At 1663, during the Spanish evacuation of Ternate, Indonesia, the 200 families of mixed Mexican-Filipino-Spanish and Papuan-Indonesian-Portuguese descent who had ruled over the Christianized Sultanate of Ternate and included their Sultan who converted, were relocated to Ternate, Cavite plus Ermita, Manila and San Roque, Cavite. San Roque was founded as a separate town also in 1614. Like some other provinces during the Spanish era, the province adapted the name of its capital town. At the same time, the town became the capital of the new politico-military province of Cavite, established also in 1614. Ĭavite was officially founded as a town in 1614 with Tomás Salazar as the earliest known gobernadorcillo recorded. The wall and gate were also separated from the mainland by a moat, which also made the town like an island. It was flanked by the western wall protected by two bastions at its north and southern end. Puerta Vaga (corrupted to Porta Vaga) was the port city's barbican western and only principal entrance from San Roque. The Fort of San Felipe Neri and Porta Vaga gate were constructed in 1595 and completed in 1602. Fort Guadalupe on the easternmost tip was also built at the same time, and the town became the Puerto de Cavite (Port of Cavite) or Cavite Puerto. In 1590, the Spaniards fortified Cavite Nuevo with a muralla (high thick curtain walls) on its western, northern and eastern side while the side fronting Bacoor Bay remained open. Upon discovering that because of its deep waters, Cavite la Punta was a suitable place for the repair and construction of Spanish ships and galleon, the Spanish moved their settlement there and called it Cavite Nuevo (New Cavite) or plainly Cavite, while the first settlement was renamed "Cavite Viejo" (and in the early 20th century, regained its former name, Kawit). The old Tangway at the tip of the Cavite Peninsula, across Bacoor Bay was referred to as Cavite la Punta meaning "Point of Cavite" or Cavite Point. Spanish colonizers settled in the most populated area of the place (present day Kawit), they called it Cavite. On May 16, 1571, the Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi declared the region a royal encomienda, or royal land grant. The Governor's Palace in the Navy Yard at the old Port City of Cavite (1899) Archaeological evidences in the coastal areas show prehistoric settlements. According to folklore, the earliest settlers came from Borneo, led by Gat Hinigiw and his wife Dayang Kaliwanag who bore seven children. The early inhabitants of Cavite City were the Tagalogs ruled by the Kampilan and the bullhorn of a datu, the tribal form of government. The second is Kawit or "hook", referring to the hook-shaped landform along the coast of Bacoor Bay, and from which the Chinese Keit and Spanish Cavite are in turn derived. The city has been known by at least two Tagalog names, the first being Tangway, which was the name given to the area by Tagalog settlers. The present larger Cavite City now includes the communities of San Antonio (includes Cañacao and Sangley Point), the southern districts of Santa Cruz and Dalahican, and the outlying islands of the province, including the historic Corregidor Island. Thereafter, San Roque and La Caridad, two former independent towns of Cavite province, were later added to form one municipality. It was 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. The city was the capital of Cavite province from the latter's establishment in 1614 until 1954, when it was transferred to the newly created city of Trece Martires near the center of the province. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 100,674 people. Cavite City, officially the City of Cavite ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Kabite, Spanish and Chavacano: Ciudad de Cavite), is a 4th class component city in the Philippines.
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