Cainta, Rizal

Cainta is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. It is one of the oldest municipalities in the province. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 242,511 people in 51,863 households.

Cainta is bounded on the north by Marikina City and San Mateo, to the west by the Metro Manila cities of Pasig and Quezon City, and on the east and south by Taytay.

The main road of Cainta is Ortigas Avenue, a heavily congested corridor that passes through the business district of Ortigas Center and leads to Mandaluyong City and San Juan in the west and the town of Taytay and [[Antipolo City in the east. Another notable main road is Felix Avenue (more popularly known as Imelda Avenue, after former first lady Imelda Marcos) which runs across Ortigas Avenue that connects the town to Marikina City to the north and Taytay to the south. The point of intersection between the two main arterials is popularly known simply as Junction.

Cainta serves as a gateway to the rest of Rizal province, and is noted for rush hour traffic jams and flooding in the rainy season. It is one of the province's more urbanized towns since it borders Metro Manila on the west.

Table of contents

1 People and culture 2 Economy 3 Geography 4 Barangays 5 History 6 External links

People and culture

The people of Cainta are mostly Tagalog-speaking Filipinos. There is also a notable number of Indians, descended from the 1700 British attack of the Philippines, where Sepoy soldiers mutineed from the British Royal Army, married local inhabitants of this town and settled there.

The patroness of this town (Our Lady of Light) was a mural originally painted by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo. Today, Cainta proudly bears its name as the "Bibingka Capital of the Philippines" (bibingka is a native rice cake).

Economy

Once an industrial town, Cainta has developed into a residential and commercial town. Main attractions of the town are the Valley Golf and Country Club and its numerous malls like the Sta. Lucia East GrandMall and the Robinsons Place Cainta in Junction. It is also the home of the one of the leading car manufacturers of the country, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp.

Geography

Cainta lies in the Marikina Valley and has the smallest land area in the province. It has no mountains, but it contains the most number of rivers and streams in the province. Most of the town's land area is subdivided, intended for residential purposes.

Barangays

Cainta is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.

• San Andres (Pob.)
• San Isidro
• San Juan
• San Roque
• Santa Rosa
• Santo Niño
• Santo Domingo

History

The name of the town was derived, according to a legend, from a charitable woman named Jacinta, who was known as "Ka Inta" ("Ka" being an archaic Filipino title of respect for elders). The town was founded by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi on November 30, 1571, the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, thus, the feast day of this town is celebrated every November 30.

Members of the Felix family, a prominent family in the town, served as the town's mayor for 58 consecutive years. They are Francisco Felix (1946-1980), Benjamin Felix (1980-1998), and Nicanor Felix (1998-2004).

The current mayor of Cainta is Ramon "Mon" Ilagan, a former ABS-CBN reporter and newscaster.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information

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