City Government of Cavite City, Philippines

Cavite City, officially the City of Cavite (Filipino: Lungsod ng Cavite; Chavacano: Ciudad de Cavite), is a fourth class urban component city in the province of Cavite of the region of CALABARZON in the Philippines. The city was the capital of Cavite province from the latters establishment in 1614 until 1954, when it was transferred to the newly created city of Trece Martires near the center of the province. The city is classified as a first-class in terms of income classification. The city started as the small port town of Cavite Puerto that prospered during the early Spanish colonial period when it became the main seaport of Manila hosting the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade and the port used for other heavy and larger sea-bound ships. Thereafter, San Roque and La Caridad, two former independent towns of Cavite province, were later added to form one municipality. The present larger Cavite City now includes the communities of San Antonio (includes Canacao and Sangley Point), the sou...