Alfonso, Cavite

Alfonso was totally forested until the 17th century when a few pocket settlements sprouted. The town was originally part of Barrio Lumampong in the town of Indang. In the course of time, the pocket settlements grew into sitios and later on into barrios. The town became a separate district municipality from Indang on March 16, 1859 through the efforts of the community leaders Bonifacio Aveo and Felix del Mundo. The new town was called Alas-as for a period of seventeen years.

The name refers to the pandan tree used for the construction of houses and bears sweet fruit. It was, eventually, named after King Alfonso XII of Spain, son of Isabella II. Alfonso was initially composed of the barrios of Taywanak, Pajo, Esperanza, Marahan, Matagbak, Sinaliw and Kaytitinga. Don Narciso Mojica was the capitan municipal of Alfonso at the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution. A few days after the Cry of Balintawak, on August 31, 1896, General Mariano Trias ordered the liquidation of all Spaniards in the municipality. In the bloody battle that followed, the leaders of the revolutionists were General Hipolito Rint, Captain Eriberto Cetro (Kapitan Berto) and Predencio Rolle (Tandang Doro).The Philippine Index, Millennium Edition, Vol. 1 No. 1{{cite book |last1=Lesho |first1=Marivic |last2=Sippola |first2=Eeva |title=Vergleichende Kolonialtoponomastik Strukturen und Funktionen kolonialer Ortsbenennung |date=2018 |publisher=De Gruyter |chapter=Toponyms in Manila and Cavite, Philippines |isbn=978-3-11-060861-8 |pages=317–332}}

On October 15, 1903, the adjacent towns of Bailen and Mendez-Nuñes merged with Alfonso by virtue of Act No. 947 enacted by the Philippine Commission.{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=947|title=An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Cavite to Eleven|url=https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%20947|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001125915/https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%20947|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2023|date=October 15, 1903|accessdate=June 17, 2023}} Both towns were later separated in 1915 to become independent once again.The Philippine Index, Millennium Edition Vol. 1 No. 1

Alfonso is an upland town situated at the south-western portion of the Cavite province. It is {{convert|74|km|sp=us}} from Manila via Tagaytay. Magallanes bounds it on the west, Batangas province on the south, Mendez and Tagaytay on the east, General Aguinaldo on the north-west and Maragondon and Indang on the north-east.

Alfonso is politically subdivided into 32 barangays, as indicated in the matrix below.{{cite web|title=Municipality of Alfonso|url=http://www.cavite.gov.ph/home/index.php/cities-and-municipalities/district-vii/alfonso|website=The Official Website of the Provincial Government of Cavite|access-date=5 April 2017}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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{{PH brgy table lite|042101001|Amuyong |2170|1844}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101002|Barangay I (Pob.) |529|549}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101003|Barangay II (Pob.) |560|669}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101004|Barangay III (Pob.)|1236|1296}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101005|Barangay IV (Pob.) |1345|1323}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101006|Barangay V (Pob.) |1466|1374}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101007|Buck Estate |3638|2546}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101008|Esperanza Ibaba |1409|1101}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101009|Kaytitinga I |2163|1844}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101010|Luksuhin |4774|3400}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101011|Mangas I |2421|2174}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101012|Marahan I |3088|2591}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101013|Matagbak I |1940|1597}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101014|Pajo |2200|1885}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101016|Sikat |2284|1667}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101017|Sinaliw Malaki |1604|1380}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101018|Sinaliw na Munti |674|461}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101019|Sulsugin |1459|1253}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101020|Taywanak Ibaba |2330|1866}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101021|Taywanak Ilaya |1664|1368}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101022|Upli |2520|1819}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101023|Kaysuyo |2161|1687}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101024|Luksuhin Ilaya |2023|1634}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101025|Palumlum |1066|873}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101026|Bilog |1183|1077}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101027|Esperanza Ilaya |1564|1200}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101028|Kaytitinga II |1707|1467}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101029|Kaytitinga III |1996|1442}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101030|Mangas II |1482|940}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101031|Marahan II |2006|1797}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101032|Matagbak II |1303|1183}}

{{PH brgy table lite|042101033|Santa Teresa |1341|1260}}

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| Jan high C = 26

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| Feb high C = 27

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| Dec high C = 26

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| Jan precipitation mm = 11

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| Apr precipitation mm = 32

| May precipitation mm = 101

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| Oct precipitation mm = 131

| Nov precipitation mm = 68

| Dec precipitation mm = 39

| Jan rain days = 5.2

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| Jun rain days = 23.5

| Jul rain days = 27.0

| Aug rain days = 25.9

| Sep rain days = 25.2

| Oct rain days = 23.2

| Nov rain days = 15.5

| Dec rain days = 8.3

| source 1 = Meteoblue{{cite web

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| title = Alfonso: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

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| access-date = 12 May 2020 }}

| date = 12 May 2020

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In the 2020 census, the population of Alfonso, Cavite, was 59,306 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|59,306/66.58|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

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The following are the duly elected officials of Alfonso, Cavite for the term 2022–2025.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415094159/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229&Itemid=159 Profile: Alfonso, Cavite – Official Website of the Province of Cavite]
• [http://www.dilgcalabarzon.org.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37%3Acavite-alfonso&catid=3&Itemid=12 Profile: Alfonso, Cavite – DILG Calabarzon Region]
• [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160215003931/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Alfonso

| North = Maragondon

| Northeast = Indang

| East = Mendez (Mendez-Nuñez)

| Southeast = Tagaytay

| South = Laurel, Batangas

| Southwest = Nasugbu, Batangas

| West = Magallanes

| Northwest = General Emilio Aguinaldo

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