Also known as: Bayan ng Cainta
Cainta is a municipality in Rizal, Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Population 386K (PSA 2024 census), 7 barangays, land area 42.99 km².
Cainta is a municipality in Rizal, Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
No. Cainta is a municipality in Rizal, Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
Cainta had 386,321 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.
Cainta covers 42.99 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Cainta has 7 barangays.
Cainta packs 376,933 residents (2020 Census) into just 7 barangays across 42.99 km² — a population density that puts it among the most crowded municipalities in the country. Its own long-standing nicknames capture the split identity: “Bibingka Capital of the Philippines” for its rice-cake food industry, and “Information Technology Capital of the Province of Rizal” for the commercial and BPO growth along Ortigas Avenue Extension, which runs directly into Metro Manila's Ortigas business district. That commercial corridor is Cainta's real planning story: a municipality that functions economically as an extension of Metro Manila's CBD network while remaining, administratively, a Rizal town. The CLUP challenge is reconciling that commercial growth — malls, office space, IT parks along the highway frontage — with the dense residential subdivisions that fill in behind it, on a barangay structure (just 7 units) that hasn't been resized to match either the population or the commercial footprint.
Key industries: IT-BPO / commercial services, Bibingka and food production, Retail and logistics
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
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