Jalajala, Rizal

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subdivision_name1 = CALABARZON
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subdivision_name2 = Rizal
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leader_name = Elionor I. Pillas (Lakas-CMD/NPC)
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leader_name1 = Pedro G. Belleza (Lakas-CMD/NPC)
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website = [http://jalajalarizal.com/] Forum Site of Jala-jala [http://jalajalarizal.blogspot.com/] Blog Site of Jala-jala
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Jalajala is a 5th class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 23,280 people in 4,759 households.

The genesis of the name Jalajala started from a legend. Punta, one of the present barangay was the seat of the early settlement later to be called "Halaan". During the summer months of April and May the shores of Punta along the Laguna de Bay was covered with a variety of shells locally known as Halaan. The natives, when asked by Spanish visitors "Como se llama este sitio?" replied "Halaan po" thinking that they were asking for the shell. The Spaniards on the other hand thinking it is the name of the place, began calling it "Halaan" which was later changed to Jalajala.

Geography

It is on the largest lake in the Philippines Laguna de Bay. Jalajala is a peninsula located 75 km southeast of Manila. The Municipality of Jalajala is one of the lakeshore towns along Laguna de Bay. It lies on the eastern part of the Province of Rizal and has a land area of 4,930.000 hectares representing 3.77% of the total land area of the province . Jalajala’s political boundary on the north is the Panguil River, wherein it shares the boundary with the town of Pakil in Laguna. On its southern, eastern, and western boundaries lies the Laguna de Bay.

Barangays

Jala-jala is politically subdivided into 11 barangays (3 urban, 8 rural).

* Bagumbong
* Bayugo
* Second District (Pob.)
* Third District (Pob.)
* Lubo
* Pagkalinawan
* Palaypalay
* Punta
* Sipsipin
* First (Special) District (Pob.)
* Paalaman

History

According to the town's web site, this is Jalajala's brief history:

Early 1800's - Paul P. De La Gironiere, a French phyician, established a farmland or "hacienda" in a place known by locals as Jalajala, an uncultured piece of land from the town of Pila, Laguna.

1823 – the year Jalajala was made into a “pueblo” or town.

1825 – the year Jalajala was separated from the town Pila to become independent, with its ecclesiastical affairs given to the accular clergy.

1853 – Jalajala was incorporated in the newly created Distrito delos Montes de San Mateo and later, into the Distrito-Politico-Militar de Morong.

Peter Vedi – owned the land of Jalajala but abandoned it in 1891 then Jalajala was uncultivated for several years.

January 27, 1897 – Filipino revolutionists entered Jalajala to capture Spanish hacienderos.

August 1, 1898 – the people of Jalajala joined the revolutionary government of Emilio Aguinaldo.

Act 946 – After the war, by virtue of this act, Jalajala and Quisao were consolidated with the seat of the municipal government.

Act 1626 – By this act approved on March 27, 1907, Jalajala became an independent municipality from the Municipality of Pililla.

Simeon Perez – the first to be elected as Presidente Municipal in 1907 when Jalajala elected its first town officials held in the first Tuesday of November.

1920 – the land of Jalajala went into publication due to non-payment of land taxes by its previous owner.

Francisco, Marcelo and Bernardo de Borja (from Pateros) – won the bid to own Jalajala, thus becoming the first Filipino owners of Jalajala.

1925 – due to conflict and maltreatment of the land owners, more than half of the tenants transferred in a land in Pililla known then as “Longos”. They named the place barrio Malaya to signify their freedom. But due to an epidemic brought about by non-potable water, many settlers went back to Jalajala.

External links

* [http://www.jalajalarizal.com/ Jalajala Rizal Forum Site]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
* [http://www.jalajalarizal.blogspot.com/ Jalajala Rizal Blogsite]