Also known as: City of General Trias, Gen. Trias, GenTri
General Trias City is a component city in Cavite, Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Population 482K (PSA 2024 census), 33 barangays, land area 90.01 km².
General Trias City is a component city in Cavite, Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
No. General Trias City is a component city in Cavite, Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
General Trias City had 482,453 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.
General Trias City covers 90.01 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
General Trias City has 33 barangays.
General Trias has posted some of the fastest population growth of any Philippine city, rising from 314,303 residents in the 2015 Census to 450,583 in 2020, a 7.88% average annual rate, driven largely by export-manufacturing employment at Gateway Business Park and the Cavite Economic Zone, plus rapid residential subdivision growth feeding off Metro Manila spillover.
Key industries: Export manufacturing (Gateway Business Park), Electronics and semiconductors (Cavite Economic Zone), Residential and commuter real estate, Agriculture
Gateway Business Park, a 180-hectare PEZA-proclaimed industrial park in Barangay Javalera, hosted 28 companies with roughly $430 million in exports and more than 29,000 workers as of June 2024, and expanded further via a presidential proclamation signed August 27, 2024 to accommodate a new ₱380 million metalworking investment. The neighboring Cavite Economic Zone, spanning General Trias and Rosario, adds hundreds more electronics and semiconductor export employers, including named locator Analog Devices General Trias. The city's population grew from 450,583 in the 2020 Census to 482,453 in the 2024 Census.
Officials managing General Trias' fast-growth industrial zoning can compare notes with other Cavite export-manufacturing 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.
General Trias has to keep pace with some of the fastest industrial and population growth of any Philippine city, tracking new PEZA ecozone expansions against zoning and permitting records that a locally-enacted but not yet fully provincially-ratified CLUP has to keep up with. 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 project and land-use records into one place.
Gateway Business Park added a new ₱380 million metalworking investment in 2024 alone. See how a founding pilot could line up that pace of growth with zoning and permitting records built to keep up.
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