General Emilio Aguinaldo, officially the Municipality of General Emilio Aguinaldo, (Tagalog: Bayan
ng Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines.
According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 22,220 people.Formerly known as Bailen,
the municipality was named after Emilio Aguinaldo, the president of the First Philippine Republic.
The municipality reverted its name to Bailen after the Provincial Board approved Committee
Report 118-2012 on September 3, 2012.
It is however yet to be ratified.
== Geography == General Emilio Aguinaldo is located 82 kilometres
(51 mi) from Metro Manila.
It is bordered to the north and east by the town of Maragondon, by Alfonso to the south,
and Magallanes to the west.
=== Barangays === Bailen is politically subdivided into 14 barangays
(4 urban, 10 rural).
== History == The municipality of General Emilio Aguinaldo
used to be a separate Catholic parish in the town of adjacent Maragondon.
It was founded by virtue of 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 the town of Maragondon,
naming the new parish Bailen.
It is recounted that a group of citizens from Barrio Batas petitioned Spanish Governor-General
Fernando Norzagaray to convert their barrio into a municipality because of its distance
from the town proper.
Giving due course to the petition, the Spanish Governor approved the request on August 2,
1858.
Bailen, the town's original name, was coined from the Spanish word "bailar", meaning "to
dance".
Another claims that it was named after a Spanish town of the same name.
The American civil government, from 1899–1901, reduced the number of towns to facilitate
the military policy of concentrating the civilian population of the poblaciones.
The Philippine Commission approved Act No. 947 on October 15, 1903, annexing the municipalities
of Bailen and Mendez to Alfonso, thus becoming barrios of Alfonso.
The Philippine Commission, for the second time in 1904, reorganized the entire province
of Cavite reducing its 22 municipalities to 9 groups of towns.
Bailen was annexed to Mendez.
Bailen was reconverted into an independent municipality in 1915, with the complete restoration
of peace and order in Cavite.On June 19, 1965 with the signing of Republic Act no.
4346, the town's name, Bailen, was changed to General Emilio Aguinaldo, in honor of the
first Philippine president who died the year before.On September 3, 2012, the town's name
was reverted to Bailen.
The Sangguniang Panglalawigan (Provincial Board) has unanimously approved Committee
Report 118-2012 renaming General Emilio Aguinaldo, a municipality in the 7th District of the
province, to its original, "Bailen" during the 95th Regular Session.
It is however, yet to be ratified.
== Demographics == In the 2015 census, the population of Gen.
Emilio Aguinaldo was 22,220 people, with a density of 2,400 inhabitants per square kilometre
or 6,200 inhabitants per square mile.
== Local government ==
The following are the elected officials of the town for the term 2013-2016:
== See also == List of renamed cities and municipalities
in the Philippines
== References ==
== External links == Profile: General Emilio Aguinaldo - Official
Website of the Province of Cavite Profile: General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite
- DILG Calabarzon Region Philippine Standard Geographic Code