An Old Village By The Sea In 1572, Para?aque was said to be bounded by Ermita on the north and Cavite on the south. When the Spaniards came, Para?aque was already subdivided. It was so large that there was hardly no communication with the government. People immigrated from other places to settle here. Because their means of communication was so crude, these immigration disintegrated. They somehow put up their own government based on kinship and proclaimed their independence.