Indang, Cavite
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| Location | |
| Map of Cavite showing the location of Indang. | |
| Government | |
| Region | CALABARZON (Region IV-A) |
| Province | Cavite |
| District | 3rd district of Cavite |
| Barangays | 36 |
| Income Class: | 3rd class |
| Mayor | Lope D. Tepora |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Area | 104.90 km² |
| Population | 51,281 489/km² |
Indang is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 51,281 people in 10,608 households. It has a land area of 100.2 square kilometers.
Indang has a public market, or palengke, where goods such as vegetables, seafood, meat, and household items are sold. One palengke is located in Barangay Bancod.
Formerly, a British village and British school have been established in Indang.
Indang (originally called Indan) was established as a town in 1655, when it was administratively separated from the nearby town of Silang. The name "Indan" was derived from the Tagalog word "indang" or "inrang", a tree which grew there.
In Barangay Limbon, Andres Bonifacio was arrested after being defeated in the Tejeros Convention and prevented from pursuing his counter-revolutionary plan to set up a separate government and army.
Indang is politically subdivided into 36 barangays.
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- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- British International School, Indang
- British Village, Indang
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