General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cavite
General Emilio Aguinaldo, officially the Municipality of General Emilio Aguinaldo (Tagalog: Bayan ng Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 24,264 people.
Formerly known and still commonly referred to as Bailen, the municipality was renamed General Emilio Aguinaldo in honor of Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippines and a native of Cavite.
Etymology
The town is also known by its former official name, Bailen, named after the Spanish town of the same name. The town was established in 1858, the 50th anniversary of the Spanish victory against France in the Battle of Bailén that was fought in 1808 during the Peninsular War.
The municipality's current official name was adopted in 1965 and is named after Emilio Aguinaldo, the president of the First Philippine Republic and a native of Cavite who died the year before. In 2012, municipality administrators voted to revert the town's name back to Bailen; however, this was never ratified.
History
Spanish era
Bailen was originally a Catholic parish of the neighboring town of Maragondon. It was established through a decree issued on August 28, 1857, by Archbishop Fray Aranguren, OSA, of the Archdiocese of Manila. The decree separated the barrios of Batas and Guyong-guyong from Maragondon, creating a new parish named Bailen after a town in the province of Jaén.
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