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Silang, Cavite

Also: The Coffee Town of Cavite (historical), Silang Highlands

Silang is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, on the elevated Tagaytay ridge. Known for its cool climate, rolling terrain, and fertile volcanic soil, it…

Cavite State University

Cavite State University (CvSU or CavSU) is a state university headquartered in Indang, Cavite, tracing its origins to a rural school established in 1906. It…

Carmona, Cavite

Also: Carmona, The Industrial Estate Town (informal), Home of the Carmona Circuit

Carmona is a first-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, inland in the central province between Biñan/Santa Rosa to the east and Silang/General Mariano Alvarez to the…

Amadeo, Cavite

Also: Coffee Capital of the Philippines, Pahimis Town

Amadeo is a fifth-income-class municipality in Cavite, Philippines, recognized as the "Coffee Capital of the Philippines." It is a small upland town on the Tagaytay…

Cavite-Laguna Expressway

Also: CALAX, Cavite–Laguna Expressway, Cavite-Laguna Road

Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) is a 44.6-kilometer (27.7 mi) closed-system tollway in the Philippines, linking the provinces of Cavite and Laguna. Owned by the Department of…

Silang

Also: Municipality of Silang, Silang

Silang, officially the Municipality of Silang, is a first-class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Located in the eastern part of the province, it…

Cavite Province

Also: Cavite, Province of Cavite, Historical Capital of the Philippines

Cavite Province, officially the Province of Cavite, is a province in the CALABARZON region of the Philippines, situated on the southern shores of Manila Bay.…

Cavite–Laguna Expressway

Also: CALAX, Cavite-Laguna Expressway, Cavite-Laguna Tollway

The Cavite–Laguna Expressway (commonly abbreviated as CALAX) is a 45-kilometer closed-system toll expressway connecting the Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) in Kawit, Cavite, to the South Luzon…

Also: Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies — the 1600 charter name, The Honourable East India Company (HEIC) — the honorific styling of its later charters, John Company — the colloquial eighteenth-century styling

The East India Company — formally the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, chartered by Queen Elizabeth I on…

History of the Philippines (1765–1898)

Also: The late Spanish period, The last century of Spanish rule, The post-occupation Spanish era

The History of the Philippines (1765–1898) is this wiki's umbrella survey of the last stretch of Spanish rule — from the restoration of Spanish authority…

Dawsonne Drake

Also: Governor Drake — the styling of the occupation record and the Anda correspondence, The first British Governor of Manila, British Governor-General of the Philippines — the infobox styling of the reference record, the office Drake alone ever held

Dawsonne Drake (1724, Madras, India – 1784, India) was a British East India Company servant — clerk, then governor of White Town in Madras, rising…

Seven Years' War

Also: The war of 1756–1763, The French and Indian War — the North American theatre's own name, the Wiktionary entry's hyponym, The Spanish–British war of 1762–1763 — the belligerency that produced the Philippine theatre

The Seven Years' War (May 17, 1756 – February 10, 1763) was the mid-eighteenth century's "global conflict fought by numerous great powers" — Britain and…

Azim ud-Din I

Also: Muhammad Alimuddin — the Arabic-name form the record carries, Alimuddin I, Don Fernando de Alimuddin — the baptismal styling

Azim ud-Din I — also Muhammad Alimuddin, titled Sultan Amirul M'umimin Maharajah Adinda Azim ud-Din, and counted the nineteenth Sultan of Sulu in the linked-data…

Simón de Anda y Salazar

Also: Don Simón de Anda y Salazar — the honorific styling of the Spanish record, Lieutenant Governor of the Philippines — the Audiencia's wartime designation, Governor and Captain-General — the title he assumed on October 8, 1762 under the Council of the Indies' devolution rules

Simón de Anda y Salazar (October 28, 1709, Subijana, Basque Country, Spain — October 30, 1776, Hospital de San Felipe, Cavite) was a Spanish colonial…

Battle of Zapote River

Also: Battle of Zapote Bridge (1899) — press alias of the June 13, 1899 engagement, Battle of Zapote Bridge (1897) — the formal title of the February 17, 1897 revolution engagement, Battle of Zapote (unnumbered shorthand for either engagement)

The Battle of Zapote River is the name carried by the Philippine–American War engagement fought on June 13, 1899 at the Zapote River crossing between…

Mount Sungay

Also: Mount Gonzales, Sungay Peak ("sungay" meaning horn in Tagalog)

Mount Sungay, also known as Mount Gonzales, is the highest point of Cavite province, rising about 709 metres on the Tagaytay ridge. An inactive stratovolcano…

Philippine Public Safety College

The Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) is the premier institution for training, human resource development, and continuing education of the uniformed services under the Department…

British Occupation of Manila

Also: The British conquest of Manila, The 1762–1764 occupation, Battle of Manila (1762) — the opening assault

The British occupation of Manila was the eighteen-month seizure of the Spanish colonial capital of the Philippines — with the nearby port of Cavite —…

Tapsilog

Also: Tapa-sinangag-itlog, Beef tapa silog

Tapsilog is a Filipino rice meal combining tapa (cured or fried beef), sinangag (garlic fried rice), and itlog (fried egg), abbreviated from the three components.…

Francisco Carreón

Also: Francisco Carreón y Marcos, General Francisco Carreón, Lieutenant General Francisco Carreón

Francisco Carreón y Marcos (born October 5, 1868, in Cotabato, Mindanao; died between 1939 and 1941 — the Wikidata record gives 1939) was a Filipino…

Edilberto Evangelista

Also: General Edilberto Evangelista, Lieutenant General Edilberto Evangelista — the rank documented for the Imus Assembly election, "Ipil" — the nickname recorded in the standard biographical account

Edilberto Evangelista (February 24, 1862 – February 17, 1897) was a Filipino civil engineer and revolutionary general — the Belgian-trained engineer of the Philippine Revolution…

Zapote Bridge

Also: Zapote River bridge — the 1899 engagement is formally the Battle of Zapote River, The Las Piñas–Bacoor crossing on the old Manila–Cavite provincial road

Zapote Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge crossing the Zapote River at the boundary between Las Piñas (Metro Manila) and Bacoor (Cavite) — a…

Tagaytay City

Also: Lungsod ng Tagaytay — the Filipino designation, The City of Tagaytay — the official long form, The second summer capital of the Philippines — the standing nickname, after Baguio

Tagaytay City — officially the City of Tagaytay (Filipino: Lungsod ng Tagaytay) — is a component city of Cavite province in the Calabarzon region, built…

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

Also: PDEA — the standard abbreviation of the agency's own usage, The implementing arm of the Dangerous Drugs Board — the statutory description, The Agency — the internal styling of Republic Act No. 9165's Article IX

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is the national lead agency against dangerous drugs — the law-enforcement body created by Republic Act No. 9165 (Comprehensive…

Santiago Álvarez

Also: Kidlat ng Apoy — his Katipunan nom de guerre, "Lightning of Fire" (Spanish: Rayo de Fuego), Apoy — the signature he placed on the Acta de Tejeros and the Naic Military Agreement, Hero of the Battle of Dalahican — commemorative style from the November 1896 victory

Santiago Álvarez (July 25, 1872, Imus, Cavite – October 30, 1930, San Pablo, Laguna) was a Filipino revolutionary general — the eldest son of Mariano…

Silang Cavite (disambiguation)