Maragondon

Maragondon
Maragondon
Municipality
	Municipality of Maragondon
	Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Church Maragondon Municipal Hall Bonifacio Trial House Maragondon Town Plaza Maragondon Town Proper
	Flag Seal
	Nickname: Historic Town & Wildlife Sanctuary
	Map of Cavite with Maragondon highlighted
	Interactive map of Maragondon
	Maragondon Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 14°16′26″N 120°44′06″E / 14.274°N 120.735°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Cavite
District	8th district
Founded	1611
Barangays	27 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Lawrence N. Arca
• Vice Mayor	Aldous S. Angeles
• Representative	Aniela Bianca D. Tolentino
• Municipal Council	Members ; Lorenzo Miguel U. Arca; Irineo C. Angeles; Bonn B. Rillo; Emil P. Digal; Joel D. Angue; Alexander Alan S. Angeles; Joel A. Perio; Ehmil Reden C. Sena;
• Electorate	33,872 voters (2025)
Area
• 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 (2024 census)
• Total	41,977
• Density	255.01/km2 (660.47/sq mi)
• Households	9,770
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	15.34% (2023)
• Revenue	₱ 217.1 million (2024)
• Assets	₱ 665.8 million (2024)
• Expenditure	₱ 101.7 million (2024)
• Liabilities	₱ 86.37 million (2024)
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, officially the Municipality of Maragondon (Tagalog: Bayan ng Maragondon), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 41,977 people.^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]

Etymology

The name "Maragondon" is a Spanish approximation of the Tagalog maragundóng or madagundóng ("having a rumbling or thunderous sound").^[8] 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:

1611 – When Franciscans from Silang established their first visita (sub-mission);
1690 – The fundación ecclesiastica (founding of a regular parish) by the Jesuits, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption;
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 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,^[9] when they were executed somewhere in the Maragondon mountain range.^[10]

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.^[11]

Geography

Maragondon is 44 kilometers (27 mi) from Imus, the provincial capital, and 54 kilometers (34 mi) from Manila, the national capital.

Barangays

Maragondon is politically subdivided into 27 barangays, as indicated below. ^[12] 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^[13]

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	+1.61%
2024	41,977	+0.75%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

In the 2024 census, the population of Maragondon was 41,977 people,^[19] with a density of 260 inhabitants per square kilometer or 670 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Maragondon

10

20

30

40

50

2000
44.58

2003
22.21

2006
22.20

2009
16.30

2012
8.86

2015
13.80

2018
6.14

2021
11.27

2023
15.34

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]

Government

Elected officials

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

Position	Official
Mayor	Lawrence N. Arca (NPC)
Vice Mayor	Aldous S. Angeles (NUP)

Sangguniang Bayan Members	Party
Lorenzo Miguel U. Arca	NPC
Irineo C. Angeles	NPC
Bonn B. Rillo	NPC
Emil P. Digal	NPC
Joel D. Angue	NPC
Alexander Alan S. Angeles	Independent
Joel A. Perio	NPC
Ehmil Reden C. Sena	NPC
ABC President
Ciriaco Angeles
SK Federation President
Jan Robby Tañagras

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.^[29]

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
Cavite State University - Maragondon Campus Laboratory Science High School
Maragondon National Integrated School
Pulo ni Sara Integrated School

Higher educational institution

Polytechnic University of the Philippines Maragondon

Notable People

Emiliano Riego de Dios - Capitan Municipal of Maragondon and General of the Philippine Revolution
Mariano Riego de Dios - General of the Philippine Revolution
Vicente Riego de Dios - Colonel of the Philippine Revolution
Simon Camacho - Basketball Player
Estanislao Martin de Angeles - Gobernadorcillo of Maragondon (1860) and clerk of court of Binondo, Manila

Images

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