Also known as: Cavite City, Cavite
Cavite City is a component city in Cavite, Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Population 99K (PSA 2024 census), 84 barangays, land area 10.89 km².
Cavite City is a component city in Cavite, Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
No. Cavite City is a component city in Cavite, Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
Cavite City had 98,673 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Cavite City covers 10.89 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Cavite City has 84 barangays.
Cavite City is a small, historically dense component city built on a peninsula jutting into Manila Bay, functioning as the Philippines' primary naval and maritime gateway for over three centuries. The Spanish Cavite Arsenal shipyard here built galleons for the Manila–Acapulco trade as early as 1609–1616, launching the Espíritu Santo and San Miguel. A military uprising at that same arsenal in 1872 is still commemorated on the city's own seal. The US Navy held Sangley Point as a naval station until turning it over to the Philippine government in 1971; it is now Danilo Atienza Air Base, with a civilian terminal at Sangley Point Airport operating since 2020. Naval Base Cavite still occupies roughly half of the old walled port — including Fort San Felipe — closed to the public.
At just 10.89 km² across 84 barangays, Cavite City is one of the smallest and most densely built cities in the province that shares its name, and its land-use planning is almost entirely about a fixed, already-built peninsula rather than greenfield growth.
Key industries: Naval and military (Naval Base Cavite, Sangley Point), port and maritime services, education (San Sebastian College on reclaimed land)
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