General Trias, Cavite

For the person, see Mariano Trías.
Municipality of General Trias
Bayan ng Heneral Trias
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Nickname(s): A New Frontier for Development in the CALABARZON
Map of Cavite showing the location of General Trias.
Country Philippines
Region CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Districts 6th District of Cavite
Barangays 33
Province Cavite
Government
 • Mayor Luis A. Ferrer IV
 • Vice Mayor Fernando P. Campaña
Area
 • Total 81.46 km2 (31.5 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 218,387
 • Density 2,680.9/km2 (6,943.5/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
Area code(s) 46
Website Municipality of General Trias, Cavite

The Municipality of General Trias (Filipino: Bayan ng Heneral Trias) formerly San Francisco de Malabon, is a first class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 218,387 people in a land area of 81.46 square kilometers.

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Economy

Industrialization has become the centerpiece of the municipality’s development plans and programs. Several major industrial estates, such as Gateway Business Park, a world class business community in Javalera and the New Cavite Industrial City (NCIC) in Manggahan, have chosen General Trias to be their home base. The Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) occupies about 0.60 square kilometres of land belonging to General Trias. 110 factories operate in the CEPZ. There are still four industrial estates being developed. One is the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club and Residential Estate, which has an area of 7 square kilometres. The others are the Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase I) in Buenavista II and Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase II) in Panungyanan while the rest are found at Barangay Manggahan, Barangay San Francisco and along Governor’s Drive.

The master plan for General Trias is to achieve an agro-industrial and residential balance. Current developments include the construction of the General Trias Auditorium and Sports Complex at General Trias Memorial Elementary School Grounds in Barangay San Juan I, cementing of roads from Barangay Santiago to Governor’s Drive and road widening of Barangay Tejero to San Juan II, the building of General Trias Municipal Hall-Manggahan Annex and completion of a 2-storey Training Center Building at Barangay Pinagtipunan. Housing development is also on the upsurge with 45 subdivisions in the area like Maravilla, Bel Aldea, Metrosouth, Tierra Nevada, Metropolis Greens, Eagle Ridge, Pasadena Heights I, Stanford City and Governor Hills. The 20,000 square metre public market in between Barangay Corregidor and Sampalucan is said to be more or less worth Php 39,000,000.00. General Trias is considered one of the new frontiers of growth and development in the CALABARZON area as attested by the giant industrial subdivisions located in the town.

Built up area

With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the municipality is now included in Manila built up area which reaches Lipa City in its southernmost part.

History

General Trias used to be called by many names. During the earlier Spanish era, it was often referred to as Las Estancias (the ranches), which was once a part of Cavite el Viejo, the present-day Kawit. It was also called Malabon Grande. The name Malabon was speculated to have been derived from either the local term “maraming labong,” meaning plenty of bamboo shoots, a main ingredient of a popular local delicacy; or “mayabong,” referring to the trees and other plants once abundant in the place. At any rate, the first reference seems to be more probable because General Mariano Trias, a noted writer, adopted the nom de guerre “Labong,” a word he often used in his writing and conversation. Grande, on the other hand, was affixed to the appellation because at the time, the place was a vast wilderness covering Sitio Tejero, frequently called by the revolutionary as Salinas (present-day Rosario), Sta. Cruz de Malabon or Malabon el Chico (present-day Tanza) and Tierra Alta (present-day Noveleta). When the town was made independent from Cavite el Viejo, it was finally called with its popular name San Francisco de Malabon, in honor of patron saint, Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226).

First Cry of Cavite

The first uprising in Cavite known as the “First Cry of Cavite” occurred in San Francisco de Malabon about ten o’clock in the morning of August 31, 1896, when the town tribunal was attacked by Filipino revolutionaries led by Mariano Trias, Diego Mojica and Nicolas Portilla in Pasong Kalabaw (now known as Sta. Clara). The second incident followed at twelve noon at Tierra Alta and the third in Cavite el Viejo between two and three o’clock in the afternoon.

Tejeros Convention

A chapter of the Katipunan known as Balangay Mapagtiis had already been in existence in the place for sometime. The Sangguniang Bayang Magdiwang headed by General Mariano Alvarez of Tierra Alta and the Sangguniang Bayang Mapagtiis of San Francisco de Malabon later merged under the name Magdiwang Council with General Alvarez as president. The Magdiwang Council hosted the Tejeros Convention on March 22, 1897 in a friar estate house in Sitio Tejero wherein Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president and Mariano Trias, then lieutenant general, as vice-president in a Revolutionary Government replacing the Katipunan.

On February 28, 1914, Legislative Act No. 2390 was passed, changing the town’s name to Malabon. Later, on February 24, 1920, another Legislative Act No. 2889 was approved, finally renaming the town after one of its most famous son, General Mariano Trias y Closas.

Barangays

General Trias is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.

  1. Alingaro
  2. Bacao 1
  3. Bacao 2
  4. Gov. Ferrer Pob. (Barangay 1)
  5. Sampalucan Pob. (Barangay 2)
  6. Dulong Bayan Pob. (Barangay 3)
  7. San Gabriel Pob. (Barangay 4)
  8. Bagumbayan Pob. (Barangay 5)
  9. Vibora Pob. (Barangay 6)
  10. Arnaldo Pob. (Barangay 7)
  11. 1896 Pob. (Barangay 8)
  12. Prinza Pob. (Barangay 9)
  13. Corregidor Pob. (Barangay 10)
  14. Biclatan
  15. Buenavista 1
  16. Buenavista 2
  17. Buenavista 3
  18. Javalera
  19. Manggahan
  20. F. Manalo (formerly Navarro)
  21. Panungyanan
  22. Pasong Camachile 1
  23. San Francisco
  24. Pasong Camachile 2
  25. Pasong Kawayan 1
  26. Pasong Kawayan 2
  27. Pinagtipunan
  28. San Juan 1
  29. San Juan 2
  30. Santa Clara
  31. Santiago
  32. Tapia
  33. Tejero

Education

Notable people

- considered to be the first de facto Philippine Vice President of that revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention.

- a native of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) was the original high-ranking leader of the Katipunan chapter in his town. Known as "Katibayan", he was the president of the Sangguniang Balangay of Mapagtiis.

- known for being the first marching band to play the Philippine National Anthem Lupang Hinirang. Banda San Francisco de Malabon is now known as Banda Matanda.

Religion

Majority Christian includes the following:

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