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Cavite
(käve´ta), city (1990 pop. 91,641), Cavite prov.,
SW Luzon, the Philippines. The city, situated on a small
peninsula in Manila Bay, has been important as a naval
base and trade center since the days of the Spanish.
In the Spanish-American War it was captured by Dewey
on May 1, 1898. The United States established a major
naval base at Sangley Point just opposite the city proper.
In World War II this base was bombed (Dec. 10, 1941)
by the Japanese and virtually destroyeda major blow
to the defense of the Philippines. In 1971, the United
States closed the base. The Philippine government also
maintains a naval school center at Cavite.
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