Binangonan

**Binangonan**, officially the **Municipality of Binangonan**, is a municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines.

A thriving fish port and fishing industry is found in Binangonan, having a long coast line facing Laguna de Bay, including the western part of _Talim Island_.

## History

The settlement of present-day Binangonan was founded by Spanish missionaries between the years 1571–1602 as a part of a larger territory called _Morong_, but it was separated in 1621 to create an independent parish — and given the mythical _Saint Ursula_ as the parish's patron.

### Ecclesiastical roots

Binangonan was a settlement predating the Spanish colonial period, called _Morong_, that stretched from the Sierra Madre mountain range to the lake of Laguna de Bay.

In the early Spanish conquest of Luzon, the Augustinian missionaries reached the settlement in 1574, followed by Franciscan missionaries in 1621 towards converting the _Aeta_ natives. Indigenous Aetas are evidenced to have inhabited Binangonan until 1928, and their culture is found in _Lungga Ita_ in _Barangay Pila-pila_ and in Aeta words like _Wawa_ and _Ithan_.

The _poblacion_ of the town was started in 1621, and a parish named after the patronage of the mythical Saint Ursula began in 1737. In 1835, the settlement seceded from the  province of Laguna and was annexed to _Distrito de los Mateo_, renamed to **Distrito Politico Militar de Morong**.

### Rise of Binangonan

At the height of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish government, the townspeople of Binangonan rose in revolt in defiance of the Spanish authorities, as they joined the revolutionary group called _Katipunan_. The town's uprising was disparaged by the colonial authorities as _"Binangonan de los Perros_" (trans.: _"of the dogs"_) but the ridicule did not prosper.
The etymology of Binangonan (Tagalog:_bangon_, meaning "**to rise**") is traced to this origin, where events or people had arisen

### Municipality

Liberation from foreign rule was shortlived however, when Americans arrived and subjugated the native population by a General Order No. 40 of March 29, 1900. On June 11, 1901, Binangonan was merged into the newly established province of Rizal, and for a brief time was brought back to the territory of Morong along with the other nearby towns of Baras and Cardona by a government Act issued on October 12, 1903,  but it was spun off once again on November 6, 1903 when the **Municipality of Binangonan** finally acquired its own charter presided by _Don Jose Ynares y Granados_.

## Infobox (mapframe)

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## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Binangonan
- **image skyline**: Binangonan_Church_with_fiesta_dancing.jpg
- **image caption**: Binangonan Church
- **image flag**: Flag_of_Binangonan,_Rizal.png
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image seal**: Binangonan.rizal.jpeg
- **seal size**: 100x80px
- **image map**: Ph_locator_rizal_binangonan.png
- **pushpin map**: Philippines
- **pushpin label position**: left
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within the
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1737
- **established title2**: Chartered
- **established date2**: March 29, 1900
- **established title3**: _Annexation_ to Morong, Rizal, Morong
- **established date3**: October 12, 1903
- **established title4**: _Separation_ from Morong, Rizal, Morong
- **established date4**: November 6, 1903
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: Philippines
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Calabarzon
- **subdivision type2**: Province
- **subdivision name2**: Rizal
- **subdivision type3**: District
- **subdivision name3**: 1st District
- **timezone**: Philippine Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset**: +8
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 1940
- **postal2 code type**: PSGC
- **postal2 code**: 0405804000
- **area code type**: IDD : area code
- **area code**: +63 (0)2
- **blank name sec1**: Catholic diocese
- **blank info sec1**: Diocese of Antipolo
- **blank2 name sec1**: Patron saint
- **blank2 info sec1**: Saint Ursula
- **website**: https://binangonan.gov.ph/