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Under the Philippine Commonwealth, the Municipality of Cavite was converted into a chartered city by the virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 547 approved on September 7, 1940. In 1941, Japanese Imperial Forces bombed the city to destroy the U.S. Naval Installations. Again, in 1945, the U.S. Forces bombarded the Japanese forces stationed herein. Republic Act No. 981, passed by Congress in 1945, transferred the capital of the Province from Cavite City to Trece Martirez City. Subsequently, the City Charter was amended to provide for elected city officials.
GEOGRAPHY
Cavite lies at the southwest entrance of Manila Bay. It is across the Bataan Peninsula. It extends eastward along the shoreline up to Zapote Bridge , the inland terrain in the south, and to the municipality of Carmona. On the east are Rizal and Laguna. On the south is Batangas. On the west is the South China Sea while on the north is Manila Bay near the city of Manila.
Cavite has a land area of 142,706 hectares, approximately 2.74% of the regional land area and 0.42% of Philippine's total land area. The land area of Cavite as follows:
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