Ternate is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,179 people in 3,541 households. Image File history File links Ph_locator_cavite_ternate. ... 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. ... Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Barangays

Ternate is politically subdivided into 10 barangays (3 urban and 7 rural). A barangay also known as barrio (Filipino: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy) is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village,barrio, district, ward or town. ...

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

History

The Merdicas/Mardicas were a tribe of Malays of Ternate in the Moluccas which was a small Spanish colony. Before this it was a Portuguese colony. Mardicas, meant "People of the Sea". There were originally seven families, whose family names were De Leon, Ramos, De la Cruz, Estibar, Pereira, and Nigoza. In 1574, the merdicas volunteered to come to Cavite to support the Spanish against the threat of invasion of the Chinese pirate, Limahong. The invasion did not occur but the community of Merdicas settled in a place, which at first was named "Gilolo" after a tree similar to theirs in the Moluccas. Then it was changed to "Barra de Maragondon" at a sandbar at the mouth of the Maragondon River. Today, the place is called Ternate and the community of Merdicas continued to use "broken Spanish" which evolved into the full-fedged Philippine Spanish creole called Ternateño or Ternateño Chavacano. A 1720 depiction of Ternate. ... This page is about the geography and history of the island group in Indonesia — for the political entities encompassing the islands, see Maluku (Indonesian province) and North Maluku. ... Events April 14 - Battle of Mookerheyde. ... Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. ... Chavacano, (also Chabacano or Zamboangueño), is a Spanish creole spoken in the Philippines. ... Chavacano, (also Chabacano or Zamboangueño), is a Spanish creole spoken in the Philippines. ...

In 1663, some Merdicas were ordered by the Governor General to establish themselves in Bagumbayan (now Ermita) and protect Manila. About 200 of them to fought against Moro pirates. Bagumbayan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. ... Ermita is a district of Manila, Philippines. ...

External links

• History of Ternate
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information