![]() Reduccion originally meant the religious and civic aspects of missionary activities. Īn ensemble of nipa houses in the other barrios of the hacienda like Malinta, Nancaan, Salacay, Paliparan, Malagasang and Salitran were grouped and migrated into a reduccion (reduction) in Tampus in 1866. Instead, high ranking church officials and the Cavite politico-military governor were the prime initiators of its foundation. For the first time, a town was created not by a petition of the local populace and its local officials, as required by legal procedures and custom at that time. The creation of the town was different from most other towns of Cavite. ![]() After thorough discussions, Rafaél de Echagüe, the Governor-General of the Philippines approved the creation of the new town on May 12, 1864, with Don Juan Ramirez elected as the first town head or gobernadorcillo. At that time, there were only 643 inhabitants in Tampus. ![]() On April 9, 1864, a council composed of the Archbishop of Manila, the politico-military governor of Cavite, the Prior Provincial of the Augustinian Recollect Order and the parish priest of Imus met to discuss the creation of the new town and parish to separate from Imus. It was once a part of a vast Recollect Hacienda that supported the various missionary activities of the Recollects in the Philippines and in Spain. In the 19th century during the Spanish Ruling, Dasmariñas was originally called Tampus meaning "end of the forest" in the local Tagalog language. Pérez Dasmariñas came from San Miguel das Negradas of Viveiro, in Galicia, Spain.ĭasmariñas literally means "from As Mariñas" (coastal region of Lugo combining the comarcas of A Mariña Occidental, A Mariña Central and A Mariña Oriental), coming itself from mariño ("of the coast, seaside or shore" in the Galician language, the native tongue from Viveiro Galicia, Spain), and this from mar ("sea"). After his death, his son Luis Pérez Dasmariñas became the governor-general from 1593 to 1596. Etymology ĭasmariñas was named after Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, the 7th Spanish governor-general of the Philippines who served from 1590 to 1593. This growth is manifested by the influx of major shopping malls, hospitals, universities, banks, industrial parks, and the growing number of residential subdivisions accommodating its growing population. With a land area of 90.1 square kilometers (34.8 sq mi) and a population of 703,141 people according to the 2020 census, it is the largest city both in terms of area and population in Cavite and the wealthiest Local Government Unit in terms of city in the province.īeing located just 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from Imus and 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of Manila, the growing congestion and outward urban expansion of the Manila Metropolitan area has led to its rapid development in the late 1900s. ĭasmariñas, officially the City of Dasmariñas ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Dasmariñas), is a 1st class component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. ^ In 1917, the "Perez" in its name was dropped after becoming a town again.
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