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Maragondon Town, Cavite Province, Region IV, Philippines
Maragondon was established as a town in 1680. Formerly known as Madagundong during the Spanish era, its town seat used to be a site called Ugong on account of its large, noisy brook. The cacophonous nature of the town's name led the people of Madagundong to petition the gobernadorcillo to appeal to the spanish governor to alter the town's name, and Maragondong was given instead, in honor of the patron saint of the town - Maria Asuncion.
During the American regime, the name Maragondong was changed to Maragondon as its official name upon the recommendation of Lopez K. Santos to the Committee of Geographic names. Maragondon was known by its Katipunan name "Magtagumpay" during the Philippine Revolution.
A historic Jesuit town, Maragondon has a fine old church with an intricately carve door and ornate interior. The great revolutionary Andres Bonifacio and his brother were imprisoned in this church prior to their execution on nearby Mt. Buntis on May 11, 1897.
According to my source:
SOURCE: THE KABITENYO MAGAZINE (Independence Day issue), Issue 6, June 13, 1998 from The History and Cultural Life of Cavite Province, MEC, Division of Cavite and Cavite Provincial Government, 1981
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