Ternate, Cavite

For other uses, see Ternate (disambiguation).

Ternate Bahra
Municipality
Municipality of Ternate
(From left) The municipal hall, the town's welcome arch at the border with Maragondón, 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′N120°43′E / 14.28°N 120.72°E / 14.28; 120.72
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Cavite
District	8th district
Founded	1857
Annexation to Naic	October 15, 1903
Chartered	January 1, 1916
Named for	Ternate island, Indonesia
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	₱ 122.1 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 490.7 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 110.7 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 337.5 million (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

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]

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

Etymology

The town is named after the Indonesian island of Ternate, which was the homeland of settlers in the region in the late 1600s (as refugees from the Moluccas). The town was also known as Barra or Bahra (from Barra de Maragondón) in Chavacano. Prior to the arrival of migrants, the area was known as Wawa by the native Tagalogs, from the Tagalog wawa ("river mouth" or "river delta"). ^[5]

History

The Merdicas (also spelled Mardicas or Mardikas) were Catholic natives of the islands of Ternate and Tidore of the Moluccas, converted by Jesuit missionaries during the Portuguese occupation of the islands. 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 on the Kingdom of Tungning in modern Taiwan, sacrificing the Moluccas to the Dutch. Two hundred families of Merdicas (of mixed Mexican-Filipino-Spanish and Papuan-Indonesian-Portuguese descent) ^[6] volunteered, and were resettled in a sandbar near the mouth of the Maragondon River (known as the Bahra de Maragondon) and Tanza, Cavite. ^[7] Ahead of them was their ruler, Sultan Said Din Burkat, who deported to Luzon and later converted to Christianity. ^[8]

The invasion did not occur as Koxinga fell ill and died. The Merdicas community eventually assimilated into the local population. Today, the descendants of the Merdicas continue to speak their Spanish creole (with Portuguese and Papuan influences), which came to be known as Ternateño Chabacano. ^[7]

Ternate was once a barrio of Maragondón, and was the first town to attain full independence from it on March 31, 1857. The agreement was signed on behalf of the residents of Ternate by Tomás de León, Félix Nigosa, Pablo de León, Florencio Nino Franco and Juan Ramos.

On October 15, 1903, Ternate was merged with Naic by virtue of Act No. 947. ^[9] It was later separated by virtue of Executive Order No. 96 on November 1915 but was effective only on January 1, 1916. ^[10]

On March 3, 1992, Mayor Octavio Velasco, along with his two bodyguards and the town chief of police Felipe Enero, were assassinated in front of the municipal hall by five unknown gunmen, alleged to be bodyguards of then-Cavite Representative Jorge Núñez. ^{[11] [12]} As of March 1994, the assassins were still at large. ^[13]

Geography

Barangays

Ternate is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.  ^[14] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Currently, there are 3 barangays which are classified as urban.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [15]
042121001	Poblacion I (Barangay I)	7.7%	1,899	1,973	▾	−0.38%
042121002	Poblacion II (Barangay II)	8.1%	2,005	1,879	▴	0.65%
042121003	Bucana	4.5%	1,111	770	▴	3.73%
042121005	Poblacion III (Barangay III)	7.1%	1,757	1,769	▾	−0.07%
042121006	San José	7.9%	1,958	1,709	▴	1.37%
042121007	San Juan I	11.6%	2,865	2,494	▴	1.40%
042121008	Sapang I	30.0%	7,407	5,011	▴	3.98%
042121009	Poblacion I A	7.7%	1,909	1,421	▴	3.00%
042121010	San Juan II	6.7%	1,658	1,388	▴	1.79%
042121011	Sapang II	8.5%	2,084	883	▴	8.96%
	Total		24,653	19,297	▴	2.48%

Climate

Climate data for Ternate, Cavite
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	30 (86)	32 (90)	34 (93)	32 (90)	31 (88)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	30 (87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21 (70)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	24 (75)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	23 (73)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	10 (0.4)	10 (0.4)	12 (0.5)	27 (1.1)	94 (3.7)	153 (6.0)	206 (8.1)	190 (7.5)	179 (7.0)	120 (4.7)	54 (2.1)	39 (1.5)	1,094 (43)
Average rainy days	5.2	4.5	6.4	9.2	19.7	24.3	26.9	25.7	24.4	21.0	12.9	9.1	189.3
Source: Meteoblue [16]

Demographics

Population census of Ternate

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	2,460	—
1918	2,803	+0.87%
1939	4,082	+1.81%
1948	2,383	−5.80%
1960	5,345	+6.96%
1970	5,930	+1.04%
1975	6,593	+2.15%
1980	9,739	+8.11%
1990	11,981	+2.09%
1995	14,236	+3.28%
2000	17,179	+4.11%
2007	20,457	+2.44%
2010	19,297	−2.10%
2015	23,157	+3.53%
2020	24,653	+1.24%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [17] [15] [18] [19]

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 other Christian denominations.

• 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.

A number of residents also profess Islam, belonging to the Sunni branch predominant in the country.

Government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Elected officials

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

Position	Official
Mayor	Lamberto D. Bambao (UNIDO)
Vice Mayor	Salvador C. Gubio, Jr. (UNIDO)

Sangguniang Bayan Members	Party
Calvin Kenneth C. Soberano	Independent
Charito S. Mojica	KANP
Lolita B. Nacis	UNIDO
Deonilo I. Bersamina	UNIDO
Romel G. Anit	UNIDO
Rico L. Nigoza	UNIDO
Persival L. Garcia	PROMDI
Rolando A. Federico	UNIDO
ABC President
Estacio J. Olano	UNIDO
SK Federation President

References

1.   Municipality of Ternate | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. Lesho, Marivic; Sippola, Eeva (2018). "Toponyms in Manila and Cavite, Philippines". Vergleichende Kolonialtoponomastik Strukturen und Funktionen kolonialer Ortsbenennung. De Gruyter. pp. 317–332. ISBN   9783110608618.
6. Zamboangueño Chavacano: Philippine Spanish Creole or Filipinized Spanish Creole? By Tyron Judes D. Casumpang (Page 3)
7. John. M. Lipski, with P. Mühlhaüsler and F. Duthin (1996). "Spanish in the Pacific" (PDF). In Stephen Adolphe Wurm & Peter Mühlhäusler (ed.). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas: Texts, Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 272–276. ISBN   9783110134179.
8. Bartolome Juan Leonardy y de Argensola, Conquistas de las islas Molucas (Madrid: Alonso Martin, 1909) pp. 351-8; Cesar Majul, Muslims in the Philippines (Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1973) pp. 119-20; Hal, History of Southeast Asia, pp. 249-50.
9. Act No. 947 (15 October 1903), An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Cavite to Eleven , retrieved June 17, 2023
10. "Executive Summary" (PDF). Commission on Audit. 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
11. Evangelista, Romie (March 4, 1992). "Mayor, cops chief shot dead in first major poll violence". Manila Standard . Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 2. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
12. Lanuza, Angelo E.; Jacinto, Gerry (March 12, 1992). "Top Cavite officials linked to Ternate slay". Manila Standard . Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 2. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
13. "Ternate mayor's killers in '92 still roam free". Manila Standard . Kamahalan Publishing Corp. March 4, 1994. p. 4. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
14. "Province: Cavite". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
15. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
16. "Ternate: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
17. Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
18. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
19. "Province of Cavite". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
20. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
21. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
22. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
23. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
24. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
25. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
26. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information