound". This refers to the noise coming from the Kay Albaran river in the village of Capantayan. This was initially the place on which the town was to be built. However, due to the floods caused by the frequent overflowing of the river, the town was later relocated to its present site.

History

Incidentally, Maragondon has three foundation dates, namely: # 1611 when the Franciscan Fathers from Silang established their first ''visita'' or chapel; #1690, the ''fundacion ecclesiastica'' or founding of the regular parish by the Jesuits, dedicating it to Our Lady of the Assumption; # 1727, the ''fundacion civil'', when the original barrio of Maragondon was separated from Silang during the administration of the Recollects and converted into an independent municipality with Gregorio Silvestre as the first ''gobernadorcillo''. Maragondon belonged to the ''corregimiento'' of Mariveles (now part of Bataan) until 1754, when Spanish governor general Pedro Manuel de Arandia (1754–1759) abolished the politico-military administration and restored Maragondon to Cavite province. Alongside Silang, the town's territory was very large during its early decades. In the second half of the 19th century the towns of

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, Magallanes, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo (formerly Bailen), Alfonso, and Naic were mere barrios of Maragondon. Ternate was the first town to attain full independence on March 31, 1857, under an agreement signed by Tomas de Leon, Felix Nigosa, Pablo de Leon, Florencio Nino Franco and Juan Ramos in behalf of the people of Ternate. Furthermore, Bailen (now Gen. Aguinaldo) and Alfonso seceded from Maragondon in 1858. Naic then severed as a town in 1869. Magallanes was the last of the villages to attain independence, having been founded on July 15, 1879, under an agreement signed by Crisostomo Riel representing Maragondon, and by Isidro Bello and company representing Magallanes. During the

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on May 4, 1897, revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio were tried and sentenced to death by a military court that convened in the house of one of the town's prominent personalities, Teodorico Reyes, following the Bonifacios' arrest for defying the authority of

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. They were then held at Maragondon Church until May 10, 1897, when they were executed in the Maragondon mountain range. On September 2, 1952, amid political violence in Cavite, the town's mayor, Severino Rillo, was killed along with the town's police chief and several other police officers in the Maragondon Massacre committed by gangster Leonardo Manecio also known as "Nardong Putik", who committed the killings on orders from local politicians.

Geography

Barangays

Maragondon is politically subdivided into 27

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s, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. * Bucal 1 * Bucal 2 * Bucal 3A * Bucal 3B * Bucal 4A * Bucal 4B * Caingin Pob. * Garita 1A * Garita 1B * Layong Mabilog * Mabato * Pantihan 1 (Balayungan) * Pantihan 2 * Pantihan 3 (Pook na Munti) * Pantihan 4 (Pulo ni Sara) * Patungan * Pinagsanhan A (Ibayo) * Pinagsanhan B (Ibayo) * Poblacion 1A * Poblacion 1B * Poblacion 2A * Poblacion 2B * San Miguel A (Caputatan) * San Miguel B (Caputatan) * Talipusngo * Tulay Silangan (Mabacao) * Tulay Kanluran (Mabacao)

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Maragondon was 40,687 people, with a density of .

Government

Elected officials

The following are the elected officials of the town elected last May 09, 2022, serving a term until 2025:

Images

File:Maragondon Church Facade.JPG, Our Lady of the Assumption, Maragondon File:Maragondon Parochial School.JPG, Maragondon Parochial School File:Facade of the Our Lady of Assumption Parish Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Maragondon).jpg,

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(Aglipayan) Parish of the Virgin of the Assumption in Maragondon, Cavite. File:MaragondonChurchjf0031 14.JPG, Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Church File:NaicMaragondonjf9800 13.JPG, Welcome arch File:Maragondonjf9984 09.JPG, Barangay Poblacion 1-B File:Maragondonjf9938 05.JPG, Public market File:BTHjf9922 13.JPG, Bonifacio Trial House File:Mt. Pico De Loro Monolith.jpg, Mt. Pico De Loro Monolith File:Silyang Bato of Mt. Marami.jpg, Silyang Bato of Mt. Marami File:Kaybiang Tunnel.jpg, Kaybiang Tunnel File:Maragondon River at dusk.jpg, Maragondon River at dusk

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
{{Authority control Municipalities of Cavite