Cavite

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Cavite Province
Official seal of the province
Basic data
Region : CALABARZON
Capital : Imus
administrative headquarters: Trece Martires City
Population : 3,678,301
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 2835 inhabitants per km²
Area : 1,297.6  km²
PSGC : 042100000
Governor : Erineo "Ayong" Maliksi
Official website: cavite.gov.ph
structure
 - Highly urbanized cities 0
 - provincial cities 3
 - municipalities 20th
 - Barangays 828
 - electoral districts 7th
Location of Cavite in the Philippines
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Coordinates: 14 ° 16 ′  N , 120 ° 52 ′  E Cavite is a province of the Philippines , located on the northern island of Luzon . It is located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and is administratively assigned to the CALABARZON region (Region IV-A). The provincial capital is officially Imus , with the seat of government in Trece Martires City .

geography

Province map

Cavite is located on Manila Bay across from the Bataan Peninsula . It is surrounded by the provinces of Laguna and the Metro Manila in the east, as well as by Batangas in the south and southwest. The South China Sea lies to the west , while Manila Bay borders the province to the north.

The topology of the province is characterized by largely flat areas that rise slightly towards the southwest to the Tagaytay Ridge and tower above Lake Taal in Batangas . At 640 m above sea level, the ridge is also the highest point of Cavite, with the Maragondon Mountains towering in the southwest.

Cavite's coastline is relatively straight, with Cavite City occupying a peninsula that extends into Manila Bay. To the southwest there are numerous small bays and cliffs, especially in the municipal areas of Ternate and Maragondon . Most of the islands in Manila Bay, such as Corregidor , Caballo Island, Carabao Island and El Praile Island, are also assigned to the province of Cavite .

The province is traversed by five notable rivers: Labac, Cañas, Ilang-Ilang and Imus, all of which flow into Manila Bay, where the Mounts-Palay-Palay-Mataas-Na-Gulod National Park on the border with the province Batangas lies.

With a total area of ​​1,297.6 km², it is the smallest province in the CALABARZON region.

Demographics and language

Cavite has a population of 2,063,161 according to the 2000 census, placing it 5th in the country's population statistics. It is the most populous province in the CALABARZON region .

With an average population density of 1,590 people per km², it is the most densely populated province in the entire island state. The high number of inhabitants is explained by the emerging industrialization of the 1990s and the proximity to the metropolitan area of ​​Manila.

Of the towns and cities of Cavite, Dasmariñas has the largest population with 379,520 people, while General Emilio Aguinaldo is the smallest with 14,343.

The main languages ​​of the province are Tagalog , Chabacano and English . While Tagalog is spoken by the majority on the entire island of Luzon, the dialect Chabacano is predominantly represented in Cavite City and the municipality of Ternate. Nowadays, Chabacano is used less and less and it is to be feared that this language will disappear completely in the near future. Due to the proximity to Metro Manila, many people have immigrated from more distant provinces in the last few decades, so that the languages Bikol , Cebuano and Ilokano can now be heard more often in Cavite.

The majority of the population (80%) belong to the Roman Catholic Church, while 11% are followers of the denomination of the Independent Philippine Church and 4% of the Iglesia ni Cristo . The rest is distributed among various other Christian churches and Islam .

economy

Cavite is one of the fastest growing economies in the country. Here, too, the proximity to the metropolis of Manila plays a decisive role. Many well-known companies and international companies, such as Intel , have relocated their production facilities to industrial parks in the province. The second industrial revolution at the beginning of the 1990s led to an increase in investment by both domestic and foreign donors and a significant expansion of infrastructure.

After industry, agriculture, fishing, forestry, trade and tourism are major economic drivers of Cavite. The main crops are rice , wheat , cassava and mangos , as well as coffee , coconut and cane sugar . In addition, livestock breeding is a notable agricultural branch of this administrative area.

Fishing is favored by Manila Bay and the South China Sea. In addition to saltwater fish and seafood, the many rivers also provide an important base for breeding freshwater food fish.

In addition to numerous natural attractions such as Corregidor Island and the Tagaytay Ridge, the province of Cavite, due to its importance in Filipino history, offers a number of historical sites (such as the two battlefields of the municipality of Imus ), monuments (Tejeros in the municipality of Rosario ) and museums ( like the Aguinaldo shrine in Kawit ). However, the tourist center is in Tagaytay City due to its highlands and proximity to Lake Taal .

Administrative division

The province is politically divided into 20 independently administered municipalities and 3 cities. The municipalities and cities in turn are subdivided into a total of 828 barangays (districts).

The province is divided into 7 Congress - districts .

Cities

Administrative communities

climate

The province of Cavite is characterized by two distinct seasons. The dry season begins in November and ends in April, while the rainy season extends from May to October. The coolest months are January and February. In contrast, particularly high temperatures are to be expected in April and May.

history

Balcony of Emilio Aguinaldo's house (Aguinaldo Shrine) in Kawit

Archaeological evidence shows that settlements already existed in the coastal regions in pre-Hispanic times and it is believed that the earliest settlers came from Borneo . What is now known as Cavite City was once a berth for Chinese trading junks around which settlements had formed that stretched along Manila Bay.

In 1571 the port of Cavite was established on the peninsula. Since this headland has the shape of a hook, the locals called the place Kawit , the word for hook in Tagalog , from which the name Cavite was derived.

The fortified settlement of Cavite was built around the port and was Manila's first defensive bastion . After a short time it was one of the important connection points between the new colony and the rest of the world. Galleons were built here and Chinese merchants settled in the Bacoor and Kawit communities across from the Spanish city to sell silk, porcelain and other Far Eastern products.

In 1614, the politico-military area of ​​responsibility of Cavite was established, which included the current territory of the province excluding the town of Maragondon, which was only ceded to the province in 1754. In the late 16th century, Jesuit priests reached what is now the province and brought colonists from the Moluccas to Cavite. These settlers , known as Mardicas , settled in what is now the localities of Ternate and Maragondon.

Because of its military importance, Cavite was attacked several times by hostile powers. In 1647 the Dutch carried out a surprise attack on the city of Cavite and during the British invasion of the Philippines, the British occupied the city's port from 1762 to 1764. However, all military aggression was ultimately successfully repulsed.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, missionary orders acquired large lands in what is now the province. Not least these haciendas led to tensions between the monastic orders and the Filipino farmers in their area. When three local priests, Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora, were executed and dozens of other clergy were banished in 1872, this fueled the desire of the population for reforms within the colony and fueled the drive for the country's independence.

In 1896, after the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution , the province became a center of revolt. On August 26, 1896, the young general Emilio Aguinaldo carried out surprise attacks on Spanish headquarters with a troop of Caviteños and later even managed to liberate the entire province. On September 3, 1896 it came to the battle of Imus . In 1898 the Spanish-American War began in the course of which on May 28, 1898, Filipino units under Aguinaldo defeated the Spaniards in Cavite at the Battle of Alapan. The American victory in this war marked the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. On June 12, 1898, Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Filipino independence from the balcony of his house in Kawit and was named the country's first president. Since then, Kawit has been considered the birthplace of independence, even though the Filipinos were officially granted political sovereignty only in 1946.

In 1901 the Americans established a civil provincial government and built a naval base at Sangley Point, which became the main base of the American Navy in the Philippines.

Cavite City was originally the provincial capital until 1954 when the Philippine parliament decided to move the seat of the provincial government to Trece Martires City .

On June 11, 1977, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1163, with which the status of the provincial capital changed to the municipality of Imus. Although there has been no law since then specifying Cavite's capital status, the seat of the provincial government was moved back to Trece Martires City in 1979.

Important people from the province

Colleges

Attractions

Cavite occupies a significant place in Filipino history through the Philippine Revolution . Therefore, there are many sites and monuments to visit in the province that refer to this period.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presidential Decree No. 1163, p. 1977 - Posted on June 11, 1977

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