Naic

Naic is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines, on the western part of the province along the shorelines of Manila Bay. At the 2024 census it had 236,978 people and it spans about 75.81 square kilometres, which the source calls the fourth largest municipality in Cavite. It is a former barrio of Maragondon, and the Jesuits founded a community on the western bank of the river, in what is now Barangay Muzon, in 1758 as a sitio with a visita still under Maragondon. Several accounts explain the name, including a native reply of na-igik, the sound of a crying pig, and the Spanish phrase Ca-Naic, meaning neighbouring place. The town honours its patron, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, with a fiesta on 8 December each year. The Taparan Guerilla Unit was founded in Naic in February 1942 during World War II, and industrial estates have drawn migrants to Cavite for work.