Galimuyod Ilocos Sur Philippines

History of Galimuyod

Etymology of Galimuyod

The present official name of the town is “Galimuyod”. During the Spanish time, Galimuyod was a part of Candon, in fact, the biggest among its barrios. The people of the whole municipality wanted very much to have their own government so they worked for its township. In 1908, the community finally became a township. The original name of this town was “Cabisilan”. Most of the pieces of land of this town were owned by the people of Sapang, a barrio of the same municipality. The people of this barrio wanted to have all the pieces of land to be theirs, but people of Cabisilan don’t want their land properties to be owned by people who were not from their place. As a result, the people of Cabisilan had a tug of war. So, the people of this place thought of changing its name to “Galimuyod”, and from that time on Cabisilan was named “Galimuyod”.

Creation of the Municipality

It was then in 1908 when Galimuyod  Ilocos Sur was made a township through the efforts of all the families composing the community. The heads of families wanting Galimuyod to have a government of its own worked hard to practice self-government in a democratic way of living. Some of the heads of families are here mentioned as follows: Bisting of Madarang, Fail of Calimogtong, Aleso of Galimuyod, and Langoey of Galimuyod.

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