General Trias. General Trias ([h??n??????al ??t??ias]), officially the City of General Trias (Filipino: Lungsod ng General Trias), is a component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 450,583 people. Etymology During the earlier part of the Spanish colonial period, General Trias was often referred to as Las Estancias (the ranches), which was once a part of Cavite el Viejo, the present-day Kawit. It was also called Malab??n Grande. The name Malab??n is derived from Tagalog, meaning "having many silt deposits". The first reference seems to be more probable because General Mariano Tr??as, a noted writer, adopted the nom de guerre "Labong Grande, on the other hand, was affixed to the appellation because at the time, the place was a vast wilderness covering Sitio...