Aloguinsan
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cebu
Aloguinsan, officially the Municipality of Aloguinsan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Aloguinsan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Aloguinsan), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 34,990 people.
History
Aloguinsan was formerly a barrio of Pinamungajan. It was created a town by the Royal Decree of the Kingdom of Spain in 1886.
Bulwarte, a historic landmark, still stands as mute testimony to the courage of the early inhabitants of Aloguinsan. Because of the frequent Moro attacks, the natives, under the supervision of the Spaniards, constructed a watchtower on top of a hill at the mouth of a river. From this vantage point, they could see incoming Moro vintas.
One night (a full moon and favorable winds), the Muslim invaders approached the village. With old people, women, and children safe behind the hills, the men began firing their cannons and did not stop until the pirates had been annihilated. It was the end of Moro assaults.
“Aloguinsan” enters the record as municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cebu. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aloguinsan, municipality and Philippines can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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