Cavite is now the country's most densely populated province with over three million people living in its 20 towns and cities.

In an interview, Gov. Ayong S. Maliksi said the province’s growing population was one of the main causes of traffic jams particularly in the lowland areas.

"The big population of the province speaks for itself. We are now three million. Cavite is the country's most populated province, based on records," said Maliksi.

Region 4-A, or the Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon (Calabarzon) area, has the biggest population among the 16 regions in the country with 11,743,110 million, based on the survey made by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Aug. 1, 2007.

The number of people in Region 4-A was 13 percent of the country's total population of 88,574,614, the NSO records showed.

The population of Cavite as of August 1, 2007 was 2,856,765. The figure was higher by 793,604 as compared to the 2000 census report with 2,063,161. The NSO said that the average annual population growth rate of the province during the seven-year period was 4.59 percent.

The number of the people in Cavite is 24.33 percent of the population of Region 4-A. Based on the accounts, the population of Cavite by this year is over three million.

Records revealed that among the 20 municipalities and cities of Cavite, the most populated areas are Dasmariñas with 556,330, followed by Bacoor, the province's gateway, with 441,197 and Imus, the capital, with 253,158.

Officials said that the neighboring Bacoor, Imus and Dasmariñas are the most traffic-prone areas in the province.

The towns with the least population are all in District III or the upland area. The three towns with the smallest population are General Aguinaldo with 17,818, Magallanes 18,890 and Ternate 20,457.

The population of Tagaytay City, the No. 1 tourist destination, is 45,287.

The August 2007 survey showed that Trece Martires, the provincial capitol site, was the fastest growing city in terms of population growth rate. The city has a population of 90,177, based on the 2007 census report.

Cavite is a first-class province south of the National Capital Region (NCR). It is known as the cradle of Philippine revolution and birthplace of the country's independence.

There are at least 20 tourist spots in the province. The most frequently-visited area is Tagaytay City.

More than one million foreign and local tourists visit Tagaytay alone every year to take a glimpse of the Taal Volcano, the smallest volcano in the world which crater is within a lake, and enjoy the cool climate of the city.

Traffic jams remained to be a problem in the city particularly along Aguinaldo Highway in Bacoor and Imus areas. The Aguinaldo road is a 42-kilometer stretch from Bacoor to Tagaytay.

Traffic stalled on the highway during rush hours everyday especially during Christmas and Lenten seasons due to the big volume of vehicles that pass by the area.