It occupies 1.9033 square kilometers (0.7349 sq mi) and is bounded by EDSA to the north, McKinley Road to the northeast, Pili Avenue/Forbes Park South to the east, Maricaban Creek to the south, and Ecology Village to the west.

It is roughly coterminous with Dasmariñas Village, a gated private residential subdivision.

Dasmariñas Village was developed by Ayala Compañía in the early 1960s and was originally conceived as part of Forbes Park.

[3] DVA was incorporated in 1965, while Barangay Dasmariñas was split from Forbes Park and established in 1971.

[2] Colegio San Agustin, a private co-educational school founded in 1969, is located within the premises of Dasmariñas Village, specifically on Palm Avenue.