Cavite, city, southern Luzon, Philippines.

Cavite occupies a peninsula

on the southern shore of Manila Bay and is primarily a residential
centre for commuters to Manila, which lies to the northeast. In 1872
the city was the site of the Cavite Mutiny, a brief and unsuccessful
uprising of Filipino soldiers and workers against Spanish rule. In
1896–97 the city was an important base for Emilio Aguinaldo, the
insurrectionary leader against Spain.
Cavite was chartered in 1940 and served for a time as a provincial
capital. Sangley Point Naval Base, at the city’s outer edge, was an old
Spanish naval base that was captured by Commodore George
Dewey (May 1, 1898). It thereafter functioned as the chief U.S. naval
base and fueling station in Asia until 1941. It continues as a Philippine
naval air facility and shipyard, and transport equipment is
manufactured there. It is also a commercial centre and fishing port.
Pop. (2000) 99,367; (2010) 101,120.