Bacoor
Bacoor ( officially: Municipality of Bacoor; Filipino: Bayan ng Bakoor ) is a Philippine municipality in the province of Cavite.
It has 520 216 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ). Bacoor is Dasmariñas after the place with the second highest number of inhabitants and with the highest population density in the province of Cavite.
Geography
Bacoor is on the southeast coast of Manila Bay in the northwest of the province of Cavite. In the East, Las Piñas City and Muntinlupa City limits in the capital region Metro Manila to Bacoor. In the south and west borders Dasmariñas Kawit, both in the province of Cavite, Bacoor on. Las Piñas is separated by the river Zapote Bacoor.
The location Bacoors southwest of Metro Manila makes it an important "gateway " to the capital region Metro Manila. This meaning is reinforced especially by the position of the southern end of the Manila- Cavite Expressway in the area of the municipality.
Economy
Bacoor has developed from an agriculturally dominated region into a commercial hub. Trade and the service sector will play the most important role. Fishing and fish processing have suffered heavy losses in recent years, as a result of pollution, the yield in the fishing has declined sharply. The industrial sector plays only a minor role at the time. However, there are projects for industrial development, such as companies in the cotton industry to locate in Bacoor.
Religions
Catholicism is the dominant religion in Bacoor, mainly due to immigration from Metro Manila. The old-established inhabitants Bacoors are mostly members of the Church Aglipaya. The Aglipaya Church has a long and rich history in Bacoor. The Aglipayan Church in Bacoor was one of the first Catholic communities of the Philippines, joined the new movement. The Catholic priest Fortunato Clemena was the first priest and the first bishop of the Church of Aglipayan Cavite during the schism. Most of the first members were Katipuneros, led by General Mariano Noriel.
A Muslim minority belonging to the ethnic groups of Moros and Bajau, live in Zapotegebiet, where there are also a few mosques.
Barangays
Bacoor is politically subdivided into 73 barangays.
- Alima
- I Aniban
- Banalo
- Bayanan
- Daang Bukid
- Digman
- Dulong Bayan
- I Habay
- Kaingin ( Pob. )
- I Ligas
- I Mabolo
- Maliksi I
- I Mambog
- Molino I
- I Niog
- P.F. Espiritu I ( Panapaan I)
- Real I
- Salinas I
- San Nicolas I
- Sineguelasan
- Tabing Dagat
- I Talaba
- I Zapote
- Queens Row Central
- Queens Row East
- Queens Row West
- Aniban II
- Aniban III
- Aniban IV
- Aniban V
- Campo Santo
- Habay II
- Ligas II
- Ligas III
- Mabolo II
- Mabolo III
- Maliksi II
- Maliksi III
- Mambog II
- Mambog III
- Mambog IV
- Mambog V
- Molino II
- Molino III
- Molino IV
- Molino V
- Molino VI
- Molino VII
- Niog II
- Niog III
- P.F. Espiritu II ( Panapaan II)
- P.F. Espiritu III ( Panapaan III)
- P.F. Espiritu IV ( Panapaan IV)
- P.F. Espiritu V ( Panapaan V)
- P.F. Espiritu VI ( Panapaan VI)
- P.F. Espiritu VII ( Panapaan VII)
- P.F. Espiritu VIII ( Panapaan VIII)
- Real II
- Salinas II
- Salinas III
- Salinas IV
- San Nicolas II
- San Nicolas III
- Talaba II
- Talaba III
- Talaba IV
- Talaba V
- Talaba VI
- Talaba VII
- Zapote II
- Zapote III
- Zapote IV
- Zapote V
Education
Bacoor is developing very quickly became a center for education in the province of Cavite. Some of the educational institutions are:
- St. Elizabeth Seton School -Main
- St Elizabeth Seton School - South
- Cavite School Of Life
- Theresian School of Cavite
- Divine Light Academy - Molino
- St. Dominic College of Arts and Sciences
- School of St. Mark (formerly Cavite School of St. Mark )
- St. Peregrine 's Institute
- Imus Computer College - Bacoor Branch
- University of Perpetual Help Rizal - Molino Branch
- Bacoor Parish School
- St. Michael 's Institute
- State Fields School Inc.
- Cavite Christian School
- Woodridge College
- Peak Hills School
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori Integrated School
- St. Francis Institute Learning And Business High School
Mayor
- Angelito Miranda ( Elected 1988 and assassinated a few days later )
- Buencamino Cruz (1988-1992)
- Victor Miranda (1992-1996)
- Jose Ignacio Francisco (1996-1998)
- Jessie Castillo (1998-2007)
- Strike Revilla (2007 -present)