Pangil is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna

Laguna province

Laguna is a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. Its capital is Santa Cruz and the province is located southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas and east of Cavite. Laguna almost completely surrounds Laguna de Bay,...

, Philippines

Philippines

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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 23,421 people in 4,160 households.

Barangays

Panguil (pronounce as Pangil) is politically subdivided into 8 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

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• Balian
• Dambo
• Galalan
• Isla (Pob.)
• Mabato-Azufre
• Natividad (Pob.)
• San Jose (Pob.)
• Sulib (Pob.)

History

Panguil (pronounce as Pangil) was founded in 1579 by two Franciscan missionaries. The town's name is believed to have come from three coincidental circumstances: One historical version was that it was named after the fang of a wild boar called "Panguil" in the vernacular; another version accounts to the first native inhabitants of the place called "Panguilagan"; and the third version relates about the place being once dominated by the first pre-Spanish chieftain named Gat Paguil. It is now entorely owned by the University of San Carlos based in Cebu.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information