Ternate, officially the Municipality of Ternate (Tagalog: Bayan ng Ternate, Chavacano: Municipio de Ternate), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,653 people. [3]

Ternate Bahra
Municipality
Municipality of Ternate
(From left) The municipal hall of Ternate, the town's welcome arch, the Santo Niño Parish Church, the town plaza and the public market
Seal
Nickname:  Hispanic Centre of Luzon
Map of Cavite with Ternate highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Ternate Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°17′N 120°43′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Cavite
District	8th district
Founded	1857
Barangays	10 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Lamberto D. Bambao
• Vice Mayor	Salvador C. Gubio Jr.
• Representative	Aniela Bianca D. Tolentino
• Municipal Council	Members Calvin Kenneth C. Soberano Charito S. Mojica Lolita B. Nacis Deonilo I. Bersamina Romel G. Anit Rico L. Nigoza Persival L. Garcia Rolando A. Federico
• Electorate	17,513 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	59.93 km2 (23.14 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Highest elevation	649 m (2,129 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	24,653
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Households	6,344
Demonym	Ternateño
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	11.42% (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱122,121,001.29 (2020)
• Assets	₱490,677,312.89 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱110,731,183.68 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱337,477,341.08 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4111
PSGC	042121000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)46
Native languages	Chavacano Tagalog
Website	www.ternate.cavite.gov.ph

Formerly known as Bahra, the municipality is named after Ternate island of Indonesia where migrants from then Dutch East Indies originated.

History

The Merdicas (also spelled Mardicas or Mardikas) were Catholic natives of the islands of Ternate and Tidore of the Moluccas, converted during the Portuguese occupation of the islands by Jesuit missionaries. The islands were later captured by the Spanish who vied for their control with the Dutch. In 1663, the Spanish garrison in Ternate were forced to pull out to defend Manila against an impending invasion by Koxinga (sacrificing the Moluccas to the Dutch in doing so) from the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan. Two hundred families of Merdicas volunteered to help, eventually being resettled in a sandbar near the mouth of the Maragondon river (known as the Bahra de Maragondon) and Tanza, Cavite.[5] The Ternatean community in Ternate, Cavite was preluded by the deportation of the Ternate ruler, Sultan Said Din Burkat, who was sent to Luzon and converted to Christianity.[6]

The invasion did not occur as Koxinga fell ill and died. The Merdicas community eventually integrated into the local population. Today, the place is called Ternate after the island of Ternate in the Moluccas, and the descendants of the Merdicas continue to use their Spanish creole (with Portuguese and Papuan influence) which came to be known as Ternateño Chabacano.[5]

Ternate was once a mere barrio of Maragondon. Ternate was the first town to attain full independence from Maragondon on March 31, 1857, under an agreement signed by Tomas de Leon, Felix Nigosa, Pablo de Leon, Florencio Nino Franco and Juan Ramos in behalf of the people of Ternate.

On March 3, 1992, Mayor Octavio Velasco, his two bodyguards and the town chief of police Felipe Enero were assassinated in front of the Ternate Municipal Hall by unknown gunmen, alleged to be five bodyguards of then-Cavite Representative Jorge Nuñez.[7][8] By March 1994, the assassins had yet to be caught by authorities.[9]

Geography

Barangays

Ternate is politically subdivided into ten barangays (three urban and seven rural). [10]

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Ternate, Cavite, was 24,653 people, [3] with a density of 410 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,100 inhabitants per square mile.

Language

In addition to Tagalog, the community continue to use one of several Spanish-based creole varieties found in the Philippines, collectively known as Chabacano (Ternateño Chavacano); Locals however call this vernacular simply as Bahra.

Religion

Most Ternateños are Christian, with the majority belonging to the Catholic Church, and the rest subscribing to independent or evangelical Christian denominations. A number of residents profess Islam, belonging to the Sunni branch predominant throughout the country.

• Catholicism
• Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church)
• Iglesia Ni Cristo
• United Church of Christ in the Philippines
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Assemblies of God
• Church of Alpha Omega Christian Ministries Inc.
• Islam

Economy

Government

Elected officials

The following are the elected officials of the town elected last May 09, 2022 which serves until 2025:

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ternate, Cavite.

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information

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