Bacoor
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Bacoor (), officially the City of Bacoor (), is a component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people., making it the 15th most populous city in the Philippines and the second largest city in the province of Cavite after Dasmariñas.
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- 120x80px
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Philippines
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- Province
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- Love My Bacoor
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- Bagong Bacoor
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- District
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- Founded
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- September 28, 1671
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- Annexation to Imus
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Bacoor (), officially the City of Bacoor (), is a component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people., making it the 15th most populous city in the Philippines and the second largest city in the province of Cavite after Dasmariñas.
==Etymology== The name of Bacoor is transcribed in old sources variously as "Bacoor", "Bacor", "Bakur", etc. It was originally the name of the Bacoor Bay which separates the Cavite peninsula from the mainland. The name is believed to be originally from the Philippine Negrito languages, meaning "circle", referring to the shape of the bay.
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