Maragondon

Maragondon, officially the Municipality of Maragondon (Tagalog: Bayan ng Maragondon), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,687 people.^[3] 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.^[5][6]

Maragondon
Municipality
Municipality of Maragondon
Municipal plaza
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Historic Town & Wildlife Sanctuary
Map of Cavite with Maragondon highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Maragondon Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°16′N 120°44′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Cavite
District	8th district
Founded	1611
Barangays	27 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Lawrence N. Arca
• Vice Mayor	Bernie P. Ilagan
• Representative	Aniela Bianca D. Tolentino
• Municipal Council	Members Reagan E. Gulapa Emil P. Digal Alexander V. Villanueva Bonn B. Rillo Reciel P. Diño Angelita M. De Joya Alexander Alan S. Angeles Joel A. Perio
• Electorate	33,872 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	164.61 km2 (63.56 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Highest elevation	1,409 m (4,623 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	40,687
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
• Households	9,770
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	11.27 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 223.6 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 473 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 192.9 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 90.13 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4112
PSGC	0402113000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)46
Native languages	Tagalog
Major religions	Roman Catholicism Aglipayan Church Protestantism
Feast date	August 15
Catholic diocese	Diocese of Imus
Patron saint	Our Lady of Assumption
Website	www.maragondon.gov.ph

Maragondon is 44 kilometers (27 mi) from Imus, the provincial capital, and 54 kilometers (34 mi) from Manila, 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".^[7] 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

Andres Bonifacio's monument at the foot of Mount Nagpatong and Mount Buntis in Maragondon, Cavite where he was believed to be martyred; where his execution took place upon orders of Emilio Aguinaldo's administration last May 10, 1897.

Incidentally, Maragondon has three foundation dates, namely:

1. 1611 when the Franciscan Fathers from Silang established their first visita or chapel;
2. 1690, the fundacion ecclesiastica or founding of the regular parish by the Jesuits, dedicating it to Our Lady of the Assumption;
3. 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 Ternate, 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 Philippine Revolution 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 Emilio Aguinaldo. They were then held at Maragondon Church until May 10, 1897,^[8] when they were executed in the Maragondon mountain range.^[9]

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.^[10]

Geography

Barangays

Maragondon is politically subdivided into 27 barangays, as indicated below. ^[11] 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

Climate data for Maragondon, Cavite
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	30 (86)	32 (90)	34 (93)	32 (90)	31 (88)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	30 (87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	10 (0.4)	10 (0.4)	12 (0.5)	27 (1.1)	94 (3.7)	153 (6.0)	206 (8.1)	190 (7.5)	179 (7.0)	120 (4.7)	54 (2.1)	39 (1.5)	1,094 (43)
Average rainy days	5.2	4.5	6.4	9.2	19.7	24.3	26.9	25.7	24.4	21.0	12.9	9.1	189.3
Source: Meteoblue[12]

Demographics

Population census of Maragondon

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	7,191	—
1918	7,266	+0.07%
1939	9,449	+1.26%
1948	8,465	−1.21%
1960	9,994	+1.39%
1970	12,743	+2.46%
1975	14,785	+3.03%
1980	18,018	+4.03%
1990	22,814	+2.39%
1995	25,828	+2.35%
2000	31,227	+4.15%
2007	33,604	+1.02%
2010	35,289	+1.80%
2015	37,720	+1.28%
2020	40,687	+1.50%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16]

In the 2020 census, the population of Maragondon was 40,687 people,^[3] with a density of 250 inhabitants per square kilometer or 650 inhabitants per square mile.

Government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Elected officials

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

Position	Official
Mayor	Lawrence N. Arca (LP)
Vice Mayor	Bernie P. Ilagan (NUP)

Sangguniang Bayan Members	Party
Reagan E. Gulapa	NUP
Emil P. Digal	LP
Alexander V. Villanueva	NUP
Bonn B. Rillo	LP
Reciel P. Diño	LP
Angelita M. De Joya	NUP
Alexander Alan S. Angeles	NPC
Joel A. Perio	LP
ABC President
Rommel A. Manalo
SK Federation President
Jan Robby Tanagras

Images

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  Our Lady of the Assumption, Maragondon
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  Maragondon Parochial School
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  Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Aglipayan) Parish of the Virgin of the Assumption in Maragondon, Cavite.
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  Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Church
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  Welcome arch
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  Barangay Poblacion 1-B
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  Public market
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  Bonifacio Trial House
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  Mt. Pico De Loro Monolith
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  Silyang Bato of Mt. Marami
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  Kaybiang Tunnel