By Landon Little, Founder & CEO, Zentarai Labs · Updated October 8, 2026
Cavite is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), Southern Luzon. Population 4.57M (PSA 2024 census), 8 cities + 15 municipalities, 829 barangays total, land area 1,574.17 km². Provincial capital: Imus City (de jure); Trece Martires City (provincial seat).
Population (2024 PSA)4,573,884
Land area1,574.17 km²
Cities + Municipalities8 + 15
Total barangays829
Income class1st
Annual budget (2024)₱6.5B
Quick answers about Cavite
What region is Cavite in?
Cavite is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Its capital is Imus City (de jure); Trece Martires City (provincial seat).
Is Cavite part of NCR (Metro Manila)?
No. Cavite is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
What is the latest population of Cavite?
Cavite had 4,573,884 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.
What is the land area of Cavite?
Cavite covers 1,574.17 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
How many cities and municipalities does Cavite have?
Cavite has 8 component cities and 15 municipalities (23 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 829 barangays. Carmona became a component city in 2023 under RA 11938, which makes it Cavite's eighth city.
Cavite is Metro Manila's primary suburban-overflow province — per the Philippine Statistics Authority, it has the highest population density of any PH province outside NCR (about 2,900/km²) and the most subdivision-driven landscape change in the country. The PDPFP must coordinate the chaotic residential subdivision pattern across the lowland LGUs (Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, General Trias, Trece Martires, Tanza, Naic) with the Tagaytay-area tourism + agriculture mandate (Tagaytay City, Silang, Indang, Mendez), the historic Cavite naval district + Cavite City peninsula, and the increasingly urbanized southern coast (Maragondon, Ternate, Naic). The Cavite Coastal Road, CTBEx, and CALAX (Cavite-Laguna Expressway) all reshape land use simultaneously. Tagaytay's CLUP must protect view corridors + water supply for Metro Manila. Coastal flooding in Cavite City and Bacoor is a persistent climate-vulnerability concern flagged in NDRRMC assessments. Cavite is a separate province in Region IV-A, not part of the National Capital Region, though Metro Manila lies directly to its north.
CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / DHSUD): Province adopts its provincial land-use plan and reviews component-LGU CLUPs under RA 7160 (Secs. 20 & 468) and EO 72 (s. 1993), with DHSUD (RA 11201) as national review authority; PDPFP 2017-2026 follows DHSUD-NEDA-DILG JMC 2023-001. CLUP coordination intensive given the Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway (CTBEx) alignment reshaping growth patterns, on the 12-year CLUP cycle (mandatory 6th-year midterm review, DHSUD Department Circular No. 2025-018).
SGLG (for provinces), RA 11292: Assessed under the single Seal of Good Local Governance (RA 11292), DILG-administered, all-in across 10 governance areas. Note: the CY2025 assessment was deferred (DILG MC 2025-032) and criteria are being reprogrammed.
Bacoor (City) — An earlier Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2015–2024) is published on its official site: bacoorcitysp.com. Volumes 1 to 3 of that plan and the 2015 zoning ordinance are posted. A later Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2020–2030 was adopted under City Resolution No. 2024-527, Series of 2024 (Sangguniang Panlungsod letters to the Cavite Provincial Board Secretary dated July 11 and 18, 2024); the 2020–2030 plan itself is not posted online as of October 2026. Nova Gov profile: Bacoor.
Carmona (City) — Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2021–2030) is published on its official site: carmonagov.net.
General Trias (City) — parts of its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2022–2030) are published on its official site: generaltrias.gov.ph. That page links chapters of Volume 3, not a single full plan. The zoning ordinance (Volume II) of its Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2022–2030 was enacted under City Ordinance No. 24-07, Series of 2024 (generaltrias.gov.ph). The ordinance was enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod on February 29, 2024 and signed by the city mayor on March 1, 2024. It says the plan was approved under SP Resolution No. 04-2024-023 dated February 29, 2024, and that it takes effect upon approval by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan/DHSUD, which the posted copy does not show. Nova Gov profile: General Trias.
Tagaytay (City) — Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2023–2032) is published on its official site: tagaytay.gov.ph.
Naic (Municipality) — we could not check its official site (it blocked or refused our automated check), so we do not know whether a plan is posted (as of October 2026). Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Naic's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Naic.
Silang (Municipality) — we could not check its official site (it blocked or refused our automated check), so we do not know whether a plan is posted (as of October 2026). Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Silang's Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Silang.
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Cavite shares the CALABARZON growth crunch with its neighbours — compare the Laguna tech-park-and-lake case and the Batangas Taal hazard-zoning case, both of which the CTBEx and CALA-Bay corridors tie directly to Cavite. The platform overview shows how the subdivision and transit overlays are structured.