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'''Maragondon''', officially the '''Municipality of Maragondon''' ({{
Maragondon is {{convert|44|km|sp=us}} from [[Imus]] and {{convert|54|km|sp=us}} from [[Manila]].
==Etymology==
The name Maragondon is a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] approximation of the [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] word ''maragundong'' or ''madagundong'', which means "having a rumbling or thunderous sound".<ref name="Lesho">{{cite book |last1=Lesho |first1=Marivic |last2=Sippola |first2=Eeva |title=Vergleichende Kolonialtoponomastik Strukturen und Funktionen kolonialer Ortsbenennung |date=2018 |publisher=De Gruyter |chapter=Toponyms in Manila and Cavite, Philippines |isbn=9783110608618 |pages=317–332}}</ref> 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==
[[File:Andres Bonifacio Mount Nagpatong Park.jpg|thumb|left|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:
▲The name Maragondon is a Spanish approximation of the Tagalog word ''maragundong'' or ''madagundong'', which means "having a rumbling or thunderous sound".<ref name="Lesho">{{cite book |last1=Lesho |first1=Marivic |last2=Sippola |first2=Eeva |title=Vergleichende Kolonialtoponomastik Strukturen und Funktionen kolonialer Ortsbenennung |date=2018 |publisher=De Gruyter |chapter=Toponyms in Manila and Cavite, Philippines |isbn=9783110608618 |pages=317–332}}</ref> 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.
# 1611 when the Franciscan Fathers from [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]] established their first ''visita'' or chapel;
# 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 In the second half of the 19th century the towns of [[Ternate]], [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]], [[General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite|Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo (formerly Bailen)]], [[Alfonso, Cavite|Alfonso]], and [[Naic]] were mere
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.
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In the 2020 census, the population of Maragondon was 40,687 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|40,687/164.61|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or|sp=us}}.
==Government==
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===Elected officials===
The following are the elected officials of the town elected last [[2022 Cavite local elections|May 09, 2022]],
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