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Aerial view (c. 1964) of the Cavite Peninsula as seen from the north with Manila Bay below and right of the picture. In the foreground is the former U.S. Naval Base Sangley Point, with Cavite City adjacent in the back. Cañacao Bay is immediately to the left of the naval base. Bacoor Bay is on the left center of the picture.
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Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kabite; [a] Chavacano: Provincia de Cavite), is a Philippines province in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. On the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest of Manila , it is one of the most industrialized and fastest-growing provinces in the Philippines.
Cavite City occupies most of the hook-shaped Cavite Peninsula that juts into Manila Bay. The peninsula is lined by Bacoor Bay to the southeast. The peninsula ends in two tips – Sangley Point and Cavite Point. Cañacao Bay is the body of water formed between the points. Cavite Point was the location of the old historic Port of Cavite.
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The Cavite City Hall is immediately south of the bay, with a pier for public ferry service to Metro Manila. The shore of the bay near the former Cavite Royal Arsenal was where the province's patron saint, an icon known as Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, was found during the Spanish colonial period following a Marian apparition.
Sangley was the name given to Chinese traders, a merchant guest, in the Philippines. The two main Naval bases taken: Naval Base Cavite at Cavite City and Naval Station Sangley Point both on the Cavite Peninsula in Manila Bay, eight miles southwest of the city of Manila. The Cavite Peninsula is south of the city center of Manila.