Maragondon

Etymology

The name "Maragondon" is a Spanish approximation of the Tagalog maragundóng or madagundóng ("having a rumbling or thunderous sound"). This referred to the noise coming from the Kay Albaran River in the village of Capantayan, which was the initial location for the town. However, due to the floods caused by the frequent overflowing of the river, the town was later moved to its present site.

History

Maragondon has three foundation dates, namely:

1. 1611 – When Franciscans from Silang established their first visita (sub-mission);
2. 1690 – The fundación ecclesiastica (founding of a regular parish) by the Jesuits, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption;
3. 1727 – The fundación civil, when the barrio of Maragondon was separated from Silang under 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 Governor-General Pedro Manuel de Arandía (1754–1759) abolished the politico-military administration and returned Maragondon to Cavite province. Alongside Silang, the town's territory was very large in its early decades.

In the second half of the 19th century, the towns of Ternate, Magallanes, Bailen, Alfonso, and Naic were barrios of Maragondon. Ternate was the first town separated on March 31, 1857, under an agreement signed on behalf of the people of that town by Tomás de León, Félix Nigosa, Pablo de León, Florencio Niño Franco and Juan Ramos.

Bailen (now Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo) and Alfonso were separated from Maragondon in 1858, then Naic in 1869. Magallanes was the last village to be excised, founded on July 15, 1879 by an agreement signed by Crisóstomo 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 court-martialled and sentenced to death convened in the house of prominent resident, Teodorico Reyes, following the brothers' arrest for defying the authority of Emilio Aguinaldo. They were then held at Maragondon Church until May 10, 1897, when they were executed somewhere in the Maragondon mountain range.

Amid political violence in Cavite, the town's mayor, Severino Rillo, was assassinated on September 2, 1952, along with the town's police chief and several police officers in the Maragondon Massacre. The killings were committed by gangster Leonardo Manecio, better known as "Nardong Putik", upon orders from local politicians.

Geography

Maragondon is 44 km from Imus, the provincial capital, and 54 km from Manila, the national capital.

Barangays

Maragondon is politically subdivided into 27 barangays, 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 2024 census, the population of Maragondon was 41,977 people, with a density of {{sigfig|41,977/164.61|2}} PD/km2.

Government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Elected officials

The following are the elected officials of the town elected last May 12, 2025 which serves until 2028:

Education

The Maragondon Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

Primary and elementary school

• Balayungan Elementary School
• Bucal I Elementary School
• Bucal II Elementary School
• Layong Mabilog Elementary School
• Living Word Christian School
• Mabato Elementary School
• Maragondon Elementary School
• Maragondon Parochial School
• Marcelo D. Samaniego Elementary School
• Pantihan II Elementary School
• Pantihan III Elementary School
• Pinagsanhan Elementary School
• Pulo ni Sara Elementary School
• San Miguel Elementary School
• Sta. Mercedes Elementary School
• Talipusngo Elementary School
• Tulay Elementary School

Secondary schools

• Bucal National Integrated School
• Bucal National High School - Sta. Mercedes Annex
• Cavite Science Integrated School
• Maragondon National High School
• Pulo ni Sara National High School

Higher educational institution

• Cavite State University

Images

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References

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