cavite

Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region on the island of Luzon it is just 30 kms south of Manila. Cavite is surrounded by Laguna to the east, Metro Manila to the northeast, and Batangas to the south. The South China Sea lies to the west of the province of Cavite.

Cavite is the cradle of the Philippine Revolution, and the birthplace of Philippine Independence.

Cavite was formerly known as "Tangway" the Spanish settlers built a fort on the present day site of the city of Cavite, it was around this fort that the city grew. Evidence of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed around the costal regions of Cavite where according to legend the first settlers came from Borneo

In 1872, Filipinos launched its revolt against Spain starting a mutiny within Spanish . The Philippine revolution against the Spaniards started in 1896 when Filipinos from Cavite made lightning raids on Spanish headquarters, their leader was Emilio Aguinaldo, they succeeded in liberating the province of Cavite. The Republic of the Philippines proclamation was made on the 12th of June 1898.

The Japanese Imperial army entered Cavite in 1942 but were defeated by Filipino Commonwealth forces with the help of local guerrillas in 1945.