Cainta is a town in Rizal province of the Philippines. It is bounded on the north by Marikina City and San Mateo, on the West by Pasig City, and on the east and south by Taytay. The main road of Cainta is Ortigas Avenue, which connects San Juan in Metro Manila and Antipolo City. The people here are mostly Tagalog-speaking Filipinos. There is also a coniderable number of Indians here, 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. Their influence is very obvious, especially in the local cuisine. Cainta as a whole has no mountains. It lies in the Marikina Valley. Main attractions of this town is the Valley GOlf Country Club and the Mangahan Floodway. The name of the town was derived, according to a legend, to a charitable woman named 'Ka Inta'. The current mayor is Mon Ilagan, once a journalist-broadcaster. The dominant family here is the Felix family.
Cainta is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines.
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.
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.
Cainta is the gateway to the Province of Rizal, once called the "Premier Province" of the Philippines, which today, is composed of thirteen municipalities and one city.
It is the oldest settlement in the province and the smallest in terms of land area.
Cainta is considered the doorstep to the CALABARZON region.
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