| Coordinates | 27°33′2″N76°36′4″N |
|---|---|
| Official name | Municipality of Bacoor |
| Native name | Bayan ng Bacoor |
| Nickname | Cavite's Gateway To The Metropolis |
| Settlement type | Municipality |
| Title | The Marching Band Capital of the Philippines |
| Motto | Bacoor Cityhood, Now Na! (Bacoor Cityhood, Now!) |
| Image seal | Bacoor-official_logo.png |
| Map caption | Map of Cavite showing the location of Bacoor. |
| Pushpin map | |
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| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision name | Philippines |
| Subdivision type1 | Region |
| Subdivision name1 | CALABARZON (Region IV-A) |
| Subdivision type2 | Districts |
| Subdivision name2 | 2nd District of Cavite (Lone District of Bacoor) |
| Subdivision type3 | Barangays |
| Subdivision name3 | 73 |
| Subdivision type4 | Province |
| Subdivision name4 | Cavite |
| Leader title | Mayor |
| Leader name | Strike B. Revilla (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) |
| Leader title1 | Vice Mayor |
| Leader name1 | Rosette M. Fernando (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) |
| Established title2 | |
| Established title3 | Incorporated (municipality) |
| Established date3 | September 28, 1671 |
| Unit pref | |
| Area total km2 | 52.40 |
| Population as of | 2007 |
| Population total | 441,197 |
| Population density km2 | 8419.790 |
| Population urban | Metro Manila |
| Timezone | PST |
| Utc offset | +8 |
| Elevation footnotes | |
| Postal code type | |
| Postal code | 4102 |
| Area code | 46 |
| Footnotes |
The Municipality of Bacoor (Filipino: Bayan ng Bacoor) is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is a lone district congressional district of Cavite. A sub-urban area, the town is located approximately 16 kilometers away from Manila, on the southeastern shore of Manila Bay, at the northwest portion of the province with an area of 52.4 square kilometers. Bordered to the east by Las Piñas City and Muntinlupa City in Metro Manila, to the south is Dasmariñas, to the west are Kawit and Imus and to the north by Bacoor Bay an inlet of Manila Bay. Bacoor's is separated from Las Piñas by the Zapote River and from Imus and Kawit by Bacoor River.
Its location, southwest of Metro Manila, makes Bacoor an important gateway to Metro Manila. This is further reinforced by the fact it contains the south end of the Manila-Cavite Expressway. Bacoor is among the key areas and the fastest growing municipalities in Cavite together with Imus and Dasmariñas, mainly because of their location. Two SM malls are located in Bacoor. During weekdays many residents leave the district to go their places of work in the metropolitan areas such as Manila and Makati cities.
In the 2007 Census of Population conducted by the National Statistics Office, Bacoor registered a population of 441,197 making it the most populous municipality in the Philippines. It also registered the highest average family income in Cavite in 1997 and 2000.
Bacoor is politically subdivided into 73 barangays.
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was opened on July 25, 1997, becoming the first SM Mall built in Cavite province. ]] Land use developments in Bacoor include a proposed industrial village in Barangay Niog which will include light cottage industries with supporting residential and commercial facilities. A vast track of land in Molino area, on the other hand, is envisioned to host residential, institutional and commercial facilities. Dubbed as the New Bacoor, the land use plan in Molino seeks to utilize the area not only as a dormitory for individuals who work in Metro Manila but also for people who have migrated to Bacoor in search of economic advancement. The proposed urban waterfront development, which will cover a portion of the reclaimed area of Manila Bay, will be the front door of the municipality linking Bacoor to Boulevard 2000. The area will include an integrated mix of residential, business, commercical, tourism and recreational facilities. The proposed expansion of the LRT (Light Rail Transit) to wind up in Bacoor, designed to ease to flow of traffic in major thoroughfares, is another major development.
Crops, the productive area of which has lessened to only 100 hectares while fishponds which likewise decreased to almost half of the original 760 hectares. Salt production, fishing, oyster and mussel culture, which are now being threatened to near extinction because of pollution and overpopulation, are the other sources of income of the residents. These industries are also threatened by the construction of the Manila-Cavite Coastal Road Extension which will directly affect the Bacoor shoreline. The construction is not yet finished, thus affecting traffic flow in and out of Bacoor and the whole province of Cavite, as the town serves as the gate of the province. Very heavy traffic congestion is experienced by motorists due to unjustified traffic schemes, and poor and slow road maintenance especially during rush hours when most motorists travels in and out of the province to work on the nearby cities of Metro Manila. Bacoor is currently experiencing a rapid shift from an agriculture based economy to a residential/commercial urban center.
The original inhabitants of Bacoor are mostly members of the Philippine Independent Church or "Aglipayan Church". The Aglipayan church has a long and colorful history in the town. It is one of the first Catholic congregations in the Philippines to join the new movement and then Catholic Priest Father Fortunato Clemena became the first Aglipayan Priest and as well as the first Aglipayan Bishop of Cavite through the Aglipayan Schism period. Most of the first members were Katipuneros headed by General Mariano Noriel who is also the first president of the laymen organization. Today the Aglipayanos have a magnificent Cathedral in honor of its patron saint, St. Michael, in the center of town. The Aglipayans which they are most commonly called run the Bacoor Parish School.
There is also a small population of Muslims around the Zapote area, where a local Mosque is located and a number of Christian denominations such as Born Again Christians - United Methodist Church and Jesus Is Lord Church.
Bacoor was also the site of the Battle of Zapote Bridge in 1899 which involved Philippine and American troops. It was in this battle where Gen. Edilberto Evangelista was killed.
In the aftermath of the Philippine Revolution which coincided with the declaration of the first Philippine independence on June 12, 1898, Bacoor was designated as the first capital of the Philippine Revolutionary government by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo until it was transferred to Malolos, Bulacan. "Gargano" was then the revolutionary name assigned to Bacoor by Aguinaldo's henchmen.
During World War II, The occupation from the Japanese Imperial armed forces entered the towns in Bacoor on 1942 during the Japanese Invasion. From 1942 to 1945, many several of the Caviteños between men and women was joining the strong group of the recognized guerrillas under the Cavite Guerrilla Unit (CGU) and the Filipino-American Cavite Guerrilla Forces (FACGF) led by Colonel Mariano Castañeda and Colonel Francisco Guerero of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, FAGCF in the towns of Bacoor and arrvial by the local Filipino soldiers under the ongoing 41st and the pre-war 4th and 42nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army during the Japanese Occupation.
From January to August 1945 during the Allied Liberation, Filipino soldiers of the 4th, 41st and 42nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary including the Caviteño guerrilla fighters of the Cavite Guerrilla Unit (CGU) and the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Filipino-American Cavite Guerrilla Forces (FACGF) was liberated and recaptured the towns in Bacoor and defeating Japanese Imperial forces and ended in World War II.
As a general rule, a bill towards the cityhood of a municipality must emanate from the House of Representatives where the concerned district representative—in Bacoor's case, Abaya—should sponsor the said bill. However, the particular bill for Bacoor that Castillo is actively pushing had Party-List Reps. Rene Velarde and Hans Christian Señeres as principal sponsors..
Statistics also indicate that Bacoor is ranked fourth from among the municipalities in the Philippines in terms of liabilities in millions of pesos in 2004, with PhP147 million. It is tied with San Pedro, Laguna as first from among the towns in Region IV with such.
Castillo vowed to push for cityhood of Bacoor at all costs, but the campaign hit a snag as Abaya and the provincial government under Gov. Ayong Maliksi filed a dissenting opinion before the House Local Government committee regarding the cityhood issue, which meant further delay of its enactment since that House session ended in 2006.
It was also discovered that on August 2006, Abaya also filed his version of the cityhood bill with the other two Cavite congressmen—Reps. Gilbert and Jesus Crispin Remulla—as secondary sponsors; however, this is entirely different from the one Velarde has filed (and the one Castillo is actively supporting) as it calls for the creation of the City of Bacoor as a component city of the province.
Cong. Gilbert Remulla of the old Second District of Cavite filed his own Bacoor cityhood version
Mayor Strike Revilla revived the push and around the town materials have sprouted proclaiming "Yes to Bacoor Cityhood! Now na!" Such campaign which include the town mayor's name can be found everywhere in town, on lamp posts, overpass, electric posts, flyover, highway, and even on road railings.
The Municipality of Bacoor officially considers the newly-created district the "Lone District of Bacoor (2nd District of Cavite)".
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