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Biak-na-Bato National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located almost entirely within Barangay Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel, Bulacan from where it derives its name. . The park also extends to the nearby municipalities of San Ildefonso and Doña Remedios Trinidad covering a total area of 2,117 hectares (5,230 acres)
The Republic of Biak-na-Bato (Tagalog: Republika ng Biak-na-Bato) was the second revolutionary republican government led by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution that referred to itself as the Republic of the Philippines (Tagalog: Republika ng Pilipinas) and was seated in what is now Biak-na-Bato National Park.
Biak-na-Bato Heroes and San Miguel Martyrs Monument (foreground) and the old American-era water district tower (background) During the Philippine Revolution in 1897, newly appointed Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera decided to crush Emilio Aguinaldo and his troops in Cavite, but Aguinaldo fled to Batangas and joined forces with Gen. Miguel Malvar.
Biak-na-Bato is a barangay in San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines. Biak-na-Bato may also refer to: Biak-na-Bato National Park, a protected area in Bulacan, Philippines; Republic of Biak-na-Bato, the first Philippine republic established in Bulacan, Philippines; Pact of Biak-na-Bato, truce between Spanish and Filipino revolutionary forces
The park was established as Roosevelt National Park covering an area of 1,485 hectares (3,670 acres) on March 30, 1933, through Proclamation No. 567 signed by Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [3] [4] In 1965, the national park was reduced to 1,334 hectares (3,300 acres). On April 23, 2000, the park was reclassified as a protected ...
On June 24, 1897, Aguinaldo arrived at Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel, Bulacan, and established a headquarters there in what is now called "Aguinaldo Cave" in Biak-na-Bato National Park. In late October 1897, Aguinaldo convened an assembly of generals at Biak-na-Bato that decided to establish a constitutional republic.
Biak Na Bato, the headquarters established by Natividad for the Philippine Revolutionary Army was declared a national park in 1937 by President Manuel L. Quezon by virtue of its association with the history and site of the Biak-na-Bato Republic.
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