Indang, Cavite
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Indang is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines
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Although Indang is a small municipality, it is starting to be developed. Now, fast-food restaurants such as Jollibee
, have been opened up (if one could consider this as a basis of development).
Indang has a public market, or palengke, where goods such as vegetables, seafood, meat, and household items are sold. One palengke is located in Poblacion 4.
A British village and formerly British school have been established in Barangay Calumpang Lejos, Cavite.
. The name "Indan" was derived from the Tagalog
word "indang" or "inrang", a tree which grew there.
A part of Silang for about 70 years, the municipality of Indang was organized with a prominent native, Juan Dimabiling, as the first gobernadorcillo. The distance between the barrio of Indang and the poblacion of Silang caused the residents of the former great difficulty in transacting officials business and attending religious services. This led the people of Indang to petition higher authorities for the conversion of the barrio into a separate municipality. The petition was granted, and Indang became full-fledged town in 1655.
During the Philippine Revolution, Indan was known by its Katipunan
name "Walang Tinag." It was also during this time that the letter "g" was added to its name; thus it is now called Indang. It belongs to the Magdiwang
faction, which rivals the Magdalo
faction headed by Emilio Aguinaldo
. In Barangay Limbon, Andres Bonifacio
was arrested after being defeated in the Tejeros Convention
and prevented from pursuing his counter-revolutionary plan to set up a separate government and army according to false witnesses brought by the Aguinaldo government. One of these witness was Severino De las Alas, who accused Bonifacio of trying to burn the Church of Indang.
and Trece Martires City
, on the south by municipality of Mendez
and Tagaytay City
, on the west by municipalities of Alfonso
and Maragondon, and on the east by the municipalities of Amadeo and General Trias.
The topography of Indang is characterized by gently sloping or rolling terrain. Almost 40.36% of its total land area is within the slope grade of 3-8% while 2,135 hectares is within the slope range of 8-15% which is characterized by undulating/sloping terrain.
On the trade and industry, existing commercial and agribusiness establishments play a relatively major role in the predominantly agri-based economy of Indang.
Municipal record on this establishment shows the wholesale and retail trade stores are clustered within the poblacion or urban area while in the rural, the trading establishments are dominated by sari-sari stores.
Agro-business commercial farms raise large volumes of livestock and poultry. As per record of the municipal agricultural office, there are existing hog farms, broiler farms, layer and breeder farms.
Indang Public Market and Slaughterhouse stand on 20,316 square meter government-owned property along Dimabiling St., Barangay IV (Poblacion). This public market has three (3) simple market buildings and “Bagsakan” for wholesale trading. The slaughterhouse occupies an area of 1,800 square meters, which is adjacent to meat section of market building. It has complete facilities like corral and hog-holding pen with drainage and sanitation facilities.
Land transportation is the principal mode of transporting goods and services in Indang and its neighboring municipalities. Vehicular routes going to other municipalities are Indang - Tagaytay, Indang - Alfonso, Indang - Naic, and Indang - Trece Martires City - Dasmarinas via Baclaran and vice versa. There are several types of vehicles transversing the place, but the most commonly used vehicles for public conveyances are buses, jeepneys and a number of tricycles plying within the Poblacion area and nearby barangays.
Indang has 25.535 km. barangay roads, 5.01 km municipal roads, 25.534 km. provincial roads, 26.568 km national roads, and 44,744 km. farm-to-market roads within the municipality. The barangay roads primarily provide the delivery of goods, services, and facilities which bring improvement on the living condition of the rural populace. On the other hand, the 93.10% of farm-to-market roads are not passable particularly during rainy seasons. The widening and improvement of these roads would ensure faster, easier, and safer transport of farm products. There of twenty-five (25) bridges connecting the twenty (20)barangay of this municipality, these are classified as national, provincial, and barangay bridges.
Newspapers, magazines, and other related reading materials reach the municipality. Likewise, radio and television sets have a good reception. All these forms of communication channels make the populace of Indang well-informed and up-to-date in terms of national and international issues.
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(PLDT) and Digital Telecommunications Inc. (DIGITEL) are the two leading telephone companies serving the municipality. The PLDT has its branch office at barangay Kaytapos, while the DIGITEL branch office is located at Tagaytay City. Year 2010, Globe Telecom, Inc is now operating their telephone lines bundled with DSL to selected Barangay's of Indang including the Poblacion, Kaytapos and Alulod.
Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc. and Digitel
thru Sun Cellular
installed their Mobile Base Transceiver Stations and Telecommunication Antenna Tower in the locality. Smart has currently five mobile (5) Base Station Towers, Globe has only eight (8) and Sun Cellular has one (1) mobile transceiver facility. Cellular phones are commonly used by the residents especially in remote barangay where telephone landline services are not available.
main campus (formerly Don Severino Agricultural College) is located in Indang. It straddles Barangays Kaytapos and Bancod due to its large size.
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Although Indang is a small municipality, it is starting to be developed. Now, fast-food restaurants such as Jollibee
Jollibee
Jollibee Foods Corporation is the parent company of Jollibee, a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Philippines. Among JFC's popular brands are Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Caffe Ti-amo, Mang Inasal and Burger King...
, have been opened up (if one could consider this as a basis of development).
Indang has a public market, or palengke, where goods such as vegetables, seafood, meat, and household items are sold. One palengke is located in Poblacion 4.
A British village and formerly British school have been established in Barangay Calumpang Lejos, Cavite.
History
Indang (originally called Indan) was established as a town in 1655, when it was administratively separated from the nearby town of Silang, CaviteSilang
Silang may refer to:*Diego Silang*Gabriela Silang*Silang, Cavite...
. The name "Indan" was derived from the Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...
word "indang" or "inrang", a tree which grew there.
A part of Silang for about 70 years, the municipality of Indang was organized with a prominent native, Juan Dimabiling, as the first gobernadorcillo. The distance between the barrio of Indang and the poblacion of Silang caused the residents of the former great difficulty in transacting officials business and attending religious services. This led the people of Indang to petition higher authorities for the conversion of the barrio into a separate municipality. The petition was granted, and Indang became full-fledged town in 1655.
During the Philippine Revolution, Indan was known by its Katipunan
Katipunan
The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-Spanish Filipinos in Manila in 1892, whose primary aim was to gain independence from Spain through revolution. The society was initiated by Filipino patriots Andrés Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa, and others on the night...
name "Walang Tinag." It was also during this time that the letter "g" was added to its name; thus it is now called Indang. It belongs to the Magdiwang
Magdiwang
Magdiwang can refer to the following:*Magdiwang , a faction of the Katipunan*Magdiwang, Romblon, a Philippine municipality...
faction, which rivals the Magdalo
Magdalo (Katipunan faction)
The Magdalo faction of the Katipunan was a chapter in Cavite, mostly led by ilustrados of that province.It was named after Mary Magdalene...
faction headed by Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...
. In Barangay Limbon, Andres Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
was arrested after being defeated in the Tejeros Convention
Tejeros Convention
The Tejeros Convention was the meeting held between the Magdiwang and Magdalo factions of the Katipunan at San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite on March 22, 1897...
and prevented from pursuing his counter-revolutionary plan to set up a separate government and army according to false witnesses brought by the Aguinaldo government. One of these witness was Severino De las Alas, who accused Bonifacio of trying to burn the Church of Indang.
Topography
Indang is an inland municipality with an area of 8,920 hectares. It is centrally located in the province of Cavite. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of NaicNAIC
NAIC is an initialism for* The National Association of Investors Corporation* The National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center* The North American Industry Classification System* The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
and Trece Martires City
Trece Martires City
The City of Trece Martires is a third-class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. The city serves as the seat of government of the Cavite, where many of the provincial government offices are located...
, on the south by municipality of Mendez
Mendez
Méndez or Mendes is a common surname, originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Mendo or Son of Mem.It may refer to:-General:*Abraham Pereira Mendes , English rabbi and educator...
and Tagaytay City
Tagaytay City
The City of Tagaytay is a second class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Only away from Manila via Aguinaldo Highway, it is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Tagaytay City provides a good view of the Taal Volcano...
, on the west by municipalities of Alfonso
Alfonso
Alfonso , Alfons , Afonso , Affonso , Alphonse, Alfonse , Αλφόνσος , Alphonsus , Alphons , Alfonsu in ,...
and Maragondon, and on the east by the municipalities of Amadeo and General Trias.
The topography of Indang is characterized by gently sloping or rolling terrain. Almost 40.36% of its total land area is within the slope grade of 3-8% while 2,135 hectares is within the slope range of 8-15% which is characterized by undulating/sloping terrain.
Elevation
The land elevation ranges from 230 to 380 meters above sea level. The land area is furthermore fairy well dissected by numerous creeks and streams that are deeply cut, characterized by steep and abrupt banks. These almost parallel drainage lines flow in northern direction to discharge into either Manila Bay or Laguna de Bay.Demography
Based on latest NSO Census on Population, Indang has a population of 60,755 in the year 2007, these constitute a population density of 811 persons per square kilometer or 6.81 persons per hectare. There are five (5) residential subdivisions within the municipality which occupied 44.75 hectares of land.Economy
The economy of Indang largely depends on agriculture. It is a first (1st) class municipality. The 80.45% or 7,176.38 hectares are primarily devoted to agriculture. They are predominantly planted with various types of crops like coconut, banana, coffee, fruit trees, and pineapple, while there are small portions of rice, root crops, vegetables, and corn. Most farmers are engaged in multi-cropping farming system. The largest number of employment is farming and trading of agricultural products. Livestock and poultry raisers occupied an area of about 22.76 hectares or 0.32% of the total agricultural area.On the trade and industry, existing commercial and agribusiness establishments play a relatively major role in the predominantly agri-based economy of Indang.
Municipal record on this establishment shows the wholesale and retail trade stores are clustered within the poblacion or urban area while in the rural, the trading establishments are dominated by sari-sari stores.
Agro-business commercial farms raise large volumes of livestock and poultry. As per record of the municipal agricultural office, there are existing hog farms, broiler farms, layer and breeder farms.
Indang Public Market and Slaughterhouse stand on 20,316 square meter government-owned property along Dimabiling St., Barangay IV (Poblacion). This public market has three (3) simple market buildings and “Bagsakan” for wholesale trading. The slaughterhouse occupies an area of 1,800 square meters, which is adjacent to meat section of market building. It has complete facilities like corral and hog-holding pen with drainage and sanitation facilities.
Land transportation is the principal mode of transporting goods and services in Indang and its neighboring municipalities. Vehicular routes going to other municipalities are Indang - Tagaytay, Indang - Alfonso, Indang - Naic, and Indang - Trece Martires City - Dasmarinas via Baclaran and vice versa. There are several types of vehicles transversing the place, but the most commonly used vehicles for public conveyances are buses, jeepneys and a number of tricycles plying within the Poblacion area and nearby barangays.
Indang has 25.535 km. barangay roads, 5.01 km municipal roads, 25.534 km. provincial roads, 26.568 km national roads, and 44,744 km. farm-to-market roads within the municipality. The barangay roads primarily provide the delivery of goods, services, and facilities which bring improvement on the living condition of the rural populace. On the other hand, the 93.10% of farm-to-market roads are not passable particularly during rainy seasons. The widening and improvement of these roads would ensure faster, easier, and safer transport of farm products. There of twenty-five (25) bridges connecting the twenty (20)barangay of this municipality, these are classified as national, provincial, and barangay bridges.
Newspapers, magazines, and other related reading materials reach the municipality. Likewise, radio and television sets have a good reception. All these forms of communication channels make the populace of Indang well-informed and up-to-date in terms of national and international issues.
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company commonly known as PLDT, is the largest telecommunications company in the Philippines. PLDT is also the largest company in the Philippines, ranked 1138th in the April 2009 update, and 1080th in the April 2010 update, of Forbes' Global 2000 list...
(PLDT) and Digital Telecommunications Inc. (DIGITEL) are the two leading telephone companies serving the municipality. The PLDT has its branch office at barangay Kaytapos, while the DIGITEL branch office is located at Tagaytay City. Year 2010, Globe Telecom, Inc is now operating their telephone lines bundled with DSL to selected Barangay's of Indang including the Poblacion, Kaytapos and Alulod.
Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc. and Digitel
Digitel
-Business:*Corporación Digitel, C.A. d/b/a Digitel GSM, a wireless services operator in Venezuela*Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc., a landline services operator in the Philippines...
thru Sun Cellular
Sun Cellular
Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., is a mobile telecommunication service provider in the Philippines doing business as Sun Cellular. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Telecommunications Philippines, or Digitel. Digitel is in turn owned by the JG Summit Group with a minority stake...
installed their Mobile Base Transceiver Stations and Telecommunication Antenna Tower in the locality. Smart has currently five mobile (5) Base Station Towers, Globe has only eight (8) and Sun Cellular has one (1) mobile transceiver facility. Cellular phones are commonly used by the residents especially in remote barangay where telephone landline services are not available.
Cavite State University
The Cavite State UniversityCavite State University
The Cavite State University , formerly known as Don Severino Agricultural College , is a premier university in the province of Cavite. It was established by the Thomasites as a pioneer intermediate school in 1906...
main campus (formerly Don Severino Agricultural College) is located in Indang. It straddles Barangays Kaytapos and Bancod due to its large size.
Barangays
Indang is politically subdivided into 36 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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