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| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Other Name: | Salinas Tejeros | ||
| Anthem: | Mahal ko ang Rosario | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | October 22, 1845 | ||
| Established Title1: | Annexation to Noveleta | ||
| Established Date1: | October 15, 1903 | ||
| Established Title2: | Chartered | ||
| Established Date2: | 1911 | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||
| Leader Name: | Jose Voltaire V. Ricafrente III | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Joanne Michelle B. Gonzales | ||
| Leader Name2: | Ramon Jolo Revilla | ||
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
| Leader Title4: | Electorate | ||
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| Elevation Max M: | 35 | ||
| Elevation Min M: | 0 | ||
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| Population Blank1 Title: | Households | ||
| Timezone: | PST | ||
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| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity | ||
| Demographics2 Title2: | Water | ||
| Demographics2 Info2: | Rosario Water System & Maynilad Cavite | ||
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| Blank4 Info Sec2: | Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary | ||
Rosario, officially the Municipality of Rosario (tl|Bayan ng Rosario), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 110,807 people.
Formerly known as Salinas, Rosario has an area of 5.6sqkm, making it the most densely populated city/municipality in Cavite at 16,473 per km2. With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the municipality is now included in Manila conurbation which reaches Lipa, Batangas in its southernmost part. It is accessible by land and water transportation.[1]
There are three religious versions for naming the town "Rosario." These are:
The first version says, the image of the Madonna and the Child was found one day floating on the water by a group of kids playing along the seashore. They played with the image, using it as a toy and afterwards hid it in the bushes near the sea. Every time they came back, however, they would see the image already floating leisurely on the water, as if waiting for them. They thought it strange, but could not explain how the image got back to the water.
Not long after their elders learned about the image and took it to an empty nipa shack. Thus began a public veneration of the Madonna and Child. The hut was transformed into a place of worship. News of miraculous happenings attributed to the image spread around. The religious fervor was so great and the people were moved by the image that they decided to adopt it as the patroness of the town and changed the name Salinas Marcella to Rosario.
The different names given to the town are remembered. Marcella exists as one of the national roads of the town. Salinas is associated with the finest and famous smoked fish (Tinapang Salinas) produced by the townspeople.
Rosario was formerly called Tejero, which may have originated from the word tejer (Spanish to weave) because weaving fish nets was then the main occupation of the women. Rosario was also called Salinas derived from the word sal (Spanish salt) during the Philippine Revolution because salt-making was a prime industry of the town. The place was likewise called Marcella or Marcelles due to its proximity to the sea (“mar” in Spanish). Rosario was, finally, named in honor of their patroness Nuestra Señora Virgen del Santissimo Rosario, Reina de Caracol or (Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary).
On October 22, 1845, Spanish Governor General Narciso Claveria promulgated a Decree for the establishment of a new town comprising Salinas-Leiton and Tierra Alta of San Francisco de Malabon, what is now the city of General Trias. On October 27, Don Juan Arlegui, Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Manila informed the Politico-Military Governor of Cavite Don Miguel Roca, that he was designated by the Governor-General to look for a person of unquestionable integrity who will be entrusted with the money for the construction of the church building.[2]
On November 3, 1845, presbyter Don Mamerto Mariano Ner, who was at that time one of the priests of the Curia of Manila, was appointed as the first parish priest and served until December 1866.
The municipality of Rosario was originally a part of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) which itself was part of Silang.[3] It became an independent municipality in 1846, one year after the founding of the Santissimo Rosario Parish. The second smallest town in Cavite Province, Rosario has now emerged into the " biggest, not in terms of its land area nor its per capita income but because of the great transitions that occurred with the town's political, social, cultural and economic developments since 1845.
On October 15, 1903, Rosario and Cavite El Viejo (now Kawit) were merged with Noveleta by virtue of Act No. 947 enacted by the Philippine Commission.[4] In 1911, Rosario regained its independent status as a municipality of Cavite by virtue of Executive Order No. 92.[5]
Rosario is south of Manila and from Imus. It occupies part of the north to north-western section of the province along the western coast of Luzon. It is flanked by Noveleta on the east, Manila Bay on the north, General Trias on the southeast and Tanza on the south-west.
Rosario has a land area of only 569ha, as based on previous data recorded. At present, the municipality has not yet conducted any cadastral survey of its juridical land territory. A total of twenty (20) barangays make up this lowland coastal town.
Rosario is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2020 census, the population of Rosario, Cavite, was 110,807 people, with a density of NaN110,807/38.16.
Rosario's potential labor force comprises 59.25% of the figure given above, with the majority engaged in fishing and trade activities. The growth rate is 3.63%.
Roman Catholic is the prominent religion of Rosario. There are two Catholic churches. One is in Poblacion,The Most Holy Rosary Parish, and another one in Ligtong,San Isidro Labrador Parish. Recently, Islam was introduced by the Maranao business people from Mindanao. The other religions in Rosario includes Iglesia ni Cristo and Born Again Christians.
Fishing is a major economic activity due to the abundant fishing grounds particularly in Barangays Wawa, Sapa Muzon and Ligtong. The Rosario Fish Port in Barangay Sapa is a major fishing port. Predominant cottage industries related to fishing include smoked fish (tinapa) processing, fish drying (daing), fish paste (bagoong) making, fish sauce (patis) making and canning. Marine species caught within municipal fishing grounds include squid, mackerel, slipmouth, herring, goatfish, tuna, mullet, porgy, shrimp, barracuda, cavalla, snapper, catfish and roundscad.Salinas is also the birthplace of the well-known Marina’s bibingka and the local Cavite version of pasit luglog, also known as pasit palabok, which was introduced by Aling Ely’s carinderia. Both uses the local ingredients of tinapa flakes and kesong puti otherwise known as casillo.
The Fil-Oil Development and Management Corporation (FMDC) has begun developing 134ha of the Philippine National Oil Corporation property into a special economic zone, the Cavite Economic Zone, that will include an industrial estate, low-cost housing, and a new port facility. A proposed reclamation will increase the land area of Barangay Sapa II and III by 200ha.
On November 20, 2009, SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall-operator in the country, opened SM City Rosario, its 36th mall.
See main article: Sangguniang Bayan.
The following are the elected officials of the town elected last May 9, 2022 which serves until June 30, 2025:
| Position | Official | |
|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Jose Voltaire V. Ricafrente (PDPLBN) | |
| Vice Mayor | Joanne Michelle B. Gonzales (PDPLBN) |
| Sangguniang Bayan Members | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Vivian R. Andico | PDPLBN | |
| Mark Jay G. Velarde | PDPLBN | |
| Michael Del Rosario | PDPLBN | |
| Raul Hernandez | PDPLBN | |
| Christopher P. Go | PDPLBN | |
| Crisanto Nazareno | PDPLBN | |
| Rolando A. Convento | PDPLBN | |
| Michele Joanne Gonzales | ||
| ABC President | John Paulo Nazareno | |
| SK Federation President | Maric Solis |
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