Ternate (Cavite)

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Municipality of Ternate
Bayan ng Ternate
Location of Ternate in the province of Cavite
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Basic data
Region : CALABARZON
Province : Cavite
Barangays : 10
District: 3. District of Cavite
PSGC : 042121000
Income class : 4. Income bracket
Households : 3541
May 1, 2000 census
Population : 23,157
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 423.3 inhabitants per km²
Area : 54.7  km²
Coordinates : 14 ° 17 '  N , 120 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 14 ° 17 '  N , 120 ° 43'  E
Postal code : 4111
Mayor : Conrado C. Lindo
Geographical location in the Philippines
Ternate (Philippines)
Ternate
Ternate

Ternate ( Filipino : Bayan ng Ternate ) is a municipality in the Philippine province of Cavite .

Barangays

Ternate is politically divided into ten barangays , three of which are urban and seven are rural.

  • Poblacion I (Barangay I)
  • Poblacion II (Barangay II)
  • Bucana
  • Poblacion III (Barangay III)
  • San Jose
  • San Juan I
  • Sapang I.
  • Poblacion IA
  • San Juan II
  • Sapang II

history

The Merdicas / Mardicas were a tribe of Malay ethnic group from the island of Ternate in the Moluccas (now part of Indonesia ), at that time a small Spanish colony. Mardicas means something like "people of the sea". Originally seven families with the surnames Nino Franco, De Leon, Ramos, De la Cruz, Esteubar, Pereira, and Nigoza came to Cavite in 1574 to help the Spaniards defend the Chinese pirate Lin Feng from the threat of pirate incursions . However, the feared raids did not materialize and the Merdicas settled in one place in Cavite. This settlement with the name Gilolo was initially named after a native tree species that was also native to their homeland in the Moluccas. The name was later changed to Barra de Maragondon , today the place is called Ternate. A Chabacano language, Spanish Creole languages ​​spoken in the Philippines, is still used in Ternate today.

In 1663, some Merdicas received an order from the Governor General of the Philippines to settle in Bagumbayan (now Ermita ) to defend Manila . About 200 of them fought against Moros pirates.

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