Trece Martires
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city of the Philippines in the province of Cavite
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Calabarzon
- Province
- Cavite
- District
- 7th district
- Founded and cityhood
- May 24, 1954
- Named after
- Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
- Barangays
- 13 (see Barangays )
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlungsod
- Mayor
- Gemma B. Lubigan
- Vice mayor
- Romeo L. Montehermoso Jr.
- Representative
- Crispin Diego D. Remulla
- City council
- Members Joyce Ann C. Mojica Tracy Ann S. Anacan Kim Paolo C. Lubigan Anne Jomille D. Humarang Jay-em C. Cunanan Antonio G. Lontoc Anselmo L. Trinidad Angelito E. Vidallon Gregor C. Buendia Leonardo Agustin T. Montehermoso
- Electorate
- 121,194 voters ( 2025 )
- Total
- 39.10 km (15.10 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 123 m (404 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 258 m (846 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 37 m (121 ft)
- Density
- 5,828/km (15,100/sq mi)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Trece Martires
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Cavite
- Population
- 227892
- Area
- 39.10
- Elevation
- 123
- Time zone
- Philippine Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Tanza
- Official website
- trecemartirescity.gov.ph
- Image
- TreceMartiresjf0078 10.JPG
- Households
- 50312
- Dialing code
- 46
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- Commons category
- Trece Martires
- postal code
- 4109
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1955-05-24
- twinned administrative body
- Tainan
- electorate
- 121194
- poverty incidence
- 11.54
- total assets
- 3476360435.08
- total expenditure
- 922674240.32
- total liabilities
- 724525016.72
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1443113921.43
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Encyclopedic overview
Trece Martires ( Tagalog: [ˈtɾɛsɛ ˌmaɾtɪˈɾɛs], Latin American Spanish: [ˈtɾese ˈmaɾtiɾes] , European Spanish: [ˈtɾeθe ˈmaɾtiɾes] ), officially the City of Trece Martires (Filipino: Lungsod ng Trece Martires), is a component city and de facto capital city of the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 227,892 people.
The city was the provincial capital of Cavite until President Ferdinand Marcos transferred it to Imus on June 11, 1977. Despite the capital's relocation, the city still hosts the majority of the offices of the provincial government and some national-level agencies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trece Martires” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.