Tanza, Cavite


', officially the ', formerly known as Santa Cruz de Malabón is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people. It has a land area of.
Tanza is the home of Cavite Gateway Terminal, the first roll-on, roll-off barge terminal in the Philippines.

History

Tanza and Ternate in Cavite and Ermita in Manila were the settlements where 200 families of mixed Mexican-Filipino-Spanish and Papuan-Indonesian-Portuguese descent who had ruled over a Christianized Sultanate of Ternate and included their Sultan who converted, were relocated to. Originally a part of San Francisco de Malabón called Estancia, Santa Cruz de Malabon became a separate town in 1770, and then again as an independent municipality in 1910. The name was changed to Tanza by virtue of Act No. 2390 by Cavite Representative Florentino Joya.
By 1849, Santa Cruz de Malabón became the center of the Secularization Movement led by Father Pedro Pelaez.
Tanza is the place where Emilio Aguinaldo took oath as the First President of the revolutionary government of the Philippines. It is also the hometown of Felipe G. Calderon, the man who drafted the First Philippine Constitution.
Tanza is the second Local Government Unit in the province which banned the use of plastic bags and polystyrene. This ordinance took effect on January 1, 2012.

Barangays

Tanza is politically subdivided into 41 barangays.

Demographics

In the, the population of Tanza, Cavite, was people, with a density of.

Religion

The majority of the people of Tanza are Roman Catholics, but there has been fast growth of other denominations in the region, including Iglesia ni Cristo, Baptist, Seventh-day Adventist, Jehovah's Witnesses, MCGI and Mormonism, Islam

Government

The following are the elected officials of the town elected last May 13, 2019 which serves until 2022:
PositionOfficial
MayorYuri A. Pacumio
Vice MayorRaymundo A. Del Rosario

Economy

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There are 32 government-owned daycare centers in Tanza, which is being managed by the MSWD.
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