According to popular beliefs Indangderived its name from a big tree called “Yndan,” also known as “Anubing”, which thrives in the area since the early times. Although there are no more records which verify the exact month and day of establishment of the municipality, existing documents reveal that Indang was founded during a cold month of 1655. The municipal government, hence, proclaimed December 1 as “Indang Day,” which is celebrated by the people annually.

 

Indangis an inland municipality with an area of 8,920 hectares. It is centrally located in the province of Cavite with a bearing of 120°52’ longitude and 14°11’ latitude. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Naic and Trece Martirez City, on the south by municipality of Mendez and Tagaytay City, on the west by municipalities of Alfonso and Maragondon, and on the east by the municipalities of Amadeo and General Trias.

 

The topography of Indang is characterized by gently sloping or rolling terrain. Almost 40.36% of its total land area is within the slope grade of 3-8% while 2,135 hectares is within the slope range of 8-15% which is characterized by undulating/sloping terrain.

 

The land elevation ranges from 230 to 380 meters above sea level. The land area is furthermore fairy well dissected by numerous creeks and streams that are deeply cut, characterized by steep and abrupt banks. These almost parallel drainage lines flow in northern direction to discharge into either Manila Bay or Laguna de Bay.

 

Based on latest NSO Census on Population, Indang has a population of 60,755 in the year 2007, these constitute a population density of 681 persons per square kilometer or 6.81 persons per hectare. There are five (5) residential subdivisions within the municipality which occupied 44.75 hectares of land.

 

The economy of Indang largely depends on agriculture. It is a third (3^rd) class municipality. The   80.45% or 7,176.38 hectares are primarily devoted to agriculture. They are predominantly planted with various types of crops like coconut, banana, coffee, fruit trees, and pineapple, while there are small portions of rice, root crops, vegetables, and corn. Most farmers are engaged in multi-cropping farming system. The largest number of employment is farming and trading of agricultural products. Livestock and poultry raisers occupied an area of about 22.76 hectares or 0.32% of the total agricultural area.

 

On the trade and industry, existing commercial and agri-business establishments play a relatively major role in the predominantly agri-based economy of Indang.

 

Municipal record on this establishment shows the wholesale and retail trade stores are clustered within the poblacion or urban area while in the rural, the trading establishments are dominated by sari-sari stores.

 

Agro-business commercial farms raise large volumes of livestock and poultry. As per record of the municipal agricultural office, there are existing hog farms, broiler farms, layer and breeder farms. 

 

 Indang Public Market and Slaughterhouse stand on 20,316 square meter government-owned property along Dimabiling St., Barangay IV (Poblacion). This public market has three (3) simple market buildings and “Bagsakan” for wholesale trading. The slaughterhouse occupies an area of 1,800 square meters, which is adjacent to meat section of market building. It has complete facilities like corral and hog-holding pen with drainage and sanitation facilities.

 Land transportation is the principal mode of transporting goods and services in Indang and its neighboring municipalities. Vehicular routes going to other municipalities are Indang-Tagaytay, Indang-Alfonso, Indang-Naic, and Indang-Trece Martirez City-Dasmarinas via Baclaran and vice versa. There are several types of vehicles transversing the place, but the most commonly used vehicles for public conveyances are buses, jeepneys and a number of tricycles plying within the poblacion area and nearby barangays.

 

Indang has 25.535 km. barangay roads, 5.01 km municipal roads, 25.534 km. provincial roads, 26.568 km national roads, and 44,744 km. farm-to-market roads within the municipality. The barangay roads primarily provide the delivery of goods, services, and facilities which bring improvement on the living condition of the rural populace. On the other hand, the 93.10% of farm-to-market roads are not passable particularly during rainy seasons. The widening and improvement of these roads would ensure faster, easier, and safer transport of farm products. There of twenty-five (25) bridges connecting the twenty (20)barangay of this municipality, these are classified as national, provincial, and barangay bridges.

 

 

Newspapers, magazines, and other related reading materials reach the municipality. Likewise, radio and television sets have a good reception. All these forms of communication channels make the populace of Indang well-informed and up-to-date in terms of national and international issues.

 

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Digital Telecommunication Inc. (DIGITEL) are the two leading telephone companies serving the municipality. The PLDT has its branch office at barangay Kaytapos, while the DIGITEL branch office is located at Tagaytay City.

 

SMART Communication, Inc. and GLOBE Telecom, Inc. and Digitel thru Sun Cellular installed their Mobile Base Transceiver Stations and Telecommunication Antenna Tower in the locality. The SMART has currently five mobile (5) Base Station Towers GLOBE has only eight (8) and Sun cellular has one (1) mobile transceiver facility. Cellular phones are commonly used by the residents especially in remote barangay where telephone landline services are not available.