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Trece Martires ([ˈtɾɛː.sɛ ˌmaːɾ.tɪˈɾɛs]), officially the City of Trece Martires (Filipino: Lungsod ng Trece Martires), is a component city and de facto capital city of the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 210,503 people.
In 1954, the capital of Cavite was transferred to a newly created city situated near the center of the province, and it was named Trece Mártires in their honor. Each of its 13 barangays were named for each of the martyrs. On May 24, 2004, a new monument of the thirteen patriots was inaugurated in Trece Martires near the City Hall.
The city was the capital of Cavite Province from its establishment in 1614 until the title was transferred to the newly created, more accessible city of Trece Martires in 1954. Cavite City was originally a small port town, Cavite Puerto, that prospered during the early Spanish colonial period, when it served as the main seaport of Manila.
The district consists of Cavite's de facto capital city of Trece Martires and its adjacent municipalities of Amadeo, Indang, and Tanza. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Crispin Diego Remulla of the National Unity Party (NUP). [4]
The Tanza–Trece Martires Road (or Tanza–Trece Martires Highway) is a 12.559-kilometer (7.804 mi), two-to-four lane, primary highway in Cavite, Philippines. [1] It connects the municipality of Tanza to the city of Trece Martires. The entire road is designated as a component of National Route 64 (N64) of the Philippine highway network.
N64 (Tanza–Trece Martires Road) / N65 (Governor's Drive) / N404 (Trece Martires–Indang Road) in Trece Martires: West end: Antero Soriano Highway, Sabang Road, and Governor's Drive in Naic, Cavite: Location; Country: Philippines: Provinces: Cavite: Major cities: Trece Martires: Towns: Naic, Tanza: Highway system; Roads in the Philippines ...
It also previously encompassed the municipalities of Amadeo and Tanza and the city of Trece Martires until 2019. [4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Antonio Ferrer of the National Unity Party (NUP). [5]
Its capital city is Imus, with the seat of the provincial government located in Trece Martires. [5] Early in the American regime, a U.S. naval garrison was stationed at Sangley Point in Cavite City after a civil government was established in 1901.