Carmona (Cavite)

Carmona is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.GeographyCarmona is located on the south-eastern part of the province of Cavite, approximately south of Manila and from Trece Martires City, Cavite’s provincial capital. It is bounded on the north, east and south by the City of Biñan, Laguna, Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) on the north-west and Silang on the south-west. The geographic coordinates of Carmona are about 14.32° latitude and 121.06° longitude.Land areaWith a total land area of 3,092 hectares or 30.92 square kilometers, Carmona represented 2.17% of the total land area of the province. These areas are currently occupied by 14 barangays of which 7 are considered Poblacion barangays and 7 others are regular barangays. Barangay Lantic is the largest area while Barangay 2 has the smallest area.TopographyThe topography of Carmona is generally flat to strongly rolling or sloping, partly lowland and partly hill. Carmona is divided into four physiographical areas: the lowest lowland area, the lowland area, the central hilly area and the upland mountainous area. The lowest lowland area is generally flat plain. This area comprises the Barangay Maduya and a small portion of Cabilang Baybay. The lowland area consists of the flat plains and valley areas where there are parts that are not even ground. The area can be found in Poblacion 1 through 8, and in a small portion of Lantic, Milagrosa, Cabilang Baybay and Mabuhay. The central hilly area is generally found on the mountain foothills. It forms the rolling tuffaceous plateau. This topography includes steep hills, ridges and an elevated inland valley. This area comprises the rest of Barangay Milagrosa, a small portion of Barangay Cabilang Baybay and the middle portion of Barangay Mabuhay and Lantic. The upland mountainous area is the hilly and mountainous area. This area comprises the western part of Carmona including the Barangay Bancal and the rest of Barangay Mabuhay and Lantic. It is situated at a very high elevation.