Agdangan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 9,946 people in 2,175 households. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Quezon is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Barangays

Agdangan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

• Binagbag
• Dayap
• Ibabang Kinagunan
• Ilayang Kinagunan
• Kanlurang Calutan
• Kanlurang Maligaya
• Salvacion
• Silangang Calutan
• Silangang Maligaya
• Sildora
• Poblacion I
• Poblacion II

BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND :

DURING THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SPANISH COLONIAL ERA,THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATIMONAN, TAYABAS (NOW QUEZON PROVINCE) SUFFERED FROM FREQUENT ATTACKS OF PIRATES AND OUTLAWS . A MAN FROM THIS PLACE, MARIANO AGUILAR THOUGHT OF LOOKING FOR A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND DWELL WITH HIS FAMILY. HE ASKED A GOOD FRIEND AND DISTANT RELATIVE JUAN SALVADOR TO FIND A PLACE WEST OF THIS MUNICIPALITY TO SETTLE FOR GOOD. THEY WALKED THROUGH THE RIVERSIDE SOUTHWEST BOUND, UNTIL THEY FOUND A VERY SCENIC RIVER WHERE WATERS LOOK LIKE RUNNING ON A LADDER.THEY INITIALLY NAMED IT HAGDAN-HAGDAN (LADDER-LIKE STRUCTURE).THEY MOVED FURTHER WEST UNTIL THEY FOUND A HUGE PLANE WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED THE VILLAGE.THEY BUILT HOUSES FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND INVITED OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO SETTLE IN THIS AREA.BEFORE THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS AREA WAS OFFICIALLY CALLED AGDANGAN AND WAS CLASSIFIED AS A BARIO OF THE NEARBY TOWN UNISAN,TAYABAS.THE POPULATION GREW BIGGER AS A RESULT OF INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM NEARBY MUNICIPALITIES, AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS ESTABLISHED A TRAIN STATION HERE, THE SOLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION DURING THOSE TIMES.THE FAMILIES OF MARIANO AGUILAR AND JUAN SALVADOR AGAIN TOOK EFFORTS BY CONVINCING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THAT BARIO AGDANGAN CAN STAND INDEPENDENTLY AS A MUNICIPALITY.THE FRUITFUL RESULT OF THIS ENDEAVOR HAPPENED ON APRIL 1, 1939 WHEN AGDANGAN,TAYABAS WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MUNICIPALITY.THE FIRST MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT (MUNICIPAL MAYOR),ROQUE AGUILAR,the eldest son of Mariano Aguilar,WAS APPOINTED TO OFFICE BY PRESIDENT MANUEL L. QUEZON. FIRST MUNICIPAL ELECTION WAS HELD THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND IT WAS WON BY CATALINO Z.AGUILAR AS MAYOR AND CRISPIN SALVADOR AS VICE MAYOR.

AGDANGAN UNTIL TODAY IS CLASSIFIED AS 5TH CLASS MUNICIPALITY. PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESSMEN FROM THIS TINY MUNICIPALITY HAVE BEEN SEEKING BETTER OPPORTUNITIES IN GREATER AREAS LIKE MANILA AND ABROAD.THOUGH SMALL TOWN AS IT SEEMS, THIS MUNICIPALITY RAISED NUMEROUS PERSONALITIES WHO BECAME SUCCESSFUL NOT LIMITED LOCALLY BUT EXTENDED AROUND THE GLOBE.

LOCAL OFFICIALS 2007-2010

MAYOR : AGUILAR, RHADAM P.

VICE-MAYOR : PARAFINA, JUANCHO S.

COUNCILORS:

1 PAR, ARNOLD M.

2 VILLARUEL, ALFONSO P.

3 BARTHOLOMI, GINA F.

4 LACUESTA, ELMERTO P.

5 CONCHADA, GILBERTO F.

6 SALVADOR, ORLANDO G.

7 SALVATIERRA, MARIO H.

8 BACAY, MACARIO M.

MUNICIPAL SECRETARY : MAXIMO SALVATIERRA

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• agdanganin_kami@yahoogroups

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