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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.
[citation needed] In 1954, Trece Martires City was created out as a planned capital city from portions of Tanza, Indang, Naic, and General Trias. Despite the transfer of capital status to Imus in 1979, it retains many offices of the provincial government, acting thus as the de facto capital of the province.
Cavite's 7th congressional district is one of the eight congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cavite. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2010. [3] The district consists of Cavite's de facto capital city of Trece Martires and its adjacent municipalities of Amadeo, Indang, and ...
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.
English: Cavite Capitol Building in Trece Martires City, Cavite. The building is the seat of the provincial government of Cavite despite designating Imus as the provinceial capital. Also visible is a statue of Emilio Aguinaldo.
Trece Martires City: Provincial Government of Cavite, 1985 The History and Cultural Life of Cavite, published by MEC, Division of Cavite and Cavite Provincial Government, 1981 Cavite, Cultura e Historia, Teresita Unabia, et al., published by the Cavite Historical Society, Inc., 2002 pp. 68, 72, 76-79
Historical marker installed by the National Historical Institute in Rizal Park to commemorate the martyrs.. The Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan (Spanish: Trece mártires de Bagumbayan) were Filipino patriots in the Philippines who were executed by musketry on January 11, 1897, for cooperating with the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution against Spain.