Pangil, Laguna
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Map of Laguna showing the location of Pangil |
Pangil is a 5th class
municipality in the
province of
Laguna,
Philippines. According to the
2000 census, it has a population of 20,698 people in 4,160 households.
Pangil is politically subdivided into 8
barangays.
* Balian
* Dambo
* Galalan
* Isla (Pob.)
* Mabato-Azufre
* Natividad (Pob.)
* San Jose (Pob.)
* Sulib
Pangil was founded in
1579 by two Franciscan missionaries. The town's name is believed to have come from three coincidental circumstances: One historical version was that it was named after the fang of a wild boar called "Pangil" in the vernacular; another version accounts to the first native inhabitants of the place called "Pangilagan"; and the third version relates about the place being once dominated by the first pre-Spanish chieftain named Gat Pangil.
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Philippine Standard Geographic Code*
2000 Philippine Census Information
