Editing Cavite (section)

{{Short description|Province in Calabarzon, Philippines}}
{{about|the Philippine province|the city|Cavite City|other uses}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Cavite
| native_name        = ''Kabite''
| settlement_type    = {{PH wikidata|settlement_type}}
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
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| image1 = 
The Aguinaldo Shrine is the national shrine located in Kawit, Cavite in the Republic of the Philippines.jpg
| image2 = 
Emilio Aguinaldo Monument, Kawit, Cavite, May 2023.jpg
| image3 = Mt. Pico De Loro Monolith.jpg
| image4 = 
Tagaytay Highlands, Philippines (lulaymb) - Flickr.jpg
| image5 = 
Pacific War Memorial (6940586861).jpg
| image6 = 
Imus Cathedral (Imus, Cavite; 09-19-2021).jpg
}}
| image_caption      = '''Clockwise''' (from the top): [[Aguinaldo Shrine]], [[Emilio Aguinaldo|Emilio Aguinaldo Monument]], monolith of [[Mount Pico de Loro]], Pacific War Memorial in [[Corregidor Island|Corregidor]], [[Tagaytay Highlands]], [[Imus Cathedral]]
| image_flag         = {{PH wikidata|image_flag}}
| flag_size          = 120x80px
| image_seal         = Cavite seal.svg
| seal_size          = 100x80px
| image_shield       = 
| 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>
| motto              = ''Dangal at Pag-ibig sa Bayan''<br/> {{small|(Honor and Love for Country)}}
| anthem             = ''Himno ng Kabite'' <br> {{small|(Hymn of Cavite)}} {{center|[[File:Himno ng Kabite.mp3]]}}
| image_map          = {{PH wikidata|image_map}}
| map_caption        = Location in the Philippines
| coordinates        = {{PH wikidata|coordinates}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{PH wikidata|country}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of the Philippines|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{PH wikidata|region}}
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1614<ref name=bh/><ref name=census>Census of the Philippine Islands (1920). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ8wAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA126 "Census of the Philippine Islands Vol. I, 1918"], pg. 132. Bureau of Printing, Manila.</ref>
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Imus]]
| government_type    = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan]]
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=Elections/2013natloc/Results/prov2013 |title=Official Provincial 2013 Election Results |publisher=Commission on Elections (COMELEC) |location=Intramuros, Manila, Philippines |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = [[Governor of Cavite|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Athena Tolentino]] ([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
| leader_title1      = [[Vice Governor]]
| leader_name1       = Shernan Jaro ([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
| leader_title2      = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan|Legislature]]
| leader_name2       = [[Cavite Provincial Board]]
| 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>
| area_total_km2     = {{PH wikidata|area}}
| area_land_km2      = 1426.06
| area_rank          = 67th out of 81
| elevation_max_m    = 709
| elevation_max_point = [[Mount Sungay]]
| elevation_min_m    = 
| population_footnotes = {{PH census|current|04A}}
| population_total   = {{PH wikidata|population_total}}
| population_as_of   = {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_rank    = 1st out of 81
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_rank = 2nd out of 81
| population_demonym = Caviteño {{small|''(masculine or neutral)''}}<br/>Caviteña {{small|''(feminine)''}}
| demographics_type1 = Divisions
| demographics1_title1 = [[Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities|Independent&nbsp;cities]]
| demographics1_info1 = 0
| demographics1_title2 = [[Cities of the Philippines|Component cities]]
| demographics1_info2 = {{collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;
| title = 8
 | [[Bacoor]]
 | [[Carmona, Cavite|Carmona]]
 | [[Cavite City]]
 | [[Dasmariñas]]
 | [[General Trias]]
 | [[Imus]]
 | [[Tagaytay]]
 | [[Trece Martires]]
}}
| demographics1_title3 = [[Municipalities of the Philippines|Municipalities]]
| demographics1_info3 = {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;
| title = 15
 | [[Alfonso, Cavite|Alfonso]]
 | [[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]]
}}
| demographics1_title4 = [[Barangay]]s
| demographics1_info4 = {{PH barangay count | {{wikidata|label|raw}} }}
| demographics1_title5 = [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Districts]]
| demographics1_info5 = [[Legislative districts of Cavite]]
| demographics_type2 = Demographics
| demographics2_title1 = [[Ethnic groups]]
| demographics2_info1 = {{unbulleted list | [[Tagalog people|Tagalog]] (85%) | ''Others'' (8%) | [[Visayan people|Bisaya]] (5%) | [[Bicolano people|Bicolano]] (3%) }}
| demographics2_title2 = [[Languages of the Philippines|Native languages]]
| demographics2_info2 = [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]<br/>[[Chavacano language|Chavacano]]
| demographics2_title3 = [[Languages]]
| demographics2_info3 = {{small|''(Major language)''}}<br/>[[Filipino language|Filipino]]<br/>[[English language|English]]<br/>{{small|''(Minor language)''}}<br/>[[Bicolano language|Bicolano]]<br/>[[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]<br/>[[Ilocano language|Ilocano]]<br/>[[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]<br/>[[Waray language|Waray]]<br/>[[Tausug language|Tausug]]<br/>[[Maranao language|Maranao]]<br/>[[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]]<br/>[[Maguindanao language|Maguindanaon]]
| demographics2_title4 = Major religions
| demographics2_info4 = {{plainlist|
*[[Roman Catholicism]]
*[[Aglipayan Church]]
*[[Protestantism]]
*[[Eastern Orthodoxy]]
*[[Confucianism]]
*[[Buddhism]]
*[[Taoism]]
*[[Hinduism]]
*[[Sikhism]]
*[[Islam]]
}}
| demographics2_title5 = Feast date
| demographics2_info5 = 2nd and 3rd Sunday of November
| demographics2_title6 = Ecclesiastical dioceses
| demographics2_info6 = {{plainlist|
*[[Diocese of Imus]] <small>(Roman Catholic)</small>
*[[List of dioceses of the Philippine Independent Church|Diocese of Cavite]] <small>(Aglipayan Church)</small>
*[[Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam]] <small>(Eastern Orthodoxy)</small>
}}
| demographics2_title7 = Patron saint
| demographics2_info7 = {{plainlist|
* [[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>
}}
| timezone           = [[Philippine Standard Time|PHT]]
| utc_offset         = +8
| postal_code_type   = [[List of ZIP codes in the Philippines|ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = {{PH wikidata|postal_code}}
| area_code_type     = {{areacodestyle}}
| area_code          = +63 (0)46<br/>+63 (0)2 ([[Bacoor]])
| iso_code           = {{PH wikidata|iso_code}}
| website            = {{PH wikidata|website}}
| blank_name_sec1    = {{PH wikidata|climate_title}}
| blank_info_sec1    = {{PH wikidata|climate_type}}
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[Crime index]]
| short_description  = 
| seat1              = [[Trece Martires]]
| seat1_type         = Administrative center
| seat2              = [[Dasmariñas]]
| seat2_type         = Largest city
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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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