Kawit
Kawit is a municipality in Cavite. It is famous for being the place where Philippine independence was proclaimed in 1898 and for being the hometown of the Philippines' first president, Emilio Aguinaldo.
- Type: Town with 124,000 residents
- Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cavite
- Also known as: “Bayan ng Kawit”, “Kawit, Cavite”, “kota Kawit”, “卡維特市”, “卡维特”, and “卡维特市”
- Neighbors: Cavite City and Imus
Places of Interest
Highlights: Aguinaldo Shrine and Island Cove.
Site of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence
Memorial
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Noveleta and Imus.
Kawit
- Categories: municipality of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.4443° or 14° 26′ 39″ north
Longitude
120.9035° or 120° 54′ 13″ east
Population
124,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PH KWT
Open location code
7Q62CWV3+PC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Zulu—“Kawit” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Kawit”
- Arabic: “كاويت”
- Armenian: “Քավիթ”
- Asturian: “Kawit”
- Balinese: “Kawit”
- Banjar: “Kawit”
- Basque: “Kawit”
- Batak Toba: “Kawit”
- Belarusian: “Кавіт”
- Buginese: “Kawit”
- Capiznon: “Kawit”
- Catalan: “Kawit”
- Cebuano: “Kawit”
- Central Bikol: “Kawit”
- Chavacano: “Kawit”
- Chinese: “卡維特”
- Chinese: “旧甲米地”
- Chinese: “舊甲米地”
- Czech: “Kawit”
- Dagbani: “Kawit”
- Danish: “Kawit”
- Dutch: “Kawit”
- Esperanto: “Kawit”
- Fijian: “Kawit”
- French: “Kawit”
- Georgian: “კავიტი”
- German: “Kawit”
- Gorontalo: “Kawit”
- Hausa: “Kawit”
- Hebrew: “קאוויט”
- Hebrew: “קוויט”
- Hiligaynon: “Kawit”
- Hindi: “कवाईत”
- Hiri Motu: “Kawit”
- Igbo: “Kawit”
- Iloko: “Kawit”
- Indonesian: “Kawit”
- Irish: “Kawit”
- Italian: “Kawit”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Kawit”
- Japanese: “カウィット”
- Japanese: “カウィトゥ”
- Javanese: “Kawit”
- Kinaray-A: “Kawit”
- Kongo: “Kawit”
- Korean: “카위트”
- Malagasy: “Kawit”
- Malay: “Kawit”
- Maori: “Kawit”
- Minangkabau: “Kawit”
- Nauru: “Kawit”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kawit”
- Norwegian: “Kawit”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kawit”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Kawit”
- Oromo: “Kawit”
- Paiwan: “Kawit”
- Pampanga: “Kawit”
- Pangasinan: “Kawit”
- Persian: “کاویت”
- Polish: “Kawit”
- Portuguese: “Cavite”
- Portuguese: “Kawit”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Kawit”
- Russian: “Кавит”
- Sakizaya: “Kawit”
- Samoan: “Kawit”
- Scots: “Kawit”
- Spanish: “Cavite el Viejo”
- Spanish: “Kawit”
- Sundanese: “Kawit”
- Swahili: “Kawit”
- Swedish: “Kawit”
- Tagalog: “Kawit”
- Tahitian: “Kawit”
- Thai: “คาวิต”
- Tok Pisin: “Kawit”
- Ukrainian: “Кавіт”
- Urdu: “کاویٹ”
- Venetian: “Cavite El Vècio”
- Vietnamese: “Kawit”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kawit”
- Welsh: “Kawit”
- Xhosa: “Kawit”
- Yoruba: “Kawit”
- Zulu: “Kawit”
- “Kawit”
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