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| nickname           = ''Historical Capital of the Philippines''<ref name="Inquirer-Nicknames">{{cite news |last1=Tejero |first1=Constantino C. |title=Cavite and what they're selling there |url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/203625/cavite-and-what-theyre-selling-there |access-date=March 18, 2016 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=August 16, 2015 |quote=Caviteños take pride in claiming an assortment of titles for their province: Historical Capital of the Philippines, Home of the Brave, Heartland of the Philippine Revolution, Cradle of Noble Heroes.}}</ref>
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| leader_name1       = Ramon Vicente H. Baustista ([[Lakas-CMD]])
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| area_footnotes     = <ref name=list>{{cite web|title=List of Provinces |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp |work=PSGC Interactive |publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board |access-date=October 28, 2013 |location=Makati City, Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111015112/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp |archive-date=January 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="QF">[http://www.cavite.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=269&Itemid=95 "Quick Facts"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707072930/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=269&Itemid=95 |date=July 7, 2012}}. Cavite Official Website. Retrieved on June 30, 2012.</ref>
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 | [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]]
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 | [[Dasmariñas]]
 | [[General Trias]]
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 | [[Tagaytay]]
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 | [[Amadeo, Cavite|Amadeo]]
 | {{nowrap|[[General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite|General Emilio Aguinaldo]]}}
 | {{nowrap|[[General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite|General Mariano Alvarez]]}}
 | [[Indang]]
 | [[Kawit]]
 | [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]]
 | [[Maragondon]]
 | [[Mendez, Cavite|Mendez]]
 | [[Naic]]
 | [[Noveleta]]
 | [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]]
 | [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]]
 | [[Tanza]]
 | [[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]]
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* [[Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga]]<ref>History of Cavite: the mother ground of the Philippine Revolution, independence, flag, and national anthem by:	Alfredo B Saulo; Esteban A De Ocampo; Cavite Historical Society. p. 22</ref><ref>Vignettes of Philippine History by Teodoro Agoncillo p.41 {{ISBN|978-9718851074}}</ref>
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'''Cavite''', officially the '''Province of Cavite''' ({{langx|tl|Lalawigan ng Kabite}};{{efn|{{IPA|tl|kɐˈbiː.tɛ}}}} [[Chavacano]]: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] of the Philippines located in the [[Calabarzon]] region. On the southern shores of [[Manila Bay]] and southwest of [[Manila]], it is one of the most industrialized and fastest-growing provinces in the Philippines. As of 2020, Cavite is one of the [[List of Philippine provinces by population|largest province in the country in terms of population]], which had 4,344,829 people if the [[Cities of the Philippines|independent cities]] of [[Cebu]] are excluded from Cebu's population figure.

The ''[[de facto]]'' capital and seat of the government of the province is [[Trece Martires]], although [[Imus]] is the official (''[[de jure]]'') capital while the [[Dasmariñas|City of Dasmariñas]] is the largest city in the province.

For over 300 years, the province played an important role in both the country's colonial past and eventual fight for independence, earning it the title "Historical Capital of the Philippines". It became the cradle of the [[Philippine Revolution]], which led to the renouncement of [[Spanish Empire|Spanish colonial control]], finally culminating in the [[Philippine Declaration of Independence]] on June{{nbsp}}12, 1898 in [[Kawit]]. The old provincial capital, [[Cavite City]] also hosted docks for the [[Manila galleon]], becoming an essential part of commerce between [[Asia]] and [[Latin America]].

Originally an agricultural province, its northern cities of [[Bacoor]], [[Imus]], and [[Dasmariñas]] (with a combined population of 1,864,560 at the 2020 Census) are now suburbs of [[Metro Manila]] due to increasing urbanization in the late 20th century. This province forms part of the [[Greater Manila Area]].

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==Etymology==
The name "Cavite" comes from the Hispanicized form of ''kawit'' (alternatively ''kalawit''), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] for "hook", in reference to the [[Cavite Peninsula|small hook-shaped peninsula]] jutting out to [[Manila Bay]].<ref name="cav">[http://cavite.gov.ph/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=90 Official Website of the Provincial Government of Cavite – Cavite City] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301233846/http://cavite.gov.ph/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=90 |date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> The name originally applied to the peninsula, ''Cavite La Punta'' (now [[Cavite City]]) and the adjacent lowland coastal area of ''Cavite Viejo'' (now [[Kawit]], reverting to the original native spelling). The peninsula was also known in the pre-colonial era as ''Tangway'', from [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] for "peninsula".<ref name="Lesho">{{cite book |last1=Lesho |first1=Marivic |last2=Sippola |first2=Eeva |title=Vergleichende Kolonialtoponomastik Strukturen und Funktionen kolonialer Ortsbenennung |date=2018 |publisher=De Gruyter |chapter=Toponyms in Manila and Cavite, Philippines |isbn=9783110608618 |pages=317–332}}</ref>

[[Edmund Roberts (diplomat)|Edmund Roberts]], in his 1821 memoir, stated that the "natives" called it ''Caveit'' due to the "crooked point of land extending into the sea".<ref name=Roberts1>{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=Edmund |title=Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7317/view/1/59/ |publisher=Harper & Brothers |location=New York |year=1837 |page=59}}</ref>

==History==

===Early history===
The present Cavite City was once a mooring place for [[Chinese junk]]s that came to trade with the settlements around Manila Bay. The land was formerly known as "Tangway". Archeological evidence in coastal areas shows prehistorical settlements.

===Spanish colonial period===
[[File:Cuenca Ancestral House.jpg|left|thumb|281x281px|Cuenca [[Ancestral houses of the Philippines|Ancestral house]] Bacoor, Cavite]]
The Spanish colonizers who arrived in the late 16th century saw the unusual tongue of land jutting out on [[Manila Bay]] and saw its deep waters as the main staging ground where they could launch their bulky galleons. It would later become the most important port linking the colony to the outside world through the [[Manila-Acapulco Galleon]] trade. In 1571, Spanish colonizers established the port and City of Cavite and fortified the settlement as a first line of defense for the city of [[Manila]]. [[Galleon]]s were built and fitted at the port and many Chinese merchants settled in the communities of Bacoor and Kawit, opposite the Spanish city to trade silks, porcelain and other oriental goods.<ref name=Fish>{{Cite book |last=Fish |first=Shirley |title=The Manila-Acapulco Galleons: The Treasure Ships of the Pacific |publisher=AuthorHouse |year=2011 |isbn=9781456775421 |page=65,69,128–132,274}}</ref>

"A defensive curtained wall was constructed the length of Cavite's western side," beginning from the entrance, "La Estanzuela", and continuing to the end of the peninsula, "Punta de Rivera", with the eastern shore unprotected by a wall.  Cavite contained government offices, churches, mission buildings, Spanish homes, Fort San Felipe and the Rivera de Cavite shipyard.  Docks were in place to construct galleons and galleys, but without a dry dock, ships were repaired by [[careening]] along the beach.<ref name=Fish/>

'''Fort San Felipe''', La Fuerza de San Felipe, was built between 1609 and 1616.  This quadrilateral structure of [[curtain wall (fortification)|curtained walls]], with bastions at the corners, contained 20 cannons facing the seashore.  Three infantry companies, 180 men each, plus 220 [[Pampangan]] infantry, garrisoned the fort.<ref name=Fish/>{{rp|142–143}}

The galleons ''Espiritu Santo'' and ''San Miguel'', plus six galleys were constructed between 1606 and 1616.  From 1729 to 1739, "the main purpose of the Cavite shipyard was the construction and outfitting of the galleons for the Manila to Acapulco trade run."<ref name=Fish/>

The vibrant mix of traders, Spanish seamen from Spain and its Latin-American colonies,<ref>Galaup "Travel Accounts" page 375.</ref><ref>"Forced Migration in the Spanish Pacific World" By Eva Maria Mehl, page 235.</ref> as well as local residents, gave rise to the use of pidgin Spanish called [[Chabacano]]. A great number of Mexican men had settled at Cavite, spread throughout Luzon, and had integrated with the local Philippine population. Some of these Mexicans became Tulisanes (Bandits) that led peasant revolts against Spain.<ref>(Page 10) {{cite thesis |type=PhD|last=Pérez|first=Marilola |date=2015|title=Cavite Chabacano Philippine Creole Spanish: Description and Typology|quote= "The galleon activities also attracted a great number of Mexican men that arrived from the Mexican Pacific coast as ships’ crewmembers (Grant 2009: 230). Mexicans were administrators, priests and soldiers (guachinangos or hombres de pueblo) (Bernal 1964: 188) many though, integrated into the peasant society, even becoming tulisanes ‘bandits’ who in the late 18th century "infested" Cavite and led peasant revolts (Medina 2002: 66). Meanwhile, in the Spanish garrisons, Spanish was used among administrators and priests. Nonetheless, there is not enough historical information on the social role of these men. In fact some of the few references point to a quick integration into the local society: "los hombres del pueblo, los soldados y marinos, anónimos, olvidados, absorbidos en su totalidad por la población Filipina." (Bernal 1964: 188). In addition to the Manila-Acapulco galleon, a complex commercial maritime system circulated European and Asian commodities including slaves. During the 17th century, Portuguese vessels traded with the ports of Manila and Cavite, even after the prohibition of 1644 (Seijas 2008: 21). Crucially, the commercial activities included the smuggling and trade of slaves: "from the Moluccas, and Malacca, and India… with the monsoon winds" carrying "clove spice, cinnamon, and pepper and black slaves, and Kafir [slaves]" (Antonio de Morga cf Seijas 2008: 21)." Though there is no data on the numbers of slaves in Cavite, the numbers in Manila suggest a significant fraction of the population had been brought in as slaves by the Portuguese vessels. By 1621, slaves in Manila numbered 1,970 out of a population of 6,110. This influx of slaves continued until late in the 17th century; according to contemporary cargo records in 1690, 200 slaves departed from Malacca to Manila (Seijas 2008: 21). Different ethnicities were favored for different labor; Africans were brought to work on the agricultural production, and skilled slaves from India served as caulkers and carpenters. " |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6xj6f1jt |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114232555/https://escholarship.org/content/qt6xj6f1jt/qt6xj6f1jt_noSplash_fd187448d1120e8904337fe47b42df2a.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2021}}</ref> Mexicans weren't the only Latin Americans in Cavite, as there were also a fair number of other Latin Americans, one such was the [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]], Alonso Ramirez, who became a sailor in Cavite, and published the first Latin American novel called "Infortunios de Alonso Ramirez"<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42632422 | jstor=42632422 | title=The Philippines Glimpsed in the First Latin-American "Novel" | last1=Cummins | first1=James S. | journal=Philippine Studies | year=1978 | volume=26 | issue=1/2 | pages=91–101 }}</ref> The years: 1636, 1654, 1670, and 1672; saw the deployment of 70, 89, 225, and 211  Latin-American soldiers from [[Mexican settlement in the Philippines|Mexico at Cavite]].<ref name= "Mexicans" >https://academic.oup.com/past/article/232/1/87/1752419 Convicts or Conquistadores? Spanish Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Pacific By Stephanie J. Mawson] AGI, México, leg. 25, núm. 62; AGI, Filipinas, leg. 8, ramo 3, núm. 50; leg. 10, ramo 1, núm. 6; leg. 22, ramo 1, núm. 1, fos. 408 r –428 v; núm. 21; leg. 32, núm. 30; leg. 285, núm. 1, fos. 30 r –41 v .</ref>

In 1614, the politico-military jurisdiction of Cavite was established. As with many other provinces organized during the Spanish colonial era, Cavite City, the name of the capital, was applied to the whole province, Cavite. The province covered all the present territory except for the town of [[Maragondon]], which used to belong to the [[Corregimiento]] of [[Mariveles, Bataan|Mariveles]]. Maragondon was ceded to Cavite in 1754 when [[Bataan]] province was created from [[Pampanga]] province.<ref>{{Cite book |last=<!-- no author --> |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA119 |title=Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary |date=1997 |publisher=Merriam-Webster |isbn=978-0-87779-546-9 |edition=3rd |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref> Within Maragondon is a settlement established in 1660 by Christian Papuan exiles brought in by the [[Jesuits]] from [[Ternate]] in the [[Maluku Islands]], and named this land ''[[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]]'' after their former homeland.<ref name=bh>[http://www.cavite.gov.ph/home/index.php/general-information/history/brief-history-of-cavite "Brief History of Cavite"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703000431/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/home/index.php/general-information/history/brief-history-of-cavite |date=July 3, 2013 }}. Official Website of the Provincial Government of Cavite. Retrieved on June 25, 2013.</ref><ref name=census/>

Owing to its military importance, Cavite had been attacked by foreigners in their quest to conquer Manila and the Philippines. The [[Dutch people|Dutch]] made a surprise attack on the city in 1647, pounding the port incessantly, but were repulsed. In 1762, the British occupied the port during their [[British occupation of Manila|two-year control]] in the Philippines.<ref name=bh/>

In the 17th century, ''encomiendas'' (Spanish Royal [[land grant]]s) were given in Cavite and Maragondon to Spanish [[conquistador]]es and their families.  By the end of the 1700s, Cavite was the main port of Manila and was a province of 5,724 native families and 859 [[Spanish Filipinos|Spanish Filipino families]].<ref name="Estadismo1">[http://www.xeniaeditrice.it/zu%C3%B1igaIocrpdf.pdf ESTADISMO DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS TOMO PRIMERO By Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga (Original Spanish)]</ref>{{rp|539}}<ref name="Estadismo2">[https://ia601608.us.archive.org/10/items/bub_gb_ElhFAAAAYAAJ_2/bub_gb_ElhFAAAAYAAJ.pdf ESTADISMO DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS TOMO SEGUNDO By Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga (Original Spanish)]</ref>{{rp|31,54,113}}

The [[religious order]]s began acquiring these lands, with some donated, enlarging vast [[hacienda]]s (estates) in Cavite during the 18th and 19th centuries, enriching themselves. These haciendas became the source of bitter conflicts between the friar orders and Filipino farmers and pushed a number of Caviteños to live as outlaws. This opposition to the friar orders was an important factor that drove many Cavite residents to support reform, and later, independence.<ref name=bh/>

In 1872, Filipinos launched their revolt against Spain. Three Filipino priests—[[Gomburza|Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora]]—were implicated in the [[1872 Cavite mutiny|Cavite mutiny]] when 200 Filipinos staged a rebellion within Spanish garrisons. On August 28, 1896, when the [[Philippine Revolution|revolution]] against Spain broke out, Cavite became a bloody theater of war. Led by [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], Caviteños made lightning raids on Spanish headquarters, and soon liberated the entire province through the [[Battle of Alapan]]. Aguinaldo commanded the Revolution to its successful end – the proclamation of the [[First Republic of the Philippines]] on June 12, 1898, in Kawit.

[[File:CaviteCannonPlacard-WinnetkaPark.jpg|thumb|A marker affixed to the Cavite cannon in [[Winnetka, Illinois]], [[United States|USA]] that reads ''"This gun was mounted on the defences of Cavite arsenal which was surrendered to Commodore George Dewey"'']]
During the [[Spanish–American War]], American forces attacked the Spanish squadron in Cavite. The Spanish defeat marked the end of Spanish rule in the country.<ref name="bh" /> A captured Spanish cannon from the Cavite arsenal now sits in Village Green Park in [[Winnetka, Illinois]], [[United States| United States of America]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.winpark.org/parks/map/village-green/|title=Village Green – Winnetka Park District|work=Winnetka Park District|access-date=August 3, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Japanese occupation===
{{More citations needed section|date=June 2012}}
In May 1942, after the fall of [[Bataan]] and [[Corregidor Island]], the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese Imperial forces]] occupied Cavite and made their presence felt in each town of the province and Cavite City itself, as well as in the young city of Tagaytay established in the 1930s.

After surviving the [[Bataan Death March]] and released from [[Capas, Tarlac]] concentration camp [[United States Army Forces in the Far East]] (USAFFE) Col. [[Mariano Castañeda]], returned to Cavite and secretly organized the guerilla forces in the province.

The Japanese authorities pressured him to accept the position as Provincial Governor of Cavite, he refused many times over until his excuses did not work, much against his will he was forced to accept the position by the Japanese, and by thinking that it would be beneficial to further organize the resistance movement as Governor by day and a guerilla commander by night. Eventually, the Japanese discovered his guerilla connection and raided his house in the attempt to capture him, but he escaped along with Col. Lamberto Javalera by swimming the Imus river up to Salinas, [[Bacoor]] and finally joined his comrades in the field in Neneng, the General Headquarters of the Fil American Cavite Guerilla Forces (FACGF) located in [[Dasmariñas]].

At this time due to his organizational skills the FACGF raised a regiment in each of the administrative units and also created attached special battalions. Overall, three special battalions, one medical battalion, one signal company, one hospital unit, and Division GHQ and Staff were raised to provide administrative and combat support. Later on, the FACGF, with a peak of 14,371 Enlisted Men and 1,245 officers, grew into a formidable force to take on the omnipresent rule of the Japanese in the province. At its peak the force contained 14 infantry regiments:

*1st Infantry Regiment, Imus (Col. Lorenzo Saulog)
*2nd Infantry Regiment, Bacoor (Col. Francisco Guererro)
*3rd Infantry Regiment, Silang (Col. Dominador Kiamson) 
*4th Infantry Regiment, Dasmariñas (Col. Estanislao Mangubat Carungcong)
*5th Infantry Regiment, Barangay Anabu, Imus (Col. Raymundo Paredes)
*6th Infantry Regiment, Cavite City (Col. Amado Soriano)
*7th Infantry Regiment, Alfonso (Col. Angeles Hernais)
*8th Infantry Regiment, Naic (Col. Emilio Arenas)
*9th Infantry Regiment, Mendez (Col. Maximo Rodrigo)  
*10th Infantry Regiment Kawit (Col. Hugo Vidal) 
*11th Infantry Regiment Imus (Col. Maximo Reyes)
*12th Infantry Regiment, Amadeo (Col. Daniel Mediran) 
*13th Infantry Regiment, Rosario (Col. Ambrosio Salud)
*14th Infantry Regiment, Brgy. Paliparan, Dasmariñas (Col. Emiliano De La Cruz)

On January 31, 1945, the liberation of the province of Cavite started with the combined forces of the American 11th Airborne Division under General Joseph Swing and Col. Harry Hildebrand and the valiant Caviteño guerilleros of the Fil-American Cavite Guerilla Forces, which liberated the province of Cavite from the Japanese occupiers, and protected at all costs the National Highway 17 (Aguinaldo Highway) from [[Tagaytay]] City to [[Las Piñas]] that serve as the vital supply route of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division, paving the way towards the road to the bitter but victorious [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]].

=== Philippine independence ===
The economic growth of the country began to creep its way to the province following the end of the Second World War and the restoration of independence. Given its proximity to Manila, the province soon began to feel a transformation into an economic provider of food and industrial goods not just for Metro Manila but for the whole of the country.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} In 1954, Trece Martires was created out as a planned capital city from portions of Tanza, Indang, Naic, and General Trias. Despite the transfer of capital status to Imus in 1979, it retains many offices of the provincial government, acting thus as the de facto capital of the province. Also, Tagaytay's high location and cool temperatures would enable it to become a secondary [[summer capital]] and a vacation spot especially during the Christmas season, given its proximity to the Manila area.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The economy of Cavite remained largely agricultural during the decades after the war, from the 1940s to the 1980s, with attempts to create industrial estates in the early 1970s largely falling flat in light of the Crony Capitalism and economic crises of the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="McAndrewAghamtao"/>

====During the Marcos administration====
{{main|Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos}}
The Philippines' gradual postwar recovery took a turn for the worse in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with the [[1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis]] being one of the early landmark events.<ref name=Balbosas1992>{{Cite journal |last=Balbosa |first=Joven Zamoras |date=1992 |title=IMF Stabilization Program and Economic Growth: The Case of the Philippines |journal=Journal of Philippine Development |volume=XIX |issue=35 |url=https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidsjpd92-2imf.pdf |access-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921141056/https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidsjpd92-2imf.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Economic analysts generally attribute this to the ramp-up on loan-funded government spending to promote [[Ferdinand Marcos’ 1969 reelection campaign]],<ref name=Balbosas1992/><ref name="Balisacan&Hill2003">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_L9k58WM9UC&q=The+Philippine+economy+under+Marcos:+A+balance+sheet |title=The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and Challenges |last1=Balisacan |first1=A. M. |last2=Hill |first2=Hal |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195158984 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Cororaton1997">{{Cite journal |last=Cororaton |first=Cesar B.  |title=Exchange Rate Movements in the Philippines |journal=DPIDS Discussion Paper Series 97-05 |pages=3, 19}}</ref> although Marcos blamed the 1968 formation of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] as the reason for the social unrest of the period.<ref name="Kessler1989">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rebellionrepress0000kess |title=Rebellion and repression in the Philippines |last=Kessler |first=Richard J. |date=1989 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0300044062 |location=New Haven |oclc=19266663 |url-access=registration }}</ref> {{rp|page="43"}}<ref name="Celoza1997">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sp3U1oCNKlgC|title=Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines: The Political Economy of Authoritarianism|last=Celoza|first=Albert F.|date=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780275941376|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/philippinesreade00schi |title=The Philippines reader : a history of colonialism, neocolonialism, dictatorship, and resistance |last=Schirmer |first=Daniel B. |date=1987 |publisher=South End Press |isbn=0896082768 |edition=1st |location=Boston |oclc=14214735 }}</ref> There were clashes between government and communist protesters in the rural areas and the western highlands of Cavite.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Another conflict faced by the Philippines throughout the last part of the 20th century had some of its roots in Cavite - the [[Moro conflict]], which was largely sparked by outrage in the wake of exposes about the [[Jabidah Massacre]].  The exposes told the story of how a group of [[Moro people|Moro]] men were recruited by the military for Operation Merdeka, Marcos' secret plan to invade [[Sabah]] and reclaim it from Malaysia, and trained them on the island of [[Corregidor]], which is administered by Cavite province. When for various reasons the recruits decided that they no longer wanted to follow their officers' orders, their officers allegedly shot all the recruits to death, with only one survivor managing to live by feigning death. The exposes angered the Philippines' Muslim minority enough to trigger the Moro conflict, eventually leading to the creation of the [[Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] (BARMM).<ref name="Smith2015">{{cite book|author=Paul J. Smith|title=Terrorism and Violence in Southeast Asia: Transnational Challenges to States and Regional Stability: Transnational Challenges to States and Regional Stability|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nG6sBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|date=March 26, 2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-45886-9|pages=5–}}</ref><ref name="BetweenIntegrationandSecession">{{Cite book|title = Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma/Myanmar|last = Yegar|first = Moshe|publisher = Lexington Books|year = 2002|pages = 267–268}}</ref>

In 1972, one year before the expected end of his last constitutionally allowed term as president in 1973, Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under [[Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos|martial law]].<ref name ="Kasaysayan9ch10">{{Cite book |title=Kasaysayan, The Story of the Filipino People Volume 9:A Nation Reborn. |publisher=Asia Publishing Company Limited |year=1998 |editor-last=Magno |editor-first=Alexander R. |location=Hong Kong |chapter=Democracy at the Crossroads}}</ref> This allowed Marcos to remain in power for fourteen more years, during which Cavite went through many social and economic ups and downs.<ref name ="Kasaysayan9ch10"/>

The excesses of the Marcos family<ref name ="Kasaysayan9ch10"/> prompted opposition from various Filipino citizens despite the risks of arrest and [[Torture methods used by the Marcos dictatorship|torture]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63056898 | title=Philippines martial law: The fight to remember a decade of arrests and torture | work=BBC News | date=September 28, 2022 }}</ref>  Among the prominent Caviteño oppositionists were [[Armed Forces of the Philippines|Armed Forces]] Colonel [[Bonifacio Gillego]], who spoke out against human rights abuses by the military and later exposed the fact that Ferdinand Marcos had faked most of his military medals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bantayog.foundation/gillego-bonifacio | title=GILLEGO, Bonifacio }}</ref> Another was Roman Catholic Priest Fr. [[Joe Dizon]], who led protest actions against government corruption and human rights abuses during martial law in the Philippines, political dynasties, and the pork barrel system and brought social issues to the attention of the [[Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bantayog.foundation/dizon-jose-pacturayan-fr-joe | title=DIZON, Jose Pacturayan }}</ref> Both Gillego and Dizon are honored at the Philippines' [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]], which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought authoritarian rule under Marcos.<ref name="AngMamatay">{{Cite book|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Ma. Cristina V.|last2=Malay|first2=Carolina S.|date=2015|title=Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa 'Yo: Heroes and Martyrs of the Filipino People in the Struggle Against Dictatorship 1972-1986|publisher=[[National Historical Commission of the Philippines]]|publication-date=1 January 2016|volume=1|isbn=978-971-538-270-0}}</ref> Other Caviteños honored there include [[Philippine Navy]] Captain [[Danilo Vizmanos]], musician Benjie Torralba, activists Modesto "Bong" Sison, Florencio Pesquesa, and [[Artemio Celestial, Jr.]], and [[Nemesio Prudente]] who would later become president of the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]].<ref name="AngMamatay"/>

Presidential Decree No. 1 of 1972 grouped the Provinces of the Philippines into administrative regions, and Cavite was organized into Region IV.  The Luzon mainland provinces of this region - Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon - were prioritized for industrialization, and large amounts of agricultural land in Cavite were acquired for conversion into industrial estates throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="McAndrewAghamtao">McAndrew, J. (1990). The Incorporation of the Province of Cavite into the World Economy. Aghamtao: Journal of the Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao, Inc. (UGAT), 7.</ref> However, these government-owned or corporate-owned estates were unsuccessful at first, and many of them became unused lands well into the Philippine economic collapse of the early 1980s.<ref name="McAndrewAghamtao"/> Old Cavite residents who were primarily engaged in agriculture were displaced and left the province, replaced by a rising number of residents from the capital region.<ref name="McAndrewAghamtao"/>

Rosario was the first Cavite town to have several large industrial projects, including a refinery set up by [[FilOil Refinery Corporation]].<ref name="McAndrewAghamtao"/> An influx of new residents into the north and west parts of [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]] led to the separation of these portions into a new town, [[General Mariano Alvarez]], in 1981.  The migration had begun in 1968, when the Carmona Resettlement Project was established under the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation (PHHC) - an effort to resettle illegal settlers from around the Quezon Memorial Park area in Quezon City.  A site in Carmona was selected, and by the mid-1970s, the resettlement area soon attracted poor and middle class migrants alike from Quezon City, Manila, Makati and Parañaque. Their clamor to have a municipality of their own resulted in the creation of General Mariano Alvarez.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://genmarianoalvarez.gov.ph/historical-background/ | title=Historical Background &#124; GEN. M. ALVAREZ | date=July 23, 2020 }}</ref> Bacoor, given its proximity to Metro Manila, saw the building of the first residential villages during this time, providing accommodation the rising number of workers from the nearby capital.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

One geographical feature of Cavite, [[Mount Sungay]], was significantly altered in 1979 when [[First Spouse of the Philippines|First Lady]] [[Imelda Marcos]] ordered the construction of the Palace in the Sky, a [[mansion]] originally intended as a guesthouse for former [[California]] Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] (who never arrived). This drastically reduced the height of the mountain, which had once been a landmark that helped guide sailors into Manila bay. The mansion remained unfinished after the [[People Power Revolution]] in 1986 that toppled the [[dictatorship]] of [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. The new government renamed it the [[People's Park in the Sky]], to show the excesses of the ousted regime.<ref name=palace>Cruz, Sarah (2011-06-03). [http://www.mytagaytayhotels.com/tagaytay-hotels-attractions/palace-in-the-sky-in-tagaytay "Palace in the Sky in Tagaytay"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103195742/http://www.mytagaytayhotels.com/tagaytay-hotels-attractions/palace-in-the-sky-in-tagaytay |date=2014-01-03 }}. Tagaytay Hotels. Retrieved on 2013-10-22.</ref>

===Contemporary===
In 2002, Region IV was split into two parts: Region IV-A, known as [[Calabarzon]]; and Region IV-B, known as [[Mimaropa]].<ref name="EO103">{{cite act |title=Dividing Region IV into Region IV-A and IV-B, Transferring the Province of Aurora to Region III and for Other Purposes |type=Executive Order |number=103 |date=May 17, 2002 |url=http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp |access-date=April 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409201916/http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp |archive-date=April 9, 2017 }} {{Cite web |url=http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp |title=Philippine Statistics Authority &#124; Republic of the Philippines |access-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409201916/http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Cavite was made part of Region IV-A, which is also known as the Southern Tagalog Mainland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines EIA |publisher=Emb.gov.ph |url=http://emb.gov.ph/eia-adb/eiaorg.html |access-date=October 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512181942/http://emb.gov.ph/eia-adb/eiaorg.html |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Ph map cavite.png|thumb|left|Detailed topographic map of Cavite]]
Cavite is surrounded by [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] province to the east, [[Metro Manila]] to the northeast, and [[Batangas]] province to the south. To the west lies the [[South China Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cavite.gov.ph/home/multimedia%20files/LGR/2015/LGR2015-brief-ecological-profile.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003121624/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/home/multimedia%20files/LGR/2015/LGR2015-brief-ecological-profile.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |title=Local Government Report 2015: Province of Cavite |website=The Official Website of the Provincial Government of Cavite |access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref> It is located within the [[Greater Manila Area]], not to be confused with adjacent [[Metro Manila]], the defined capital region.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Cavite is the second-smallest province in the [[Calabarzon]] region, only after [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]]. Cavite occupies a land area of {{convert|1526.28|km2|sp=us}}, which is approximately {{percentage|1526.28|16,873.31|2}} of Calabarzon's total land area, {{percentage|1427.06|46494.21|2}} of the regional area and {{percentage|1427.06|300,000|2}} of the total land area of the Philippines. The municipalities of [[Maragondon]] and [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]] have the biggest land areas, comprising {{convert|165.49|km2|sp=us}} and {{convert|156.41|km2|sp=us}} respectively, while the municipality of [[Noveleta]] has the smallest land area as indicated by {{convert|5.41|km2|sp=us}} or {{percentage|5.41|1427.06|2}} of the provincial total and area.<ref name=PNR/>

===Topography and slope===
[[File:Cavite Relief Map.png|thumb|left|Topographic map of Cavite on 1 arc second/30-meter resolution]]
Situated at the entrance of Manila Bay, Cavite is characterized by rolling hinterlands punctuated by hills; a shoreline fronting Manila Bay at sea level; and a rugged portion at the boundary with Batangas where the Dos Picos mountains are located. The province has two mountain ranges.

Cavite is divided into four physiographical areas, namely: the lowest lowland area, the lowland area, the central hilly area, and the upland mountainous area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wvphilippineshea.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/cavite-pdrrm-plan.pdf|title=Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan 2011–2016|website=Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs|access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

* The '''lowest lowland area''' is the coastal plain in particular. These areas have extremely low ground level of {{convert|0|to|2|m|sp=us|abbr=on}} elevation compared to the high tide level of about {{convert|0.8|m|sp=us}} from the [[mean sea level]] (msl). These are the cities of [[Cavite City|Cavite]], [[Bacoor]] and the municipalities of [[Kawit]], [[Noveleta]], [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]], northern part of [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]] and eastern part of [[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]].
* The lowland area consists of the coastal and alluvial plains. These areas have flat ground slopes of less than 0.5% and low ground elevation of {{convert|2|to|30|m|sp=us}}. The alluvial plain can be found in the city of [[Imus]] and the southern part of [[General Trias]]. These municipalities form the transition area between the coastal plain and the central hilly area. It also covers some areas of [[Bacoor]], [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]], [[Kawit]], [[Noveleta]], [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]], and [[Tanza]].
* The third topography type is the '''central hilly area''', generally found on the mountain foot slope. It forms the rolling [[tuffaceous]] plateau. This topography includes steep hills, ridges and elevated inland valley. The plateau is characterized with ground elevation ranging from {{convert|30|m|sp=us}} to nearly {{convert|400|m|sp=us}}. Its ground slope ranges from 0.5 to 2%. The cities of [[Trece Martires]] and [[Dasmariñas]] and the municipalities of [[General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite|General Emilio Aguinaldo]], [[General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite|General Mariano Alvarez]], western part of [[Ternate]], northern parts of [[Amadeo, Cavite|Amadeo]], [[Indang, Cavite|Indang]], [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]], [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]] and [[Maragondon, Cavite|Maragondon]] have this kind of topography.
* The last topography type is '''upland mountainous area''', found in the city of [[Tagaytay]] and the municipalities of [[Alfonso, Cavite|Alfonso]], [[Mendez, Cavite|Mendez]], southern parts of [[Amadeo, Cavite|Amadeo]], [[Indang]], [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]], [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]] and [[Maragondon, Cavite|Maragondon]]. They are situated at a very high elevation above {{convert|400|m|sp=us}} with slopes of more than 2%.<ref name="PNR">[http://www.cavite.gov.ph/Socio-Economic_Profile/2009/Physical%20and%20Natural%20Resources.pdf "Physical and Natural Resources"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911231234/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/Socio-Economic_Profile/2009/Physical%20and%20Natural%20Resources.pdf |date=September 11, 2011 }}. Province of Cavite Official Website.</ref> The Tagaytay ridge has an average elevation of {{convert|2000|ft|order=flip}} with [[Mount Sungay]] at {{coord|14|8|31.71|N|121|1|19.02|E|name=Mount Sungay}}, the highest elevation in the province at {{convert|716|m|sp=us}}.<ref name=sketch>[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=mount+sungay,+Philippines&hl=en&ll=14.142152,121.0217&spn=0.021848,0.031457&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.235538,57.216797&hnear=Mt+Sungay&t=p&z=15 "Mount Sungay elevation"]. Google maps. Retrieved on February 4, 2012.</ref> The mountain was much higher before with an elevation of {{convert|752|m|sp=us}},<ref>Census of the Philippine Islands (1920). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ8wAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA125 "Census of the Philippine Islands Vol. I, 1918"], pg. 131. Bureau of Printing, Manila.</ref> topped by rock formations that resembled horns (''Sungay'' in Tagalog) hence the name.  The [[prominence]] of the mountain was leveled in half during the construction of [[People's Park in the Sky]] during the [[Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos]] administration.

===Islands===

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* Balot Island, located at the mouth of Ternate River<ref>[http://ternate-cavite.tripod.com/ "Ternate Website"]. Ternate Cavite Website. Retrieved on October 28, 2011.</ref>
* [[Caballo Island]]
* [[Corregidor]]
* [[Fort Drum (Philippines)|El Fraile Island]]
* [[Fort Frank|Carabao Island]]
* La Monja Island, located west of Corregidor
* Limbones Island, located off the Maragondon coast near the Batangas border
* Pulo ni Burunggoy (now ''Island Cove Resort''; formerly ''Covelandia'') located in [[Bacoor Bay]]<ref>[http://www.islandcovephil.com/about/history/ "History"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904063112/http://www.islandcovephil.com/about/history/ |date=September 4, 2012 }}. Island Cove Hotel and Leisure Park. Retrieved on October 28, 2011.</ref>
* Santa Amalia Island, located Northwest of Corregidor<ref>U.S. Army (1916). [https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmil01genegoog "United States military reservations, National cemeteries, and military parks"], p. 344. Government Printing Office, Washington.</ref>
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===Land resources and distribution===
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2016}}
[[file:Descending Mt. Mataas na Gulod towards the Dos Picos Valley of the Palay-Palay-Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape of Cavite.jpg|thumb|{{center|[[Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape]]}}]]
Cavite's land resources are categorized into two: forest lands and alienable and disposable lands. Forest lands are being maintained as they play a great role in the ecological balance of the province aside from the fact that they are home to numerous flora and fauna that needs to be protected and preserved. Correspondingly, the alienable and disposable lands are the built-up areas as well as production areas. These lands are intended for urban, economic and demographic developments.

====Forest lands====
Cavite province lies in the western monsoon forest zone. This location is very beneficial for the formation of [[tropical rainforest]]s, which are characteristically made through natural vegetation. In 2007, the existing forest area within the province totaled only to {{convert|8625|ha}}. These forest areas were categorized as Protected Landscape under the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) and the rest, unclassified forest (Non-NIPAS). A total of {{convert|4000|ha}} are located within the [[Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape]], a [[protected area]] in Ternate and Maragondon created by Proclamation Number 1594 on October 26, 1976. The park lies at the border of Cavite and Batangas and encompasses three peaks, Palay-Palay, [[Mount Pico De Loro|Pico de Loro]] and [[Mount Marami|Mataas na Gulod]]. The five unclassified forests are found along [[Tagaytay Ridge]], [[Maragondon]], Magallanes, [[Ternate]] and [[Alfonso]].  The other mountain peaks in the province are Mt. Buntis, Mt. Nagpatong, Mt. Hulog and Mt. Gonzales (Mt. Sungay).

Cavite's forest provides an abundance of different forest products. [[Bamboo]], a member of the grass family, is one of the most available forest products found in the municipalities of [[Ternate]], [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]], [[Maragondon]] and General Aguinaldo throughout the year.

====Alienable and disposable lands====
These lands are being used in various ways, either for agriculture, residences, open areas, etc.  Based on the Cavite Provincial Physical Framework Plan 2005–2010, Cavite's alienable and disposable lands are further classified into production lands and built-up areas. Production lands in Cavite are intended for agriculture, fishery, and [[mining]]. On the other hand, built-up areas are mainly for residential areas, commercial, industrial and tourism areas.

====Production land-use====
[[File:6952Silang, Cavite Landmarks Barangays 49.jpg|thumb|Pineapple farm in [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]]]]
Majority of production land-use is for [[agriculture]]. Considering that 50.33% of the total provincial land area is engaged in agriculture, it can be generalized that in spite of rapid urbanization in the province, Cavite remains to have an agricultural economy that makes food security attainable. Some of the major crops being produced in the province are [[rice]], [[Maize|corn]], [[coffee]], [[coconuts]], [[cut flowers]] and [[vegetables]].

Included in the agricultural land use are livestock farms that range from [[piggery]], [[poultry]], [[goat]] and [[cattle]] farms. The climatic suitability of Cavite makes the province ideal for integrated farming, having crops and livestock raising in one farm.

[[Fishery]] is also another major component of the agricultural sector. Having rich marine resources and long coastlines, the province is home to numerous fishery activities providing livelihood to many Caviteños. In some lowland and even upland areas, fishery, in the form of [[fish pond]]s are also producing a large amount of fish products. Some areas in Cavite are also engaged in fish processing and production of fish products like [[fish sauce]].

[[Mining]] is the third component of production land-use in the province. As of 2009, there are 15 mining and quarrying areas operating in Cavite. Extraction includes filling materials, gravel, and sand.

====Built-up areas====
[[File:Camella Homes Tierra Nevada General Trias Cavite Aerial Photo.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of [[General Trias]] featuring residential developments]]
The built-up areas are mainly composed of residential and industrial sites. This also includes commercial and business areas where commerce is transpiring. According to the 2007 Census of Population and Housing by the Philippine Statistics Authority, there are 611,450 occupied housing units in Cavite.

Moreover, according to the Housing and Land-Use Regulatory Board, there are around 1,224 housing subdivisions with issued license to sell in the province until 2009 which occupies an area of {{convert|9,471|ha}}.

Meanwhile, the industrial sector also develops rapidly in the province. For 2009, operational industrial estates cover around {{convert|2939|ha}}. Tourism establishments are also considered built-up areas such as golf courses, leisure farms, resorts and the likes.<ref name="PNR"/>

===Water resources===
[[File:Sardine fish being dried under the Sun from Rosario, Cavite, Philippines.jpg|thumb|[[Sardine]]s caught from the [[Manila Bay]] drying under the sun in [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]]]]

The hydrological network of the province is composed of seven major rivers and its tributaries. These river systems generally flows from the highlands of Tagaytay and Maragondon to Manila Bay. Numerous springs, waterfalls and rivers found in the upland areas of the province, have been developed for tourism.  In the lowland areas, hundreds of [[artesian well]]s and deep wells provide water supply for both residential and irrigation purposes.

Cavite shoreline stretches about {{convert|123|km|sp=us}}. The communities located along the coast are Cavite City, Bacoor, Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario, Tanza, Naic, Maragondon, and Ternate. The richness of Cavite's coastal resources is a major producer of [[oyster]]s and [[mussel]]s. The fishing industry also produces [[shrimp]] and ''bangus'' ([[milkfish]]). The western coastline are lined with pale gray sand beaches popular with tourists.  Thus, fishery and tourism contribute to the economic activity of the province.<ref>[http://www.cavite.gov.ph/Socio-Economic_Profile/2009/General%20Information.pdf "General Information"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131200214/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/Socio-Economic_Profile/2009/General%20Information.pdf |date=January 31, 2012 }}. Cavite Official Website.</ref>

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====Major rivers====
These rivers are known to have various tributaries passing through the municipalities of the province:

{{Ordered list|list_style_type=decimal|item_style=font-size:95%;white-space:nowrap
| Bacoor River
| Cañas River
| Imus River
| Labac River
| Maragondon River
| San Juan River or ''Rio Grande'' (Grande River)
| Ylang-Ylang River
| [[Zapote River (Philippines)|Zapote River]]
}}
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====Springs====
{{Ordered list|list_style_type=decimal|item_style=font-size:95%;white-space:nowrap
| Balite Spring (''Amadeo'')

| Saluysoy Spring (''Alfonso'')
| [[Matang Tubig|Matang Tubig Spring]] (''Silang, Cavite'')
| Malakas Spring (''General Aguinaldo'')
| Ulo Spring (''Mendez'')
|Bucal ni Tata Enteng Spring (''Indang'')
}}
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====Waterfalls====
{{Ordered list|list_style_type=decimal|item_style=font-size:95%;white-space:nowrap
| Palsajingin Falls (''Indang'')
| Balite Falls (''Amadeo'')
| Malibiclibic Falls (''Gen. Aguinaldo'')
| Talon-Butas Falls (''Gen. Aguinaldo'')
| Saluysoy Falls (''Alfonso'')
| Tala River (''Gen. Aguinaldo'')
| Utod Falls (''Magallanes'')
| Mayang Falls (''Trece Martires City'')
| Pantihan Falls (''Maragondon'')
}}
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===Soil properties===
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Cavite is composed of several soil types according to soil surveys conducted by the [[Bureau of Soils and Water Management]] (BSWM). Classification of soil types in a specific area is a very important consideration in identifying its most fitted land-use. This way, utmost productivity can be achieved.

The lowland area of Cavite is generally composed of Guadalupe clay and clay loam. It is characterized as coarse and granular when dry but sticky and plastic when wet. Its substratum is solid volcanic tuff. These types of soils are suited to lowland rice and corn while those in the upland are suited for orchard and pasture. Guadalupe clay adobes are abundant in the southern part of [[Bacoor]] and [[Imus]] bordering [[Dasmariñas]]. The soil is hard and compact and difficult to cultivate that makes it generally unsuitable for diverse cropping. It is very sticky when wet and granular when dry. Forage grass is advised for this type of soil. Hydrosol and Obando sand are found along Bacoor Bay. The shoreline of [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]], [[Tanza]], [[Naic]] and [[Ternate]] are lined with Guadalupe sand.

The central area principally consists of Magallanes loam with streaks of Magallanes clay loam of sandy texture. This is recommended for diversified farming such as the cultivation of upland rice, corn, sugarcane, vegetables, coconut, coffee, mangoes and other fruit trees. The steep phase should be forested or planted to root crops. The eastern side of Cavite consists of Carmona clay loam with streaks of Carmona clay loam steep phase and Carmona sandy clay loam. This type of soil is granular with tuffaceous material and concretions. It is hard and compact when dry, sticky and plastic when wet. This type of soil is planted to rice with irrigation or sugarcane without irrigation. Fruit trees such as mango, avocado and citrus are also grown in this type of soil. Guingua fine sandy loam is found along the lower part of Malabon and Alang-ilang River at Noveleta.

The type of soils that dominate the upland areas are Tagaytay loam and Tagaytay sandy loam with mountain soil undifferentiated found on the south-eastern side bordering Laguna province. Also on the southern tip are Magallanes clay and Mountain soil undifferentiated with interlacing of Magallanes clay loam steep phase. The Tagaytay loam contains fine sandy materials, moderately friable, and easy to work on when moist. In an undisturbed condition, it bakes and becomes hard when dry. About one-half of this soil type is devoted to upland rice and upland crops. On the other hand, Tagaytay sandy loam is friable and granular with considerable amount of volcanic sand and underlain by adobe clay. Mountain soil undifferentiated is forested with bamboos found in the sea coast. Cavite also has the Patungan sand characterized by pale gray to almost white sand with substratum of marine conglomerates which are found at Santa Mercedes in Maragondon and in some coastlines of Ternate.<ref name=PNR/>

===Mineral resources and reserves===

The greater parts of Cavite are composed of volcanic materials, tuff, cinders, basalt, breccias, agglomerate and interbeddings of shales, and sandstones. The dormant and active volcanoes (Taal) are within these volcanic areas and have been the sources of volcanic materials which form the Tagaytay Cuesta. The drainage systems are deeply entrenched in the tuffs, eroding thin interbedded sandstones and conglomerate rocks which are the sources of little reserves of sand and gravel in the larger stream. Adobe stone quarries also flourish in the tuff areas.

Cavite coastal areas have marl and conglomerate sedimentary rocks and some igneous rocks which are prominent in the high, mountainous regions of western part of the province. Black sands are found in [[Kawit]] while [[Noveleta]] has its own salt products. [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]] has gravel deposits while reserves of sand and gravel materials are found in [[Alfonso]], [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]], [[Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo]], [[Naic]], [[Ternate]], [[Maragondon]] and [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]].<ref name=PNR/>

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===Administrative divisions===
Cavite comprises 15 [[Philippine municipality|municipalities]] and 8 [[Cities of the Philippines|cities]]:
[[File:Ph fil cavite.png|thumb|none|upright=0.9|{{center|Political divisions}}]]
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| {{Color box|#CCFFCC|†|border=darkgray}} {{font|''De jure'' provincial capital and component city|size=90%}}
| {{Color box|#CFBADE|†∗|border=darkgray}} {{font|''De facto'' provincial capital and component city|size=90%}}
| {{Color box|#FFE6F3|∗|border=darkgray}} {{font|Component city|size=90%}}
| {{Color box|#FDFDFD|border=darkgray}} {{font|Municipality|size=90%}}
| ∞ {{font|Largest settlement|size=90%}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;table-layout:fixed;text-align:right;background-color:#FDFDFD;font-size:90%;border-collapse:collapse;"
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan=2 | City {{small|or}} municipality
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" | [[Legislative districts of Cavite|District]]{{PSGC detail|nscb}}
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan=3 | Population
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" | {{PSGC rubric}}
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan=2 | Area{{PSGC detail|nscb}}
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan=2 | Density
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Barangay|Total number of barangays}}
! scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" | [[Coordinates]]{{ref label|Coord|A|none}}
|-
! scope="col" style="border-top:none;" colspan=2 |
! scope="col" style="border-top:none;" |
! scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" colspan=2 | {{small|(2020)}}{{PH census|2020|04A}}
! scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" | {{small|(2015)}}{{PH census|2015|04A}}
! scope="col" style="border-top:none;" |
! scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" | km<sup>2</sup>
! scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable" | {{nowrap|sq mi}}
! scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" | /km<sup>2</sup>
! scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable" | {{nowrap|/sq mi}}
! scope="col" style="border-top:none;" |
! scope="col" style="border-top:none;" |
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Alfonso, Cavite|Alfonso]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|59,306|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 51,839
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|59306|2015.3315|51839}}
| {{convert|66.58|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:59306/66.58}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 32
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1383|N|120.8561|E|name=Alfonso|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Amadeo, Cavite|Amadeo]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| {{percent and number|41,901|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 37,649
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|41901|2015.3315|37649}}
| {{convert|36.92|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:41901/36.92}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 26
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1695|N|120.9219|E|name=Amadeo|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#FFE6F3;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFE6F3;border-right:0;" | [[Bacoor]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | ∗
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| {{percent and number|664,625|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 600,609
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|664625|2015.3315|600609}}
| {{convert|46.17|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:664625/46.17}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 47
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.4594|N|120.9401|E|name=Bacoor|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#FFE6F3;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFE6F3;border-right:0;" |[[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | ∗
| style="text-align:center;" | 5th
| {{percent and number|106,256|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 97,557
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|106256|2015.3315|97557}}
| {{convert|29.68|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:106256/29.68}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.3158|N|121.0561|E|name=Carmona|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#FFE6F3;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFE6F3;border-right:0;" | [[Cavite City]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | ∗
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| {{percent and number|100,674|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 102,806
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|100674|2015.3315|102,806}}
| {{convert|10.89|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:100674/10.89}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 84
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.4820|N|120.9089|E|name=Cavite City|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#FFE6F3;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFE6F3;border-right:0;" | [[Dasmariñas]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | ∗∞
| style="text-align:center;" | 4th
| {{percent and number|703,141|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 659,019
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|703141|2015.3315|659019}}
| {{convert|90.13|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:703141/90.13}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 75
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.3270|N|120.9370|E|name=Dasmariñas|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite|General Emilio Aguinaldo]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|23,973|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 22,220
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|23973|2015.3315|22220}}
| {{convert|42.13|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:23973/42.13}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1845|N|120.7970|E|name=General Emilio Aguinaldo|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[General Mariano Alvarez]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 5th
| {{percent and number|172,433|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 155,143
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|172433|2015.3315|155143}}
| {{convert|9.40|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:172433/9.40}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.2983|N|121.0069|E|name=General Mariano Alvarez|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#FFE6F3;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFE6F3;border-right:0;" | [[General Trias]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | ∗
| style="text-align:center;" | 6th
| {{percent and number|450,583|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 314,303
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|450583|2015.3315|314303}}
| {{convert|90.01|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:450583/90.01}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.3862|N|120.8805|E|name=General Trias|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#CCFFCC;border-right:0;" | [[Imus]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | †
| style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
| {{percent and number|496,794|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 403,785
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|496794|2015.3315|403785}}
| {{convert|53.15|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:496794/53.15}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 97
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.4189|N|120.9312|E|name=Imus|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Indang]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| {{percent and number|68,699|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 65,599
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|68699|2015.3315|65599}}
| {{convert|74.90|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:68699/74.90}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 36
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1954|N|120.8773|E|name=Indang|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Kawit]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| {{percent and number|107,535|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 83,466
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|107535|2015.3315|83466}}
| {{convert|25.15|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:107535/25.15}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.4441|N|120.9035|E|name=Kawit|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|23,851|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 22,727
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|23851|2015.3315|22727}}
| {{convert|73.07|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:23851/73.07}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1876|N|120.7569|E|name=Magallanes|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Maragondon]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|40,687|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 37,720
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|40687|2015.3315|37720}}
| {{convert|164.61|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:40687/164.61}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.2737|N|120.7362|E|name=Maragondon|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Mendez, Cavite|Mendez]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|34,879|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 31,529
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|34879|2015.3315|31529}}
| {{convert|43.27|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:34879/43.27}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1300|N|120.9051|E|name=Mendez|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Naic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|160,987|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 111,454
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|160987|2015.3315|111454}}
| {{convert|75.81|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:160987/75.81}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 30
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.3214|N|120.7717|E|name=Naic|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Noveleta]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| {{percent and number|49,452|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 45,846
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|49452|2015.3315|45846}}
| {{convert|16.43|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:49452/16.43}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.4333|N|120.8833|E|name=Noveleta|type:city_region:PH-CAV|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| {{percent and number|110,807|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 110,706
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|110807|2015.3315|110706}}
| {{convert|7.61|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:110807/7.61}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.4151|N|120.8533|E|name=Rosario|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 5th
| {{percent and number|295,644|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 248,085
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|295644|2015.3315|248085}}
| {{convert|209.43|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:295644/209.43}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 64
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.2236|N|120.9741|E|name=Silang|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#FFE6F3;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFE6F3;border-right:0;" | [[Tagaytay]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | ∗
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|85,330|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 71,181
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|85330|2015.3315|71181}}
| {{convert|65.00|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:85330/65.00}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 34
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.1149|N|120.9635|E|name=Tagaytay|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Tanza]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| {{percent and number|312,116|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 226,188
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|312116|2015.3315|226188}}
| {{convert|78.33|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:312116/78.33}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 41
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.3924|N|120.8535|E|name=Tanza|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-
! scope="row" colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" | [[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| {{percent and number|24,653|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 23,157
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|24653|2015.3315|23157}}
| {{convert|59.93|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:24653/59.93}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.2859|N|120.7164|E|name=Ternate|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-style="background-color:#CFBADE;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#CFBADE;border-right:0;" | [[Trece Martires]]
| style="text-align:right;border-left:0;" | †∗
| style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| {{percent and number|210,503|4,344,829|disp=table|1|pad=yes}}
| 155,713
| {{PAGR|2020.5835|210503|2015.3315|155713}}
| {{convert|39.10|km2|abbr=values|disp=table|}}
| {{convert|{{#expr:210503/39.10}}|PD/km2|abbr=values|disp=table|0|adj=ri0}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | {{coord|14.2794|N|120.8672|E|name=Trece Martires|region:PH-CAV_type:city|format=dms|display=}}
|-class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align:left;" | Total
! scope="col" style="text-align:right;" | 4,344,829
! scope="col" style="text-align:right;" | 3,678,301
! scope="col" style="text-align:right;" | {{PAGR|2020.5835|4344829|2015.3315|3678301}}
! scope="col" style="text-align:right;" | 1,574.17
! scope="col" | {{convert|1574.17|km2|disp=number|2|abbr=}}
! scope="col" style="text-align:right;" | {{Formatnum:{{#expr:4344829/1574.17 round 0}}}}
! scope="col" style="text-align:right;" | {{Formatnum:{{#expr:4344829/1574.17*1.609344^2 round 0}}}}
! scope="col" | 829
! scope="col" style="font-style:italic;" | {{small|(see [[#External links|GeoGroup box]])}}
|-class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;border-top:double grey;line-height:1.3em;"
| colspan="13" |
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| list_style_type=upper-alpha
| {{note label|Coord|A|none}}Coordinates mark the [[town center|city/town center]], and are sortable by [[latitude]].
}}
|}
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===Climate===
Cavite belongs to Type 1 climate based on the Climate Map of the Philippines by the [[Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration]] (PAGASA). Being a Type 1, Cavite has two pronounced seasons – the dry season, which usually begins in November and ends in April, and the rainy season, which starts in May and ends in October.<ref name=PNR/> The [[Köppen Climate Classification]] sub-type for this climate is "[[Tropical monsoon climate|Am]]" (Tropical Monsoon Climate).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=984280&cityname=Cavite,+Calabarzon,+Philippines&units=|title=Cavite, Philippines Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
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Cavite had a total population of 4,344,829 in the 2020 census,{{PH census|current|04A}} making it the most populous (if independent cities are excluded from [[Cebu]]), and the second most densely populated province in the country. The tremendous increase can be observed in the year 1990 when industrialization was introduced in the province. Investors established their businesses in different industrial estates that magnetized people to migrate to Cavite due to job opportunities the province offers. Another factor attributed to the increase of population is the mushrooming of housing subdivisions. Since Cavite is proximate to [[Metro Manila]], people working in the metropolitan area choose to live in the province together with their families. Natural increase also contributes to the increase in population. The population density of the province based on the 2020 census was {{convert|{{sigfig|4,344,829/1,574.17|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.{{PH census|current|04A}}<ref>[http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/297358/cavite-population-balloons-33-million "Cavite population balloons to 3.3 million"]. Manila Bulletin.</ref>

Among the cities and municipalities in Cavite, the city of [[Dasmariñas]] has the biggest population with 703,141 people while the municipality of [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]] has registered the smallest population with 23,851 people.

Cavite is classified as predominantly urban having 90.69 percent of the population concentrated in the urban areas, while 9.21 percent of the population reside in the rural areas.

===Religion===
[[File:2016 Official Portrait of Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga.jpg|thumb|[[Our Lady of Porta Vaga|Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga]], Patroness of the Province of Cavite]]

==== Christianity ====
In line with national statistics, Christianity is the predominant faith in the province, composed of Catholics, Protestants, and other Independent Christian groups. The majority (70%) of the population are [[Roman Catholicism in the Philippines|Roman Catholic]] under the jurisdiction of the [[Diocese of Imus]]. [[Our Lady of the Pillar of Imus|Our Lady of the Pillar]] is the titular patroness of the province since the Diocese of Imus was created in 1961.

Adherents of the [[Philippine Independent Church]], also known as the Aglipayan Church, under the jurisdiction of the [[List of dioceses of the Philippine Independent Church|Diocese of Cavite]] are particularly found in the towns where historically the [[Philippine Revolution]] and [[anti-clericalist]] sentiments are strong.

The [[Russian Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Church]] presence in Cavite province was a part of the [[Philippine Orthodox Church]] here in the Philippines under the jurisdiction of the [[Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'|Patriarchate of Moscow]] and its own Orthodox Diocese province in Southeast Asia the [[Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam]]. Many Orthodox community lives throughout the province especially in the city of [[Tagaytay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philippine-mission.org/2019/08/hierarchal-liturgy-at-tagaytay/|title=Hierarchal Liturgy at Tagaytay|last=Father|first=Silouan|date=August 10, 2019|website=Philippine Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://orthochristian.com/119595.html|title=RUSSIAN CHURCH ESTABLISHES FOUR DIOCESES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA|date=February 27, 2019|website=Orthodox Christianity}}</ref>

====Protestantism====
[[Iglesia ni Cristo]], the largest minority in the province, subdivided in 2 ecclesiastical district (Cavite and Cavite South). Has numerous chapels the exact significance presence forming 4% followers. 

The strong presence of other Christian denominations and sects such as the mainline [[Protestant]] Evangelical Churches, Christian Fellowships, [[Confessionalism (religion)|Confessional]] churches and other Christian sects are also evident throughout the province.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinity Reformed Baptist Church of Cavite |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/church/trinity-reformed-baptist-church-of-cavite/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The Gospel Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref>  [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} are in Cavite. Remarkably, the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] has established its key institutions in the province such as the [[Adventist University of the Philippines]], [[Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies]], [[Southern Asia-Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists|Southern Asia-Pacific Division]], and Cavite Mission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cavite Mission of Seventh Day Adventists |url=https://cavitemission.adventist.ph/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Cavite Mission of Seventh Day Adventists |language=en-US}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Members Church of God International]] (MCGI) has established coordinating centers throughout the province and a local [[ADD Convention Center|convention center]] situated in Barangay Biga, Silang, Cavite

==== Islam ====
With the influx of Filipino Muslim migrants from the [[Mindanao]], local Caviteño ''Balik Islam'' or reverts, and some non-Filipino expats, their OFW spouses and children returning from Muslim countries, [[Sunni]] [[Islam]] of either the [[Shafii]] or [[Hanbali]] schools-of-thought has become evident in various areas of the province, and accounts for the majority of the non-Christian population.

[[Mosques]], prayer halls, and  prayer rooms catering to the community exist in places where local Muslim Caviteños live and work; especially in the cities of [[Bacoor]], [[Imus]], and [[Dasmariñas]], as well as the [[Rosario, Cavite|municipality of Rosario]].

Interreligious dialogue and communal relations between the majority Christians and minority Muslims are peaceful and amicable, with some families consisting of both Christian and Muslim members.

==== Other faiths ====
Non-Abrahamic faiths include native Tagalog [[Indigenous Philippine folk religions|anitism]], [[animism]], [[Rizalista religious movements|rizalista]], [[Sikhism]], and [[Hinduism]]. Among the local [[Chinese people|Chinese]] and [[Chinese-Filipino]] communities, [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Confucianism]] are followed.

===Languages===
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The main languages spoken are [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] and [[Philippine English|English]], with the former also used alongside a native Cavite dialect that has variants in each municipality of the province. Due to the proximity of [[Metro Manila]] cities bordering Cavite to the north, a significant number of people from farther provinces have migrated to Cavite, resulting in minor yet notable use of [[Central Bikol|Bicolano]], [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]], [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]], [[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]], [[Waray language|Waray]], [[Maranao language|Maranao]], [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanaon]], and [[Tausug language|Tausug]] languages.

==== Chavacano in Cavite ====
[[Chavacano]], or Chabacano, is a [[Spanish-based creole language]] known in linguistics as Philippine Creole Spanish. Chabacano was originally spoken by the majority of Caviteños living in Cavite City and Ternate after the arrival of the Spaniards three centuries ago. Various groups in the area, with different linguistic backgrounds, adopted a [[pidgin]] language—mainly with Spanish vocabulary—to communicate with one another. As children in Cavite grew up with this pidgin as their native language, it evolved into a [[creole language]].<ref>Morrow, Paul (November 1, 2007). [http://www.pilipino-express.com/history-a-culture/in-other-words/69-chabacano.html "Chabacano"]. Pilipino Express. Retrieved on June 25, 2013.</ref>

Now used almost exclusively in Cavite City and coastal Ternate, Chabacano reached its widest diffusion and greatest splendor during the Spanish and American periods of Filipino history, when newspapers and literary works flourished. Cavite Chabacano was relatively easy to speak, as it was essentially a simplified version of Castilian morphology patterned after Tagalog syntax. Gradually and naturally, it acquired sounds present in the Spanish phonological system. After World War II, creole Spanish speakers in the capital of the archipelago disappeared. Today, around 30,000 Caviteños, mostly elderly, still speak Chabacano. The language is now taught in elementary schools in both Cavite City and Ternate as part of the K-12 national curriculum from first to third grade, fostering a new generation of speakers and writers in the province.

==Culture==
Aside from the celebrations of town fiestas, the province of Cavite celebrates festivals as forms of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Some of these festivals are also observed in honor of the historical legacies passed from one generation to another generation. In fact, the province fetes the Kalayaan Festival which is given a great social importance in commemoration of the heroism of its people. The annual ''Fiesta de la Reina del Provincia de Cavite'' is a grandiose fiesta celebration in honor of the patroness of the province during the Spanish period and before the Diocese of Imus was created, the ''[[Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga]]''. The image is enshrined at San Roque Church in [[Cavite City]]. Her feastday is celebrated every 2nd and 3rd Sunday of November. The titular patroness of the province of Cavite since 1961 is Our Lady of the Pillar or Nana Pilar. Her feast day is celebrated ever October 11 and 12.

Traditions and fiesta celebrations include ''Mardicas'', a war dance held in Ternate town. ''Karakol'' street dancing with a fluvial procession is usually held in coastal towns. There is also a pre-colonial ritual called the ''Sanghiyang'' as a form of thanksgiving and to heal the sick.{{where|date=June 2013}} Another cultural tradition is the ''Live via Crucis or Kalbaryo ni Hesus'' held during [[Holy Week]].  The ''Maytinis'' or word prayer that is annually held in Kawit every December 24 before the beginning of the midnight Mass.



===Festivals===

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! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Description
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Fiesta de la Reina de Caracol
| [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]]
| Held every 3rd weekend of May and 1st weekend of October. It celebrates the feast of the town patroness [[Nuestra Señora Virgen del Santissimo Rosario, Reina de Caracol]] starting with the traditional Caracol or "Karakol", which traditionally has two parts, the "Caracol del Mar" or fluvial procession and the "Caracol dela Tierra" or "karakol sa lupa". Caracol started in the town of Rosario and after how many years it spread to the whole province.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Fiesta de la Reina de Cavite
| [[Cavite City]]
| Celebrated every 2nd and 3rd Sunday of November in honor of Cavite city's patroness, [[Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga]]. It is also known as [[Cavite City]] fiesta.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Valenciana Festival
| [[General Trias]]
| A month-long celebration held in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Church is decorated with flowers. Every month of May. This festival also showcases the Filipino paella-like dish called Valenciana which is a local delicacy in General Trias. 
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Irok Festival
| [[Indang, Cavite|Indang]]
| Done during the celebration of Indang Day. Float parade, street dancing, sports activities, lantern contest made out of irok leaves and a grand parade are held in the town plaza. Celebrated every November 30 to December 2.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Kabutenyo Festival
| [[General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite|General Mariano Alvarez]]
| Celebration and thanksgiving for bountiful mushrooms. Activities includes street dancing, trade fair and culinary contest with mushroom as main ingredients. Every March 13.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Kakanindayog Festival
| [[Imus]]
| The festival is celebrated to promote the native kakanin & other delicacies which the city is well known for such as Puto Lansong. Celebrates every month of October in honor of the city's patroness [[Our Lady of the Pillar of Imus|Nuestra Señora del Pilar]] and the founding anniversary of the city through street dancing and the traditional "Karakol" procession.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Kalayaan Festival
| ''Provincewide''
| It is a 2-week-long province wide event held annually from May 28 to June 12. As its name suggests, the series of events for the festival are held to celebrate the independence day season.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Kawayan Festival
| [[Maragondon, Cavite|Maragondon]]
| Held every 7th day of September wherein a group of street dancers parade in indigenous materials. An exhibit of bamboo products likewise done in the town plaza.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Marching Band Festival
| [[Bacoor]]
| To promote the musical heritage of the city & boost tourism through its number of marching bands around the country. Celebrated every 2nd weekend of May in honor of St. Michael the Archangel & Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Mardicas
| [[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]]
| Fluvial parades carrying the image of Santo Niño are held and continue in the streets of the municipality and ends in the churchyard. Karakol and street dancing in colorful costumes with brass band music. Every 3rd weekend of January.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Maytinis
| [[Kawit]]
| Re-enactment of Christ's birth on midnight of December 24 through a procession of colorful floats & costumes.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Pahimis Festival
| [[Amadeo, Cavite|Amadeo]]
| Also Called the "Coffee Festival" as way of thanksgiving for abundant harvest of coffee in the municipality. Trade fair, street dancing, beauty pageant, coffee convention are the usual activities done during the occasion. Free flowing drinking of coffee is offered to everybody. Celebrates every 2nd week of February
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Paskuhan sa Imus
| [[Imus]]
| A month-long festival of Christmas holiday. The city is decorated with thousands of lights, a dazzling array of lanterns of all shapes and a food fair featuring the best of Cavite products.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Pista ng mga Puso
| [[Tagaytay]]
| Festival held annually on Valentine's Day in honor of the city's patroness [[Our Lady of Lourdes]]. There are Karakol dancers parading and marching all over the city.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Regada Festival
| [[Cavite City]]
| Also called the "Water Festival", the festival consists of games, street dancing, photo exhibit, trade fair, concert and water splashing. The festival is done three days from June 22–24 done in celebration of St. John the Baptist.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Sapyaw Festival
| [[Tanza]]
| Street dancing are done all over the streets of the municipality with their attractive and very colorful costumes. Various barangays join the dancing in honor of St. Augustine. Every 20th day of August.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Silang Prutas Festival
| [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]]
| Celebration and thanksgiving for bountiful fruits harvested in the said municipality. Activities includes street dancing, trade fair and culinary contest with fruits as the main source of income. Celebrates every February 2 in honor of the town's patroness Our Lady of Candelaria.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Sorteo ng Bukid
| [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]]
| Local festival held every three years of February to relive the old practice of distributing agricultural lots to deserving farmers through raffle draws.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Sumilang Festival
| [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]]
| Recognized as an agriculture event. The occasion is participated in by dancers who come from the agricultural sector. Every February 1 to 3 in celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Candelaria.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Tahong Festival
| [[Bacoor]]
| Different cuisines with tahong as main ingredient are on exhibit at the town plaza. Culinary contest are held annually. Various activities are done such as beauty contest. Tahong symposium and seminars are held for culture of Tahong. Every September 29.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Tinapa Festival
| [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]]
| The festival is celebrated to promote and perpetuate the image of Rosario as the place where smoked fish called "Tinapang Salinas" originates. Celebrates every month of October in honor of the town's patroness Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario Reina de Caracol.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Wagayway Festival
| [[Imus]]
| Every 28th day of May, household display of Philippine flag is encouraged during the festival, and simultaneous waving of flags in the streets of Cavite. Different activities such as exhibits, trade fair, product displays are held. It also commemorates the Battle of Alapan and as a kick-off celebration of the provincewide Kalayaan Festival.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#FDFDFD;" | Paru-paro Festival
| [[Dasmariñas]]
| Every 26th day of November, it commemorates the city of Dasmariñas.
|}

===Special events===
;Foundation Day
Cavite Province celebrates its foundation every March 10

;Birthday of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
This is celebrated every March 22 in commemoration of the birth of the First President of the Republic.

;Independence Day
This is celebrated every June 12 in [[Kawit]] as a re-enactment of the historic proclamation of Philippine independence at the mansion of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo.

===Sports===
Cavite is currently home to the [[Imus Agimat]], one of the ten charter teams of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL), and the [[Bacoor City Strikers (volleyball)|Bacoor City Strikers]], one of the eight charter teams of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association]] (MPVA). Previously, it was also home to the [[Bacoor City Strikers|Bacoor City Strikers basketball team]] of the MPBL.

[[AsiaBasket]] held a [[2023 AsiaBasket Dasmariñas Championship|tournament]] in [[Dasmariñas]] in November 2023 at the Dasmariñas Arena, which also hosted a selection of [[Philippine Basketball Association]] games.

==Economy==
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===Agriculture===
[[File:7235Carmona, Cavite Landmarks Barangays Roads 31.jpg|thumb|{{center|Rice plantation in [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]]}}]]
The province is predominantly an agriculture province. The province's economy is largely dependent on agriculture. Despite urbanization and industrialization, still, a significant number of inhabitants are engaged into agribusinesses. The data gathered from Office of the Provincial Agriculturist shows that though the province lies in the industrial belt, the agricultural land is about 49.38% or {{convert|70466.53|ha}} of the total land area of the Province. This is {{convert|1176.5|ha}} bigger than that of the declared agricultural lands in 2008 ({{convert|69,290.03|ha|disp=or}}).{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

The municipality of Maragondon has the biggest area intended for agriculture, accounts for 14.57% of the total provincial agricultural lands while Cavite City has no longer available land for agriculture related activities and industries. If based on total agricultural lands, we may say that the major players in agriculture in the province are Maragondon, Silang, Indang, Naic and Alfonso. Of the eight districts in the province, the top three with the widest agricultural area are 7th District comprising {{convert|43,587.01|ha}} or 61.85% of the total agricultural areas with 27,115 farmers followed by 6th District with 17.40% or {{convert|12257.71|ha}} having 8,701 farmers and 5th District comprising {{convert|10248.55|ha}} with 10,295 farmers. The municipality of Silang has the most farmers. The municipality of Maragondon only ranks 3rd in terms of number of farmers. This can be attributed to highly mechanized operations and vast plantations of rice. The same is true with General Trias and Naic, known as the rice producing municipalities in Cavite. The number of farmers increased by 6.5% that corresponds to around 3,097 farmers. The increase in the number of farmers was due to worldwide recession which led to work displacement of some inhabitants. Silang is dominated by pineapple and coffee plantations as well as with cut flower production.<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.cavite.gov.ph/Socio-Economic_Profile/2009/Economic%20Sector-Agriculture.pdf "Agriculture"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415093954/http://www.cavite.gov.ph/Socio-Economic_Profile/2009/Economic%20Sector-Agriculture.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }}. Cavite Official Website.</ref>

===Industry and commerce===
Cavite has twelve economic zones. The largest economic zone under development is located in General Trias, the PEC Industrial Park with {{convert|177|ha}} intended for garments, textiles, semiconductors, food processing and pharmaceuticals.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

====Township Developments (Completed and Ongoing Projects)====
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* Vista City / Villar Land (''Vista Land'') {{convert|2500|ha|abbr=on}} — Bacoor and Dasmariñas (''shared with Las Piñas and Muntinlupa'')
* Lancaster New City (''PRO-Friends Inc.'') {{convert|2100|ha|abbr=on}} — Imus, Kawit, General Trias and Tanza
* Aera (''Ayala Land'') {{convert|900|ha|abbr=on}} — Carmona and Silang
* Vermosa (''Ayala Land'') {{convert|770|ha|abbr=on}} — Imus and Dasmariñas
* Eagle Ridge Golf & Residential Estates (''Sta. Lucia'') {{convert|700|ha|abbr=on}} — General Trias
* Riverpark (''Federal Land and SM Development Corp.'') {{convert|700|ha|abbr=on}} — General Trias
* Southwoods City (''Megaworld'') {{convert|561|ha|abbr=on}} — Carmona (''shared with Biñan, Laguna'')
* Suntrust Ecotown (''Megaworld'') {{convert|350|ha|abbr=on}} — Tanza
* Arden Botanical Estate (''Megaworld'') {{convert|251|ha|abbr=on}} — Trece Martires and Tanza
* Evo City (''Ayala Land'') {{convert|250|ha|abbr=on}} — Kawit
* South Forbes City (''Cathay Land'') {{convert|250|ha|abbr=on}} — Silang
* Golden Horizon (''HG-III Construction and Development Corp.'') {{convert|250|ha|abbr=on}} — Trece Martires 
* SM Smart City (''SM Development Corp.'') {{convert|200|ha|abbr=on}} — Carmona
* NOMO Garden City (''Vista Land'') {{convert|180|ha|abbr=on}} — Bacoor
* Antel Grand (''Antel Holdings'') {{convert|170|ha|abbr=on}} — General Trias
* Maple Grove (''Megaworld'') {{convert|140|ha|abbr=on}} — General Trias
* Stanza (''Vista Land'') {{convert|110|ha|abbr=on}} — Tanza
* Crosswinds (''Vista Land'') {{convert|100|ha|abbr=on}} — Tagaytay
* Mallorca City (''Cathay Land'') {{convert|100|ha|abbr=on}} — Silang and Carmona
* POGO City (''PAGCOR'') {{convert|70|ha|abbr=on}} — Kawit
* Idesia City (''Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. and P.A. Properties'') {{convert|37|ha|abbr=on}} — Dasmariñas
* Crest Key Estates (''Cathay Land'') {{convert|19|ha|abbr=on}} — Silang
*Praverde Dasmariñas (''Vista Land'') {{convert|12|ha|abbr=on}} — Dasmariñas
*Zentria Silang (''Vista Land'') {{convert|37|ha|abbr=on}} — Silang
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=== Mining ===
The mining industry in Cavite is small, but it does generate some revenue for the province. In 2022, there were three producing aggregates quarries in Cavite that employed 279 people. The total value of mineral production in Cavite in 2015 was {{Philippine peso|3.22 billion|link=yes}}.

The provincial government of Cavite is committed to promoting sustainable development. The province has a number of social development programs in place, such as a livelihood program, an educational assistance program, and a health, nutrition, and sanitation program. The province also has a number of environmental protection programs in place, such as a program to plant trees in mined-out areas.{{clear left}}

==Tourism==
[[File:Aguinaldo Shrine (Kawit, Cavite).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|{{center|[[Aguinaldo Shrine]], the birthplace of Philippine Independence}}]]
[[Tagaytay]] serves as the main tourist center in the province.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} Historical attraction and sites are Fort San Felipe and Sangley Point, both in [[Cavite City]]; [[Corregidor|Corregidor Island]]; [[General Trias]]; Calero Bridge, [[Noveleta]]; Battle of Alapan Marker and Flag in [[Imus]]; Zapote Bridge in [[Bacoor]]; Battle of Binakayan Monument in [[Kawit]]; Tejeros Convention Site in [[Rosario, Cavite|Rosario]]; and Aguinaldo Shrine, the site of the declaration of Philippine Independence in Kawit. Several old churches stand as glorious reminders of how the Catholic faith has blossomed in the Province of Cavite.  Existing museums include Geronimo de los Reyes Museum, General Trias; Museo De La Salle, Dasmariñas; Philippine Navy Museum, Cavite City; Baldomero Aguinaldo Museum, Kawit; and Cavite City Library Museum, Cavite City. There are eight world-class golf courses in the province. Natural wonders are mostly found in the upland areas such as Tagaytay Ridge, Macabag Cave in [[Maragondon]], Balite Falls in [[Amadeo, Cavite|Amadeo]], Malibiclibic Falls in General Aguinaldo-Magallanes border, Mts. Palay-Palay and Mataas na Gulod National Park in [[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]] and [[Maragondon]], Sitio Buhay Unclassified Forest in [[Magallanes, Cavite|Magallanes]] and flowers, vegetables and coffee farms.

The [[Aguinaldo Shrine]] and Museum in Kawit is where the independence of the Philippines was proclaimed on June 12, 1898, by General Aguinaldo, the Philippines' first president. The multi-level structure includes a mezzanine and tower, and spans {{convert|14,000|ft2}}. Today, the ground floor serves as a museum, which houses historical artifacts. The tomb of Aguinaldo lies in a garden behind the house.

The Andrés Bonifacio House in [[General Trias]] is the former home of the country's revolutionary leader. The site of his court martial in Maragondon is also preserved.

Other historical sites include the Battle of Alapan and Battle of Julian Bridge Markers, the House of Tirona, and Fort San Felipe.

The main churches of the province are the [[Imus Cathedral]], San Roque Parish in [[Cavite City]] where the miraculous image of [[Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga]] enshrined., [[Bacoor]], [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]], [[Naic]], [[Dasmariñas]], [[Tanza]], [[Ternate]], [[Indang]], [[General Trias]], [[Kawit]] and [[Maragondon]] Catholic Churches. The Shrines of Our Lady of La Salette in [[Silang, Cavite|Silang]], and St. Anne, [[Tagaytay]], also attract pilgrims.

[[File:Corregidor DN-ST-86-01667.JPEG|thumb|upright=0.9|{{center|[[Corregidor]], the last bastion of Philippine-American defense forces}}]]

[[Corregidor]] is an island fortress where Filipino and American forces fought against the Japanese invaders in 1942. It has become a tourist attraction with tunnels, cannons and other war structures still well-preserved. The famous line of General Douglas MacArthur said is associated with Corregidor: "[[I shall return#World War II|I shall return!]]"

There are first class hotels, inns and lodging houses to accommodate both foreign and local tourists. Conference facilities can be found in several convention centers, hotels and resorts in the province. Restaurants and specialty dining places offer mushroom dishes, native delicacies and exotic cuisines. Seafoods, fruits, coffee, organic vegetables, tinapa, handicrafts, ornamental plants also abound in the province.

[[File:Mt. Pico De Loro Monolith.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|{{center|The popular hiking destination at Cavite; [[Mount Pico De Loro]] and its monolith}}]]

Mountain climbing is also one of the outdoor activities in Cavite. This includes [[Mount Pico De Loro]] which is within the towns of [[Ternate, Cavite|Ternate]] and [[Maragondon, Cavite|Maragondon]] (and some parts of it are already part of [[Batangas]]), which is a part of the Palay-Palay and Mataas na Gulod protected landscape. Mt. Pico De Loro is the highest part of Cavite at 664 meters above sea level and is noted for its 360-degree view at its summit and a cliff known as Parrot's Beak or Monolith that mountaineers would also like to climb.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maragondon.cavite.gov.ph/index.php/tourism/naturetrip/27-nature-trip |title=Mt. Pico de Loro |publisher=Maragondon Municipal Government |access-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026135739/http://www.maragondon.cavite.gov.ph/index.php/tourism/naturetrip/27-nature-trip |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mount Marami|Mt. Marami]], within the same mountain range, located at Magallanes town is also a mountaineering location due to its "silyang bato" (en. Chair of rocks) at its summit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maragondon.cavite.gov.ph/index.php/tourism/naturetrip/60-mt-marami |title=Mt. Marami |publisher=Maragondon Municipal Government |access-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821040146/http://www.maragondon.cavite.gov.ph/index.php/tourism/naturetrip/60-mt-marami |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are twenty-two accredited tourism establishments and three accredited tour guides. There are also tour packages being arranged with the [[Department of Tourism (Philippines)|Department of Tourism]]. Centuries old traditions and the very rich culture of Cavite have been the source of great pride to Caviteños.

==Transportation==
During the Spanish colonial period, Cavite hosted the principal port of Manila and served as the country's gateway to the world.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OBAbAQAAMAAJ |title=The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia |date=1832 |publisher=J. and E. Parker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jose |first=Regalado Trota |title=The Eight Churches of Cavite Puerto (1586-1800) |date=1987 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29791934 |journal=Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=311–351 |jstor=29791934 |issn=0115-0243}}</ref>

In the mid-19th century, Cavite, particularly the Cavite Peninsula in the north, was a stop for ships from [[South America]] before [[free trade]] opened up.<ref name="Roberts1" />

===Roads===
[[File:Philippine flags fly along Emilio Aguinaldo Highway in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on May 25, 2022 (54720).jpg|thumb|[[Aguinaldo Highway]], shown with [[Flag of the Philippines|Philippine flag]]s, is one of the main highways in the province]]
[[File:Kaybiang Tunnel.jpg|thumb|{{center|Kaybiang Tunnel}}]]
Cavite's total road network comprises roughly {{convert|1973|km|sp=us}}. Of these, the {{convert|407.7|km|sp=us|adj=on}} national roads are mostly paved with concrete or asphalt and are relatively in good condition with some portions in need of rehabilitation. Provincial roads stretches to an approximate total length of {{convert|335.1|km|sp=us}}. Most of these roads are concrete, some are paved with asphalt and the rest remain gravel roads. Majority of the municipal/city roads are paved with concrete, while barangay roads consist of 46.7% concrete and asphalt roads and 53.3% earth and gravel roads.

There are three main highways traversing the province: [[Aguinaldo Highway]] runs in a general north–south direction which includes the [[Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway]] segment in the south; the [[Governor's Drive]] runs in a general east–west direction; the [[Antero Soriano Highway]] runs within the coastal towns on the northwest. The existing road length computed in terms of road density with respect to population at the standard of {{convert|2.4|km|sp=us}} per 1,000 population has a deficit of {{convert|3532.71|km|sp=us}}.

In 1985, the tolled [[Manila–Cavite Expressway|Cavite Expressway]] (CAVITEX) was opened, which lessened the heavy volume of vehicles on Aguinaldo Highway in Bacoor. This project decreased the [[traffic congestion]] in Aguinaldo Highway in Bacoor, so travel time from Imus to Baclaran/Pasay is lessened to only one hour.

In 2013, the Kaybiang Tunnel, the country's longest underground highway tunnel at {{convert|300|m|sp=us}} was opened along the [[Ternate–Nasugbu Road]] piercing through Mt. Pico De Loro's north ridge, and shortens the travel time from Manila to the western coves of Cavite and [[Nasugbu, Batangas|Nasugbu]], Batangas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/182813/the-nearness-of-pico-de-loro |title=The nearness of Pico de Loro |date=January 23, 2015 |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=May 24, 2015}}</ref>

Currently, Cavite province is served by three [[Department of Public Works and Highways]] offices: Cavite 1st, Cavite 2nd and Cavite Sub District Engineering Offices.

===Proposed/ongoing transportation projects===

====Sangley International Airport====
[[The Department of Transportation]] had "no objection" to an offer building a {{Philippine peso|508-billion|link=yes}} airport complex on reclaimed land in Sangley Point. The upcoming international airport was pursued as a joint venture between investors, including Chinese enterprises, and the Cavite LGU.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.inquirer.net/272540/new-tack-for-sangley-airport-project|title=New tack for Sangley airport project|date=June 14, 2019|publisher=Inquirer Business|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>

====Cavite–Laguna and Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressways====
[[File:CALAX Subsection 5 (Silang, Cavite) 2022-07-30.jpg|thumb|[[Cavite–Laguna Expressway]] in Silang]]
The [[Cavite–Laguna Expressway]] (CALAX) is an under-construction expressway that will cross the provinces of Cavite and [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] in the [[Philippines]]. The construction of the four-lane {{convert|44|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} long expressway will connect CAVITEX in [[Kawit]] to [[South Luzon Expressway]] (SLEX) in [[Biñan]], Laguna. When constructed, it is expected to ease the traffic in the Cavite–Laguna region, particularly in [[Aguinaldo Highway]], [[Santa Rosa–Tagaytay Road]] and [[Governor's Drive]]. As of 2024, it is partially operational from Biñan to [[Silang, Cavite]].

[[Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressway]] is also a proposed expressway connects with CALAX from Silang, Cavite to [[Nasugbu]], Batangas. CTBEx is a future alternative route for tourists going to [[Tagaytay]] and Nasugbu.

====LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project====
The [[LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila)|LRT Line 1]] South Extension Project or '''Cavite Extension Project''', through southern Metro Manila to the Province of Cavite has been identified as an integral link of the Rail Transit Network by the Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study (MMUTIS), and the extension project was originally planned as the first litratation of Line 6 in the 1990s. It is one of the priority projects of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC, now the [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation]]) and [[Light Rail Transit Authority|LRTA]]. It is also a flagship project of the Office of the President.

The project aims to expand the existing LRT Line 1 service southward to the cities of [[Parañaque]], [[Las Piñas]] and the city of [[Bacoor]] in Cavite. The {{convert|11.7|km|sp=us|adj=on}} route of the light railway system that will start from [[Baclaran]] to Niog was planned to carry a capacity of 40,000 passengers per direction per hour. A groundbreaking ceremony for LRT Line 1 South Extension Project was held on May 4, 2017 and construction started on May 7, 2019 after the [[Right-of-way (property access)|right-of-way]] was "free and clear" of obstructions. Once it is fully operational, Cavite will be served by the [[LRT-1]] (via [[Niog station]].

{{as of|2024|04|30|df=US}}, phase 1 is 98.2% complete. [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation]] Executive Assistant Jonathan Gesmundo announced the construction of 8 additional stations to the current 20 LRT-1 stations with operations of LRT-1 Cavite Extension Phase 1 are expected by mid-November 2024. Meanwhile, phases 2 and 3 will begin operations by 2031.
This is one of the three rapid transit line projects outside Metro Manila. The said project will serve approximately 1.9&nbsp;million commuters in Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Bacoor.

====LRT Line 6 Project====
The proposed [[LRT Line 6]] project would further extend the LRT system by another 19 kilometers all the way to Dasmariñas from the proposed end in [[Niog station|Niog]] in Bacoor, Cavite.

The mass transit system would pass along the Aguinaldo Highway and would have stations in Niog, Tirona station, Imus station, Daang Hari station, Salitran station, Congressional Avenue station, and Governor's Drive station. The project will improve passenger mobility and reduce the volume of vehicular traffic in the Cavite area by providing a higher capacity mass transit system. It also aims to spur economic development along the extension corridor. 

When the original project was shelved in 2018, a similar proposal was submitted by Prime Asset Ventures Inc., and its chairman, [[Manny Villar]], proposed a 47.2-kilometer railway system that links the southern Metro Manila to the major cities in Cavite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LRT6-Executive Summary English |url=http://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LRT-6-Executive-Summary-English.pdf}}</ref>

== Government ==
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=== Governor ===
{{main|Governor of Cavite}}
* Francisco Gabriel D. Remulla ([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|National Unity Party]])

=== Vice Governor ===
* Ramon Vicente H. Bautista ([[Lakas-CMD]])

=== Board members ===
{{main|Cavite Provincial Board}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
! width="60px" |District
! colspan="2" width="140px" |Member (party)
! colspan="2" width="140px" |Member (party)
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#1st District|1st]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Lakas-CMD}}" |
|Romel R. Enriquez<br />([[Lakas-CMD]])
| bgcolor="{{party color|Lakas-CMD}}" |
|Juan Ysrael R. Gandia<br />([[Lakas-CMD]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#2nd District|2nd]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Lakas-CMD}}" |
|Edwin E. Malvar<br />([[Lakas-CMD]])
|bgcolor="{{party color|Lakas-CMD}}" |
|Alde Joselito F. Pagulayan<br />([[Lakas-CMD]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#3rd District|3rd]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Arnel Cantimbuhan<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Lloyd Emman D. Jaro<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#4th District|4th]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Nickanor N. Austria Jr.<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Fulgencio C. dela Cuesta Jr.<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#5th District|5th]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Aidel Paul G. Belamide<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Ivee Jayne A. Reyes<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#6th District|6th]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Kerby J. Salazar Jr.<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Maurito C. Sison<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#7th District|7th]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Jhon Kester Aldrin R. Anacan<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
| bgcolor="{{party color|Aksyon Demokratiko}}" |
|Camille Lauren Del Rosario<br />([[Aksyon Demokratiko|AKSYON]])
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite Provincial Board#8th District|8th]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}" |
|Jasmin Angelli M. Baustista<br />([[Nationalist People's Coalition|NPC]])
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
|Eimeren M. Nazareno<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|}

=== Ex-officio members ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Position
! colspan="2" width="140px" |Member (party)
|-
|Provincial Councilor League
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}" |
| Francisco A. Barzaga ([[Dasmariñas]])<br />([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
|-
|Liga ng mga Barangay
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" |
|Francisco Paolo P. Crisostomo ([[Silang, Cavite|Silang]])
|-
|SK Provincial Federation
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" |
|Tom Carlo Ardemer ([[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]])
|}

=== House of Representatives ===
{{main|Legislative districts of Cavite}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width=100px|[[Legislative districts of the Philippines|District]]
! colspan= 2 |[[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Representative]]
!width=80px|[[List of political parties in the Philippines|Party]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 1st congressional district|1st District]]
| {{party color cell|Lakas-CMD}}
|[[Jolo Revilla|Ramon "Jolo" Revilla III]]
| align="center" | [[Lakas-CMD]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 2nd congressional district|2nd District<br />(Bacoor)]]
| {{party color cell|Lakas-CMD}}
|[[Lani Mercado]]
| align="center" | [[Lakas-CMD]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 3rd congressional district|3rd District<br />(Imus)]]
| {{party color cell|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
|Adrian Jay C. Advincula
| align="center" | [[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 4th congressional district|4th District<br />(Dasmariñas)]]
|{{party color cell|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
|Francisco A. Barzaga 
|align="center" | [[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 5th congressional district|5th District]]<br />([[Carmona, Cavite|Car]][[Silang, Cavite|Si]][[General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite|GMA]])
| {{party color cell|Nationalist People's Coalition}}
|Roy M. Loyola
| align="center" | [[Nationalist People's Coalition|NPC]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 6th congressional district|6th District<br />(General Trias)]]
| {{party color cell|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
|[[Antonio Ferrer]]
| align="center" |[[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 7th congressional district|7th District]]
| {{party color cell|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
|[[Crispin Diego Remulla|Crispin Diego D. Remulla]]
| align="center" |[[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]]
|-
|align=center|[[Cavite's 8th congressional district|8th District]]
| {{party color cell|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
|Aniela Bianca Tolentino
| align="center" |[[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]]
|}

== Notable people ==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2012}}
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=== National heroes and patriots ===
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*[[Emilio Aguinaldo]], First [[President of the Philippines]]
*[[Mariano Álvarez]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Mariano Trias]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Pascual Álvarez]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Santiago Álvarez (general)|Santiago Álvarez]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Baldomero Aguinaldo]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Crispulo Aguinaldo]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Licerio Topacio]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Tomás Mascardo]], Philippine Revolutionary General
*[[Mariano Noriel]], served as general under [[Emilio Aguinaldo]]'s revolutionary army during the 1896 [[Philippine Revolution]]
*[[José Tagle]], Filipino military officer who participated in the [[Battle of Imus]] during the [[Philippine Revolution]].
*[[Julián Felipe]], composer of the [[Philippine National Anthem]] and Reina de Cavite
*[[Román Basa]], Second president of the [[Katipunan]]
*[[Ladislao Diwa]], one of the founders of Katipunan
*[[Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite]], Filipino patriots
*[[Felipe Calderón y Roca]], lawyer, considered the ''Father of the [[Malolos Constitution]]''
*[[Mariano Castañeda]], Cavite Governor 1944, General of the Filipino-American Cavite Guerilla Forces FACGF the liberators of Cavite during the Japanese Occupation and [[Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines]] in 1947.
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=== Science and education ===
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*[[Olivia Salamanca]], Filipino [[physician]] who trained in the United States at the [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]] and was the second female physician from the Philippines.
*[[Paulo C. Campos]], [[National Scientist of the Philippines]] for Nuclear Medicine
*Hilario Lara, [[National Scientist of the Philippines]] for Public Health <ref name="Flip Science">{{cite web|last=Angelo |first=Mikael |url=https://www.flipscience.ph/news/features-news/features/national-scientist-hilario-lara/#:~:text=The%20epidemiologist%20who%20would%20eventually%20be%20known%20as%20“The%20Father%20of%20Modern%20Public%20Health%20in%20the%20Philippines”%20was%20born%20on%20January%2015,%201894%20in%20Imus,%20Cavite./ |title=Dr. Hilario D. G. Lara: The Pioneer Of Modern Public Health In The Philippines |publisher=Flipscience.ph |date=2015-01-15 |access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref> 
*[[Jose R. Velasco]], [[National Scientist of the Philippines]] for Plant Physiology
*[[Lourdes J. Cruz]], [[National Scientist of the Philippines]] for Biochemistry
*[[Francisca Tirona]], educator, humanitarian, civic leader, and administrator, and co-founder of the [[Philippine Women's University]].<ref name="nhcpbio">{{cite web|url=http://nhcp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ed0007.pdf|title=FRANCISCA TIRONA-BENITEZ|access-date=July 19, 2016|publisher=[[National Historical Institute of the Philippines]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212847/http://nhcp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ed0007.pdf |archive-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref>  
*[[Nemesio Prudente]], educator, [[political activist]], and [[human rights defender]] revered for serving as [[President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines|President]] of the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]].
{{div col end}}

=== Literature and the arts ===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Pascual H. Poblete]], revolutionary and writer
*[[Alejandro G. Abadilla]], poet, Father of Modern Philippine Poetry
*[[Rogelio Ordoñez]], multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer, poet, activist, journalist and educator
*[[Efren Abueg]], novelist, short story writer, essayist, fictionist
*[[Fidel Rillo]], poet, editor, book designer
*[[Mars Ravelo]], graphic novelist
*[[Eros Atalia]], author, professor and journalist
*[[Wilfredo Alicdan]], artist
*[[George Canseco]], composer, songwriter
*[[Josefino Cenizal]], composer
{{div col end}}

=== Religion ===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*Cardinal [[Luis Antonio Tagle]], [[Archbishop of Manila|Archbishop Emeritus of Manila]], [[Diocese of Imus|Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Imus]], [[Dicastery for Evangelization|Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization]]<ref>(2013-01-31)[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_tagle_la_en.html "TAGLE Card. Luis Antonio Gokim"]. Holy See Press Office.</ref> 
*Archbishop [[Rolando Joven Tria Tirona]],  [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres|Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres]] and Bishop Emeritus of [[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta|Prelature of Infanta]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos|Diocese of Malolos]]
* Bishop [[Cirilo Almario]], Second bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos]]
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=== Politics and government ===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Cesar Virata]], former [[prime minister]] of the [[Philippines]]
*[[Serafin R. Cuevas]], 106th [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] and 50th [[Secretary of Justice (Philippines)|Secretary of the Department of Justice]]
*[[Jose P. Perez|Jose Portugal Perez]], 167th [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
*[[Jose C. Mendoza]], 168th [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
*[[Antero Soriano]], former senator and former Cavite governor
*[[Justiniano S. Montano]], former senator and representative 6th District of Cavite
* [[Pablo Gomez Sarino]], former and longest serving [[Mayor of Bacoor| municipal mayor]] of [[Bacoor, Cavite]] (1959-1963, 1967-1986)
*[[Ramon Revilla Sr.]], actor and former Senator
*[[Panfilo Lacson]], senator and 7th [[Chief of the Philippine National Police]]
*[[Bong Revilla]], actor, Senator, former Cavite governor, and vice governor
*[[Francis Tolentino]], Senator, former [[Metropolitan Manila Development Authority]] chairman and mayor of [[Tagaytay]]
*[[Manuel Earnshaw]], former [[Resident Commissioners from the Philippines|Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands]]
*[[Leonides Sarao Virata]], 15th [[Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines)|Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry]]
*[[Epimaco Velasco]], 16th [[Secretary of the Interior and Local Government|Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government]], former [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)|NBI]] director and  former Cavite governor
*[[Joseph Emilio Abaya]], former [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation and Communications]] secretary and former representative 1st District of Cavite
*[[Ayong Maliksi|Irineo "Ayong" Maliksi]], PCSO chairman, former Representative 3rd District of Cavite, former Cavite Governor and former City Mayor of Imus
*[[Leon Guinto]], former mayor of the City of Manila during the Japanese occupation
*[[Lani Mercado]], actress, Bacoor city mayor and former representative of the 2nd congressional district of Cavite 
*[[Gilbert Remulla]], TV host, news anchor, reporter, former representative the 1st congressional district of Cavite
*[[Strike Revilla]], Representative 2nd District of Cavite, former councilor & mayor of Bacoor, former Cavite board member & former [[Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office|PCSO]] chairman
*[[Abraham Tolentino]], politician, sportsperson
*[[Jesus Crispin Remulla]], 60th [[Secretary of Justice (Philippines)|Secretary of Justice]]  
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=== Philanthropy ===
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*[[Efren Peñaflorida]], [[CNN Heroes|CNN Hero of the Year]] for 2009.
*[[Luis Yangco]], [[Filipino-Chinese]] businessman and philanthropist
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=== Entertainment ===
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*[[Leopoldo Salcedo]], actor
*[[Celeste Legaspi]], singer, actress
*[[Onyok Pineda]], child actor
*[[Bayani Agbayani]], comedian, TV host
*[[Jasmine Trias]], singer; ''American Idol'' 3rd runner up
*[[Kokoy De Santos]], actor, TV host
*[[Louise delos Reyes]], actress
*[[Bella Santiago]], singer
*[[Christian Bables]], actor
*[[Kaye Abad]], actress
*[[Nash Aguas]], actor and ''Star Circle Kid Quest'' grand winner
*[[Arra San Agustin]], actress
*[[Christian Bautista]], singer, actor, and host
*[[Miguel Tanfelix]], actor
*[[Bugoy Cariño]], child actor
*[[Olivia Cenizal]], actress
*[[Lyca Gairanod]], ''The Voice Kids'' (Philippines season 1) champion
*[[Seth Fedelin]], actor
*[[Roxanne Guinoo]], actress and ''Star Circle Teen Quest'' finalist 
*[[Diether Ocampo]], actor, singer, and model
*[[Sugar Mercado]], actress, former [[SexBomb Girls]] member
*[[Marcelito Pomoy]], singer, ''[[Pilipinas Got Talent]]'' grand winner
*[[Marian Rivera]], actress
*[[Bianca Gonzalez]], TV host
*[[Angela Ken]], singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Angela Ken releases self-titled debut album |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/04/22/angela-ken-drops-self-titled-debut-album |access-date=June 5, 2025 |website=ABS-CBN |language=en-US}}</ref>
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=== Sports ===
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*[[Wesley So]], chess grandmaster and [[Chess prodigy|8th youngest chess grandmaster in history]]
*[[Joseph Eric Buhain]], swimmer, chairman of the [[Games and Amusements Board]]
*[[Terrence Romeo]], Professional basketball player in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA). Currently playing for the [[GlobalPort Batang Pier]] and [[Gilas Pilipinas]]. Former college player of the [[FEU Tamaraws]]
*[[Ranidel de Ocampo]], Professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association, currently plays for the [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]]
*[[Yancy de Ocampo]], athlete
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=== Others ===
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*[[Nardong Putik|Leonardo Manicio]], aka ''Nardong Putik'' [[Philippines|Filipino]] gangster turned folk hero
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