The Municipality of Cainta (Filipino: Bayan ng Cainta) is a first-class urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. It is one of the oldest (originally founded in August 15, 1571), and is the town with the second smallest land area of 26.81 km² next to Angono with 26.22 km².Cainta serves as the secondary gateway to the rest of Rizal province from Metro Manila.
Cainta became one of the most urbanized towns due to its proximity to Manila.With a population of 289,833 inhabitants, Cainta is the second most populous municipality in the Philippines, per the 2007 Census of Population conducted by the National Statistics Office. Its income of PhP490 million makes it the second richest municipality in the country.
Tagnames
· Your Gateway to the East
· Information Technology Capital of the Province of Rizal
· Bibingka Capital of the Philippines
Geography
Cainta is bounded on the north by Marikina City, Antipolo City and San Mateo, on the west by Pasig, and on the east and south by Tatay. It lies in the Marikina Valley, is 10% rolling hills and 90% residential-industrial. It has the province's highest number of rivers and streams. Historians claim that Cainta's old geographic boundaries encompassed the mountain slopes of Montalban.