Thursday, February 8, 2007

-- DasMariñaS --

Dasmariñas is about 8,234 hectares, 12 kilometers from Metro Manila or the the National Capital Region and 27 kilometers south of the center of the City of Manila. It is bounded by the municipalities of Imus and Silang, both in Cavite at the north and south respectively, at the east by the towns of San Pedro and Biñan by the side of Laguna Province and Carmona and at the west, it is bounded by General Trias,also in Cavite and a little further from this boundary is Trece Martirez City.
Topography
Dasmariñas is partly lowland and partly hill. The Poblacion itself is elevated. From an elevation of 80 meters at the Poblacion, the land rises to 250 meters towards Silang. Generally, land near rivers and creeks are rugged. Dasmariñas is outside the typhoon belt and has no fault line constraints. Further, it is served by natural drainage system since it is traversed by several rivers and water tributaries draining to the Manila Bay. The town has not yet to experienced floods. http://elgu2.ncc.gov.ph/dasmarinas/index.php?id1=4

Religion

Majority of the people are Roman Catholics but there is a fast-growth of Protestant/Christian Churches throughout Dasmariñas. Iglesia ni Cristo, Baptist, Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon Churches and Islam are established in the area. http://elgu2.ncc.gov.ph/dasmarinas/index.php?id1=6

~~teresa alicio~~


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