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Maragondon | |
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Municipality of Maragondon | |
Nickname: Historic Town & Wildlife Sanctuary | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 14°16′N 120°44′E / 14.27°N 120.73°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 | Bernie P. Ilagan |
• Representative | Aniela Bianca D. Tolentino |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 33,062 voters (2022) |
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 (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 |
• Revenue | ₱ 157.2 million (2020), 65.57 million (2012), 74.5 million (2013), 88.37 million (2014), 97.66 million (2015), 119.7 million (2016), 124.5 million (2017), 131.1 million (2018), 140 million (2019), 172.1 million (2021), 223.6 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 344.3 million (2020), 100.3 million (2012), 100.1 million (2013), 113.4 million (2014), 136.2 million (2015), 176.1 million (2016), 225.6 million (2017), 232.4 million (2018), 271.9 million (2019), 417.8 million (2021), 473 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 134.6 million (2020), 66.44 million (2012), 64.94 million (2013), 71.83 million (2014), 85.27 million (2015), 89.67 million (2016), 44.11 million (2017), 58.14 million (2018), 117.4 million (2019), 131.5 million (2021), 192.9 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 119.9 million (2020), 17.13 million (2012), 11.6 million (2013), 14.63 million (2014), 33.1 million (2015), 50.55 million (2016), 81.82 million (2017), 83.75 million (2018), 102.5 million (2019), 78.83 million (2021), 90.13 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Manila Electric Company (Meralco) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4112 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)46 |
Native languages | Tagalog |
Major religions | |
Feast date | August 15 |
Catholic diocese | Diocese of Imus |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Assumption |
Website | www |
Maragondon, officially the Municipality of Maragondon (Tagalog: Bayan ng Maragondon), is 6th class 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 is 44 kilometers (27 mi) from Imus and 54 kilometers (34 mi) from Manila.