Pakil is a 5th class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 20,242 people in 3,698 households.
Pakil is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.
The land from Punta Inuod to Guinabihan, Banilan is where the first settlers Gat Maitan and his wife Panumbalihan, and Gat Silayan Maginto and his wife Potongan first established themselves. After a series of raids by pirates and...
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Pakil is a 5th class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 20,242 people in 3,698 households.
Pakil is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.
The land from Punta Inuod to Guinabihan, Banilan is where the first settlers Gat Maitan and his wife Panumbalihan, and Gat Silayan Maginto and his wife Potongan first established themselves. After a series of raids by pirates and Marauders, they moved to the present site of the Poblacion, leaving behind, Chief Maginoong Dalaga, who ruled the place. This accounts why Pakil has two territories on the eastern and western sides of the lake.
When the Spaniards came to the place in 1571, this colony was under the leadership of Gat Paquil whose name was used to name the settlement as "Paquil", which remained during the whole Spanish Regime and early part of the American period. It was changed to "Pakil" by Executive Order No. 77 in 1927.
In 1602, Pakil was attached to Paete...
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