A small chapel was also constructed and it gave way to the construction of a church in 1829. They first established a makeshift school in 1820, which was the very first requirement for it to be a town. The first Teniente Alcalde or Capitan (the highest political authority in a town) was Don Mauricio San Mateo. The name was derived from its patron saint Maria Magdalena and the barrio of Ambling where it was established. It was proclaimed a new town by Governor General Don Mariano Fernández de Folgueras on January 18, 1820, and was originally named " Magdalena de Ambling". A petition from the residents of the barrio for the creation of a new town was presented on September 15, 1819. Magdalena was formerly a barrio of Majayjay, Laguna. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,816 people. Magdalena, officially the Municipality of Magdalena ( Tagalog: Bayan ng Magdalena), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
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