HISTORY OF CARMONA
Originally,
a barrio called Latag ( a Tagalog
word meaning plain), Carmona was just a part of the big
town of Silang. This is not surprising because in the
early part of the Spanish regime Silang included what
today are known as the municipalities of Indang ; San
Francisco de Malabon ( now General Trias), and Maragundon. Moreover,
Alfonso, Amadeo, and Mendez were mere sitios of Indang ; Sta. Cruz de Malabon(now Tanza) was a part of San Francisco de Malabon
or Malabon Grande ; and Magallanes
andTernate were barrios of Maragundon.
Furthermore, Maragundon itself had been a part of the
Corregimiento of Mariveles
on the opposite side of
Mainly
because of the great distance to the mother town, the principales
and incumbent cabeza de barangay of Latag petitioned
for its seperation and conversion into a municipality
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Two
years after securing the independence of Carmona, the
principales requested the Governor of Cavite for the reversal of the Canon on communal lands
after constructing their own public buildings and irrigation works. The
petition of the principales was dated
An
event of great significant to the people of Carmona
was the strong typhoon of
Moreover,
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