English: Gen. Candido Tirona Monument[1] Battle of Binakayan[2] Poblacion, Kawit, Built in honor of Gen. Candido Tria Tirona, the first revolutionary Captain Municipal in the[3] List of Filipino Generals in the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and the Filipino-American War of 1899 - Major General Magdalo CaviteWebsite of Cavite [4] ---1896 Kawit Town Hall[5] Coordinates: 14°26'39"N 120°54'11"E[6] Barangay Wakas II Kawit[7] -----Kawit, Cavite[8] The Municipality of Kawit (formerly Cavite El Viejo; Filipino: Bayan ng Kawit) is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, [9] Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 78,209 people in a land area of 22.86 square kilometers. Kawit is the birthplace of Emilio Aguinaldo,[10] the first president of the Republic of the Philippines. It is also the location of his home, the Aguinaldo Shrine,[11] where independence from Spain was declared on June 12, 1898.[12] geographical location: Cavite, Region 4, Philippines, Asia geographical coordinates: 14° 26' 44" North, 120° 54' 18" East[13] This place is situated in Cavite, Region 4, Philippines, its geographical coordinates are 14° 26' 44" North, 120° 54' 18" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Kawit.[14] Coordinates: 14°26'22"N 120°54'28"E History of Kawit Website of Kawit New Town hall of Kawit[15] Antero Soriano Highway Coordinates: 14°25'54"N 120°53'42"E --- St. Mary Magdalene School[16] Coordinates: 14°26'41"N 120°54'14"E Calabarzon PNP probe Cavite police on Kawit massacre January 5, 2013 Kawit shooting [17] was a mass murder that occurred in barangay Tabon 1 in Kawit, Philippines on January 4, 2013. 41-year-old Ronald Baquiran Bae killed at least seven people and wounded twelve others with a semi-automatic pistol, before he was shot and killed by police. Another man, 27-year-old John Paul Lopez, who was said to have been employed by Bae as his house caretaker, was later arrested for assisting the gunman during the shooting by reloading his pistol magazine.[18] Cops eye murder raps vs gunman’s cohort Kawit Revolt [19] was a short skirmish in the beginning of the revolution in Cavite. Emilio Aguinaldo led some 400 men to the town hall of Kawit, guarded by a few Guardia Civil there. Shortly after the battle, Aguinaldo marched to Imus to meet the enemy in one of the largest battles of the revolution. --- [N.B. Photography of Kawit, Cavite: cloudy and 80% sunny weather using my Nikon AW100 waterproof shockproof camera. From Bulacan about 11:00 a.m. I took photo of famous heritage and landmark Philippine cultural treasure Aguinaldo Shrine[20], the1896 Old Town Hall of Kawit, Cavite and St. St. Mary Magdalene Church of Kawit[21] starting about 1 p.m. I am sharing Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia these rare, original and sole photos of Kawit, Cavite, 98% never photographed since the Battle of Imus. I finished photography at 4:14 p.m. and started uploading via slow internet at 9:00 pm - I hereby certify that these photos are exclusive for Commons and Wikipedia never uploaded in any Internet or any site, and for the public domain without any condition. IN FINE, since 2010, I shared Commons more than 28,000 photos, large files of 6-8 MB each or 4,600 x 3,400 each: today, at 3:33 p.m., DSCN 1329, File:Kawit,Cavitejf1448 03.JPG raw, unedited and Original is shared to all believers, photographers and infidels alike, a miracle Photo perfect of mysticism never magic, in the very Sanctuary and main Altar of the 1624 Church of Kawit - 6.42 MB 4,608 x 3456.]