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Cavite City
Cavite | |
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 Skyline of Cavite as seen from Manila Bay | |
| Nickname(s): The Historic and Cultural City of 3 Bays | |
| Motto(s): Para Dios y Patria ("For God and Country") | |
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| Coordinates: 14°29′00″N 120°54′00″E / 14.483333°N 120.900000°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Cavite |
| Sister cities |  Spain Ceuta Mexico Chilpancingo de los Bravo[1] Spain Melilla |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20060331083348/http://www.cavitecity.gov.ph/ |
Cavite is a city in the Philippine province of the same name. It occupies a hook-shaped peninsula in Manila Bay. Formerly the city was the capital of the province. The historic island of Corregidor and the adjacent islands and the isolated islands of Caballo, Carabao, El Fraile and La Monja, which lie at the mouth of Manila Bay, are part of the territorial jurisdiction of the city. According to the 2007 census, Cavite had 104,581 inhabitants in an area of 20.80 km².
Cavite is one of the three areas of the Philippines (along with Zamboanga and Basilan) where Chavacano (a Spanish-based creole language) is spoken as a mother tongue.
History
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Cavite began as a small port town that prospered during the Spanish colonial period when it became the main seaport of Manila, which hosted the galleon trade of the Manila–Acapulco route. In addition, the port was used for other ships of large tonnage.
In 1590, the Spaniards fortified Cavite with a wall on its western, northern and eastern sides, while the side facing Baccor Bay remained open. Fort Guadalupe at the easternmost end was also built at the same time. Fort San Felipe Neri and the Puerta Vaga were built in 1595 and completed in 1602. Puerta Vaga was the western barbican of the port town and the only main entrance from San Roque. It was flanked by the western wall, protected by two bastions at its northern and southern ends. The wall and the gate were also separated from the mainland by a moat, which turned the town into an island.
Cavite was officially founded as a city in 1614 by Tomás Salazar. At the same time, the city became the capital of the new politico-military province of Cavite, also established in 1614.
During the Spanish–American War (1898) the naval Battle of Cavite took place in its vicinity, which ended with the victory of the United States Navy and the loss of practically all the ships of the Royal Spanish Navy based in the Philippines.
Manila Galleon
The Port of Cavite was linked to the history of world trade through the Manila Galleon, since the Spanish galleons sailed every July toward Acapulco (Mexico) while other ships sailed from Acapulco to Cavite. The galleons and other ships of large tonnage could not enter the port of the City of Manila along the Pasig River because of a sandbar that existed at the entrance to the river port. For this reason, the Port of Cavite ended up becoming the main seaport of Manila.
At the height of the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade, the port of Cavite was the port of arrival and departure of the Spanish galleons that brought to its shores many foreign travelers (mainly Spaniards and Hispanic Americans). During that time the Port of Cavite was affectionately known as the "City of Solid Gold", something that reached the ears of the Chinese Emperor himself and led him to send some of his subjects to investigate the place in search of the famed gold.
Between 1609 and 1616 the galleons Espíritu Santo and San Miguel were built in the port's shipyard, called the Astillero Rivera de Cavite.
Chavacano of Cavite
Chavacano is a creole language of Spanish influence that was spoken by most of the inhabitants of Cavite. Chavacano [arose] after the arrival of the first Spaniards and Mexicans at the end of the 16th century. During this period, the people who lived near the military arsenal in the City of Cavite came into contact with Spanish-speaking people and began to incorporate many Spanish words into their own dialect, which later gave rise to the creole language.
Today, Chavacano is generally considered to be in the process of extinction and only a minority of inhabitants, mostly elderly, can speak the language. There are many causes for the decline of Chavacano, among them the massive arrival of Tagalog-speaking immigrants to the City of Cavite and mixed marriages.
An important Filipino poet and writer, Jesús Balmori, expressed himself in Chavacano. Balmori was a great admirer of the dialect and wrote several verses in it. Another admirer of this dialect was Don Jaime de Veyra, the illustrious writer and famous Filipino historian, who predicted the probable extinction of Chavacano when he wrote the following prophetic lines: "I fear that the inevitable absorption of the" Tagalog The invasion "on one side and the invasion of English on the other, will sweep away or extinguish this language inherited from Castilian existing with its last representatives in the next generation."
Professor Gervacio Miranda, who also wrote a book in Chavacano, noted the following in its preface: "My only objective in writing this book is possibly to preserve in written form the Chavacano of Cavite for posterity."
Barangays
Cavite is made up of 84 barangays.[2]
- Barangay 1 (Hen. M. Alvarez)
- Barangay 2 (Hen. C. Tirona)
- Barangay 3 (Hen. E. Aguinaldo)
- Barangay 4 (Hen. M. Trias)
- Barangay 5 (Hen. E. Evangelista)
- Barangay 6 (Diego Silang)
- Barangay 7 (Kapitan Kong)
- Barangay 8 (Manuel S. Rojas)
- Barangay 9 (Kanaway)
- Barangay 10-M (Kingfisher)
- Barangay 10-A (Kingfisher A)
- Barangay 10-B (Kingfisher B)
- Barangay 11 (Lawin)
- Barangay 12 (Love Bird)
- Barangay 13 (Aguila)
- Barangay 14 (Loro)
- Barangay 15 (Kilyawan)
- Barangay 16 (Martines)
- Barangay 17 (Kalapati)
- Barangay 18 (Maya/Pisces)
- Barangay 19 (Gemini)
- Barangay 20 (Virgo)
- Barangay 21 (Scorpio)
- Barangay 22 (Leo)
- Barangay 22-A (Leo A)
- Barangay 23 (Aquarius)
- Barangay 24 (Libra)
- Barangay 25 (Capricorn)
- Barangay 26 (Cancer)
- Barangay 27 (Sagitarius)
- Barangay 28 (Taurus)
- Barangay 29 (Lao-lao/Aries)
- Barangay 29-A (Lao-lao A/Aries A)
- Barangay 30 (Bid-bid)
- Barangay 31 (Maya-maya)
- Barangay 32 (Salay-salay)
- Barangay 33 (Buwan-buwan)
- Barangay 34 (Lapu-lapu)
- Barangay 35 (Hasa-hasa)
- Barangay 36 (Sap-Sap)
- Barangay 36-A (Sap-sap A)
- Barangay 37-M (Cadena de Amor)
- Barangay 37-A (Cadena de Amor A)
- Barangay 38 (Sampaguita)
- Barangay 38-A (Sampaguita A)
- Barangay 39 (Jasmin)
- Barangay 40 (Gumamela)
- Barangay 41 (Rosal)
- Barangay 42 (Pinagbuklod)
- Barangay 42-A (Pinagbuklod A)
- Barangay 42-B (Pinagbuklod B)
- Barangay 42-C (Pinagbuklod C)
- Barangay 43 (Pinagpala)
- Barangay 44 (Maligaya)
- Barangay 45 (Kaunlaran)
- Barangay 45-A (Kaunlaran A)
- Barangay 46 (Sinagtala)
- Barangay 47 (Pagkakaisa)
- Barangay 47-A (Pagkakaisa A)
- Barangay 47-B (Pagkakaisa B)
- Barangay 48 (Narra)
- Barangay 48-A (Narra A)
- Barangay 49 (Akasya)
- Barangay 49-A (Akasya A)
- Barangay 50 (Kabalyero)
- Barangay 51 (Kamagong)
- Barangay 52 (Ipil)
- Barangay 53 (Yakal)
- Barangay 53-A (Yakal A)Air Force
- Barangay 53-B (Yakal B)Navy
- Barangay 54-A (Pechay A)
- Barangay 54-M (Pechay)
- Barangay 55 (Ampalaya)
- Barangay 56 (Labanos)
- Barangay 57 (Repolyo)
- Barangay 58 (Patola)
- Barangay 58-A (Patola A)
- Barangay 59 (Sitaw)
- Barangay 60 (Letsugas)
- Barangay 61 (Talong; Poblacion)
- Barangay 61-A (Talong A; Poblacion)
- Barangay 62 (Kangkong; Poblacion)
- Barangay 62-A (Kangkong A; Poblacion)
- Barangay 62-B (Kangkong B; Poblacion)
References
- ↑ http://www.diario21.com/?cmd=displaystory-print&story_id=36717&format=print&edition_id=5485/
- ↑ "Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Cavite City". Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
External links
- Cavite on PhilAtlas.com
- Cavite Library
- El idioma criollo de Filipinas by G. Gómez Rivera in Revista Filipina
