Cainta (historical polity)
Cainta (Baybayin) | |||||||||
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| unknown–1571 | |||||||||
Location of Cainta (colored blue) in 1570. | |||||||||
| Status | Precolonial barangay | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Tagalog, Old Malay | ||||||||
| Government | Feudalism under a precolonial barangay | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | unknown | ||||||||
• Conquest by Spain | 1571 | ||||||||
| Currency | Piloncitos, barter rings, barter | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Philippines | ||||||||
| Part of a series on the |
| Pre-colonial history of the Philippines |
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| See also: History of the Philippines |
In early Philippine history, the Tagalog bayan (Kapampangan: balen; "country" or "polity") of Cainta was a fortified upriver polity that occupied both shores of an arm of the Pasig River. It was located not far from where the Pasig River meets the Lake of Ba-i and is presumed to be the present site of the municipality of Cainta, Rizal.