Cavite City

Cavite City is a component city in the Philippines that occupies most of the hook-shaped Cavite Peninsula, which juts into Manila Bay. It began as the small port town of Cavite Puerto, which became the main seaport of Manila during the early Spanish colonial period and hosted the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade. Cavite was legally founded in 1614 and served as capital of Cavite Province until 1954, when the title passed to Trece Martires. The neighbouring towns of San Roque and La Caridad were later annexed, and the city also takes in the historic island of Corregidor and other islands at the mouth of Manila Bay. Its two tips, Sangley Point and Cavite Point, enclose Cañacao Bay. The 2024 census counted 98,673 residents, and the climate is tropical wet and dry.