Dasmariñas, Cavite

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**Municipality of Dasmariñas**

Location
Map of Cavite showing the location of Dasmarinas.
Government
Region	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province	Cavite
District	2nd district of Cavite
Barangays	73
Income Class:	1st class municipality
Mayor	Elpidio Barzaga
Physical characteristics
Area	90.1 km²
Population Total (2000) Density	379,520 4,212/km²

For the village, see Dasmariñas Village

The Municipality of Dasmariñas (often shortened to Dasma; Filipino: Bayan ng Dasmariñas) is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is located approximately 30 kilometers south of Manila. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 379,520 people in 77,315 households, making it the most populous municipality in the Philippines. It has a land area of 90.1 square kilometers. Dasmariñas is part of Cavite's second congressional district. Atty. Elpidio "Pidi" Barzaga is currently serving his third and last term as the town's elected mayor. He has served since 1998.

Besides being the richest city/municipality in Cavite according to the 2006 Commission on Audit report, Dasmariñas is the only municipality in the Philippines that has both an SM and Robinsons Mall.

1 History
2 Cityhood
3 Barangays
4 Education
5 External links

[edit] History

The origin of the name "Dasmariñas" is "Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas", a Spanish governor of the Philippines from 1590 to 1593. After his death, his son Luis Pérez Dasmariñas was the governor from 1593 to 1596. Pérez Dasmariñas came from San Miguel das Negradas, Galicia (Spain).

Dasmariñas literally means "from the marines" in the Galician language (NW of Iberian Peninsula).

[edit] Cityhood

The idea of converting Dasmariñas into a component city was pushed in 1997 and again in 2000, but the people overwhemlingly rejected it. However, recent unofficial surveys have shown that the municipality's inhabitants are now willing to push forward with cityhood.

[edit] Barangays

Dasmariñas is politically subdivided into 76 barangays.

Burol
Langkaan I
Paliparan I
Sabang
Salawag
Salitran I
Sampaloc I
San Agustin I
San Jose
Zone I (Pob.)
Zone II (Pob.)
Zone III (Pob.)
Zone IV (Pob.)
Datu Esmael (Bago-a-ingud)
Emmanuel Bergado I
Fatima I
Luzviminda I
Saint Peter I
San Andres I

San Antonio De Padua I
San Dionisio (Barangay 1)
San Esteban (Barangay 4)
San Francisco I
San Isidro Labrador I
San Juan (San Juan I)
San Lorenzo Ruiz I
San Luis I
San Manuel I
San Mateo
San Miguel
San Nicolas I
San Roque (Sta. Cristina II)
San Simon (Barangay 7)
Santa Cristina I
Santa Cruz II
Santa Cruz I
Santa Fe
Santa Lucia (San Juan II)

Santa Maria (Barangay 20)
Santo Cristo (Barangay 3)
Santo Niño I
Burol I
Burol II
Burol III
Emmanuel Bergado II
Fatima II
Fatima III
Langkaan II
Luzviminda II
Paliparan II
Paliparan III
Saint Peter II
Salitran II
Salitran III
Salitran IV
Sampaloc II
Sampaloc III

Sampaloc IV
Sampaloc V (New Era)
San Agustin II
San Agustin III
San Andres II
San Antonio De Padua II
San Francisco II
San Isidro Labrador II
San Lorenzo Ruiz II
San Luis II
San Manuel II
San Miguel II
San Nicolas II
Santa Cristina II
Santa Cruz II
Santo Niño II
Victoria Reyes Pag-asa
Zone I-B
Zone I-A

[edit] Education

Dasmariñas is the site of several high schools, universities, colleges, and technical/vocational institutions, thus bestowing to the town the nickname "The University Town of Cavite."

AMong the list of educational institutions located in the town are: