Dasmariñas

Dasmariñas is a component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines, about 30 kilometers south of Manila and 10 kilometers from Imus. With a land area of 90.1 square kilometers it is the largest city in Cavite by both area and population, and it is described as the wealthiest local government unit in the province. It is landlocked, with its poblacion on the westernmost part of the city, hilly land rising from about 80 meters at the poblacion toward Silang, and a tropical wet and dry climate with two pronounced seasons. During the Spanish period it was called Tampus, meaning end of the forest, and was a barrio of Imus. The city is named for Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, the seventh Spanish governor-general of the Philippines, and the 2024 census counted 744,511 residents.