Also known as: City of Biñan, Lungsod ng Biñan, Binan
Biñan City is a component city in Laguna, Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Population 584K (PSA 2024 census), 24 barangays, land area 43.5 km².
Biñan City is a component city in Laguna, Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
No. Biñan City is a component city in Laguna, Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
Biñan City had 584,479 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Biñan City covers 43.5 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Biñan City has 24 barangays.
Biñan City combines a heavy industrial base with a well-preserved Spanish-era heritage core. The Laguna International Industrial Park, a 117-hectare estate in Barangay Mamplasan established through a 1992 Samsung and Solid Corp. joint venture, hosts manufacturers including Honda Parts Manufacturing, Nissin Brake, and SunPower, while the neighboring Laguna Technopark adds hundreds more locator companies to the corridor. Around Plaza Rizal, where national hero Jose Rizal received his early schooling, the city's historic plaza and the Alberto Mansion anchor a different, heritage-tourism identity.
Key industries: Industrial parks (Laguna International Industrial Park), Electronics and auto-parts manufacturing, Heritage tourism (Plaza Rizal, Alberto Mansion), Residential and commuter real estate
That industrial growth has a real environmental cost documented in Barangay San Francisco's Juana 3 subdivision, where a November 2025 investigative report found land subsidence accelerating from 2–3 centimeters a year in the 2000s to more than 6 centimeters a year between 2014 and 2020, tied to heavy groundwater extraction — Laguna Water draws roughly 92% of its supply from 115 deep wells, and a newly built 10-megawatt data center was projected to add water demand equivalent to 5,400 households a year. Biñan's population grew from 407,437 in the 2020 Census to 584,479 in the 2024 Census.
Officials managing Biñan's groundwater and industrial-zoning balance can compare notes with other Laguna industrial corridor cities in the LGU directory. Planning teams evaluating digital compliance tools can explore the pilot program or schedule a consultation.
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
Biñan has to weigh continued industrial and data-center growth against a documented, worsening groundwater and land-subsidence problem in at least one residential barangay — a cross-department problem spanning environmental monitoring, zoning, and utility oversight. Nova Gov's platform is built for exactly this kind of cross-department coordination, and the pilot program is designed to help planning offices bring hazard, utility, and land-use records into one place.
A documented land-subsidence problem tied to groundwater extraction is worsening in one Biñan barangay even as industrial demand grows. See how a founding pilot could line up utility and hazard data with zoning records before the next investment decision.
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