Infanta, Quezon
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Infanta, officially the Municipality of Infanta (Template:Langx, Ilocano: Ili ti Infanta), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the Template:PH wikidata, it has a population of Template:PH wikidata people.Template:PH wikidata
It is known as the largest lambanog manufacturer in the province of Quezon. The town is also known for its giant mountain snail locally known as bayugo dishes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> The municipality is the Gateway to the Pacific The Vision of Infanta is Lingap Agad.
Etymology
Infanta, a title given to the Princess or Heir Apparent of the Spanish Monarchy back in the 13th century. It specifically referred to Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria, the eldest daughter of King Philip II of Spain, the namesake of the Philippines.<ref name="mythicalorigin"/>
Before the Spanish colonization, this place was known as Binangonan by its first peoples, the Dumagats. Binangonan is a Dumagat word pertaining to a sacred place where a bangon ("sacred name") was given by the Sobkal (Bobo a Laki) to an infant.
History
Binangonan de Lampon
In the year 1578, the venerable and zealous Fray Esteban Ortíz planted the consoling sign of the Cross in this town, who toured the east coast of the island in an expanse of more than sixty leagues, while the shortage of missionaries at that time did not allow the continued assistance of a minister until the year of 1609, with the holy martyr Fray Blas Palomino undertaking anew its conversion, formalized this town and was its first minister.
After the years of 1658, the administration of this town was ceded from Franciscan mission to the Augustinian Recollects until they ceded it back to the Franciscans in the year 1703.
The Church, dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist, was of bamboo cane and nipa until the year 1732, by which time it was burnt down and the existing one was built, which is made of stone, but roofed with nipa, and the same as the parish house, which serves as a tribunal. There is a school of primary education, endowed by the funds of the community; about six hundred wooden houses and many others from bamboo, distributed in its twenty-eight barrios, some of them quite far from the Church.
State Of The Parish
Spanish era writers said of the town:
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This village has no limits. In their lengthy and lush forests are all kinds of woods for construction and cabinetry, of the best quality: many and good pastures for cattle and horses; variety of palms, canes and reeds, with plenty of fruit and rootcrops: abundant hunting buffalo, boar, deer and fowl, with much wax and honey. There is also a quarry of granite stone, discovered the year of 1849 by Fray Antonio del Moral. A little distant from the town exists a safe harbor for ships of high board, but its entry is dangerous to the inexperienced, and from October to March is risky to navigate the coast because of the strong northerly winds that blow. The land reduced to cultivation produces abundant crops of rice, maize, sugarcane, cocoa, coffee and sweet potato. The abaca was planted for the first time in the year 1851 by Fray Antonio del Moral, and gave so happy results that today that its increasing cultivation is continued with large activity and benefit. Its natives are engaged in agriculture, the harvest of the abaca, the nipa wine, whose palm abounds in its land; the breeding of cattle, in the hunting and fishing, whose products, with the excess of other agricultural products, is exported in medium-sized boats to the town of Mauban, in the province of Tayabas and to the towns of Paracale and Mambulao, returning gold dust after being brought to the Capital.{{#if:|
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Below are the Religious Franciscans ministered in Binangonan de Lampon after Fray Ortíz and Fray Palomino:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
| Franciscan Friar | Position | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bernardino de la Concepción | Confessor | 1617 |
| Juan de Mansilla | Confessor | 1619 |
| Lorenzo Valdés | Confessor | 1632 |
| Vicente Pilas or San José | Preacher | 1639 |
| Dionisio de la Concepción | Confessor | 1652 |
| Pedro de Alburquerque | Preacher | 1653 / 1659 |
| Baltasar of San Diego | Confessor | 1659 |
| Juan Antonio dela Purificación | del Moral | 1727-1731 |
| Nicolás Valverde or de Jesús | Confessor | 1741 / 1765 |
| Vicente Mars | Preacher | 1758 |
| Manuel de Sacedón | Preacher | 1758 |
| José de Jesús or de San Esteban | Chorister | 1759 |
| Julián de Madrid | Preacher | 1760 |
| Manuel de San Ramón | Confessor | 1768 |
| Atanasio Argovejo de Jesús María | Preacher | 1774 |
| José Engracio de Alarilla | Preacher | 1785 |
| Juan Moveno | Preacher | 1811 |
| Tomás Pobeda | Preacher | 1823 |
| Baltasar Barceló de San Antonio | Preacher | 1825 |
| Antonio Huertas Felipe | del Moral | 1848-1853 |
| Lucas Martínez | Preacher | 1864 |
| Cirilo Sanz | Preacher | 1867-1869 |
| Francisco Arriaga | Preacher | 1883 |
Spanish Colonial Era
In 1578, more than half a century after Ferdinand Magellan and his men landed in Cebu and thirteen years after Miguel López de Legazpi founded the first Spanish settlement also in Cebu, a Spanish priest named Esteban Ortíz arrived in Binangonan de Lampon and planted a wooden cross symbolizing the introduction of Spanish colonial rule at the place. In 1696, Don Diego Mangilaya, a native chieftain developed the settlement.<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref>
Since its establishment, the area has been attacked by Moro pirates, and visited by typhoons and cholera epidemics as recent as 2004. In 1803, Captain Pedro de León affiliated Binangonan de Lampon to the province of Nueva Ecija and in 1850, Kapitan Rafael Orozco withdrew Infanta from the province of Nueva Ecija and joined it with the province of Laguna to the west.
District of Infanta
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The municipality of Infanta was part of the Distrito de La Infanta, which was established by a decree of the Superior Government issued on March 18, 1858.
Philippine Revolution
On July 20, 1898, a group of Infanta Katipuneros headed by Colonel Pablo Astilla attacked the Spanish forces holed up at the limestone convent and after several days of siege and fighting, the Spanish soldiers surrendered.
American Colonial Era
By virtue of the December 10, 1898 Paris Treaty of Peace, American soldiers occupied the town of Infanta and appointed Kapitan Carlos Ruidera Azcárraga as the first "town presidente." He was followed by Rufino Ortíz in 1903 who withdrew Infanta from the province of Laguna and joined it to the province of Tayabas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also ordered the planting of coconut trees in the barrios (now barangays) of Infanta. During the administration of town "presidente" Gregorio Rutaquio (1911–1916), he constructed the "Gabaldón type" of school house. In 1917-1919, Agustin Pumarada served as the town president. From 1923 to 1928, Don Florencio Potes became town "presidente". He constructed the concrete municipal building and the first telegraph office of the town. From 1935 to 1939, Mr. Fabián Sollesa served as town "presidente". During his incumbency, the Infanta-Famy Road traversing the Sierra Madre from Infanta to Laguna and Rizal provinces was constructed. Also, piped water from a spring reservoir in barrio (barangay) Gumian was installed.
Japanese Occupation
In December 1941 the Japanese Imperial forces occupied the town of Infanta. On May 25, 1945, the liberation by combined Filipino and American soldiers entered in the town was supported by the guerrilla fighters fought the Japanese Imperial forces until the end of World War II.
Creation of two municipalities and religious territory
On July 21, 1949, the municipality of General Nakar was created from the territory of Infanta.<ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref>
The following year, in 1950, Infanta gained religious significance when it was designated as the seat of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta.
Later, Infanta underwent another territorial change when barangay Real was separated and established as an independent municipality on June 22, 1963.<ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref>
Legend
According to the legend, the people who established the first settlement in the land that became Infanta were led by an elder named Nunong Karugtong. These settlers crossed the Sierra Madre Mountains from somewhere in what is now Rizal Province in search of better living conditions. After examining multiple sites, they eventually settled on a site near the Bantilan River, where the discovery of a huge Yam root convinced them that the site was ideal for settlement. This eventually became the site of the settlement which European colonizers would call Binangonan de Lampon which in turn would eventually become the Municipality of Infanta.
Geography
The Municipality of Infanta has a land area of Template:Convert, representing 1.5% of the area of Quezon.
Infanta is situated Template:Convert from the provincial capital Lucena, and Template:Convert from the country's capital city of Manila. It is accessible to Metro Manila through the Marcos Highway.
Barangays
Infanta is politically subdivided into 36 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. There are six barangays which are considered urban (highlighted in bold).
- Abiawin
- Agos Agos
- Alitas
- Amolongin
- Anibong
- Antikin
- Bacong
- Balobo
- Banugao
- Batican
- Binonoan
- Binulasan
- Boboin
- Catambungan
- Cawaynin
- Comon
- Dinahican
- Gumian
- Ilog
- Ingas
- Langgas
- Libjo
- Lual
- Magsaysay
- Maypulot
- Miswa
- Pilaway
- Pinaglapatan
- Poblacion 1
- Poblacion 38
- Poblacion 39
- Poblacion Bantilan
- Pulo
- Silangan
- Tongohin
- TudturanTemplate:Div col end
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Template:PH poverty incidence The town is currently undergoing preparations for establishing a bayugo breeding center that would supply bayugo to townsfolk. The move is intended to stop the decline of bayugo in the wild. Also it is the center of economic activity in the northern part of Quezon.
Education
The Infanta Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public elementary and high schools.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Infanta is the center of educative learning, with four colleges that attract many students to study from nearby towns of Real, General Nakar, Polillo, Panukulan, Burdeos, Patnanungan and Jomalig.
Primary and elementary schools
- Abiawin Elementary School
- Agos-Agos Elementary School
- Alitas Elementary School
- Banugao Elementary School
- Binonoan Elementary School
- Cacawayan Elementary School
- Dinahican Elementary School
- Disciples Christian School
- Gumian Elementary School
- Infanta Central School
- Kiborosa Elementary School
- Learnpoint Kiddie School
- LFJ Cornerstone Academy
- Libjo Elementary School
- Lual Elementary School
- Magsaysay Elementary School
- Miyunod Elementary School
- Mount Carmel School
- New Little Baguio ES
- Picab Elementary School
- Star of Hope Christian School
- Stepstone Christian Academy
- The Jesus Christ Worldwide Montessori
- Tongohin Elementary School
- Tudturan Elementary School
Secondary schools
- Binulasan Integrated School
- Infanta National High School
- Langgas National High School
- Little Friends of Jesus Corner Stone Academy
- Mount Carmel School of Infanta
- Tongohin National High School
Higher educational institutions
- ACTS Computer College
- Northern Quezon College
- Rizal Marine Technological College
- Southern Luzon State University
Media
FM Stations
- 92.7 Spirit FM (Catholic Media Network)
- 94.3 Brigada News FM (Brigada Mass Media Corporation)
- 95.9 DABIG C Radio (Prime Broadcasting Network)
- 105.3 Radyo Natin (Manila Broadcasting Company/Radyo Natin Network)
Cable and Satellite
- Infanta Cable TV Network
- Cignal TV
Town's Hymn
The Hymn of the Town of Infanta is entitled "Mabuhay Ka Infanta" written by the alumni of Mount Carmel School of Infanta.
Notable
Notes
References
External links
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System Template:Webarchive
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