South Luzon
South Luzon or Southern Luzon is a sub-super region of Luzon in the Philippines, comprising of three regions: the Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol Region. These include the metropolitan areas of Metro Batangas and Urban Laguna. Outside of Metro Manila (NCR) are predominantly Tagalog people and Bicolano people, speakers of the Tagalog language and Bikol languages.[1][2]
South Luzon
Southern Luzon | |
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| Timog Luzon | |
      From left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Puerto Galera, Rizal Monument Calamba, Taal Volcano, Puerto Princesa Underground River & Mt. Banahaw | |
| Continent | Southeast Asia |
| Country | Philippines |
| State | Luzon |
| Region | Bicol Region Metro Naga Calabarzon Metro Batangas Urban Laguna Mimaropa |
| Regional centers | Calamba City Calapan City Legazpi City |
| Highly urbanized cities | Lucena City Puerto Princesa |
| Independent city | Naga |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | TBA |
| Languages | |
| Cities | 21 |
Geography
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Calamba City is the most densly in terms of income and has a lot of numerous industrial zone in Southern Luzon, situated at the vicinity outside of Metro Manila.
Regions
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CALABARZON, 4-A
MIMAROPA, 4-B
BICOL-5
| Region | Regional center | Population (2015) | Basin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicol Region | Legazpi | 5,796,989 | Visayan Sea |
| Calabarzon | Calamba | 14,414,774 | Sibuyan Sea |
| Mimaropa | Calapan | 2,963,360 | Sulu Sea |
Provinces
change| Province/Cities | Capital | Population (2010)[3] |
Area (km²) |
Density (km²) |
Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albay | Legazpi | 1,314,826 | Albay Bicol (Southern Bicolano) | ||
| Batangas | Batangas City | 2,377,395 | 3,165.8 | 751 | Batangeño dialect (Traditional Tagalog) |
| Camarines Norte | Daet | 542,915 | Tayabas dialect (Traditional Tagalog) | ||
| Camarines Sur | Pili | 1,952,544 | 260,964 | Bikol languages (Central Bicolano) | |
| Catanduanes | Virac | 260,964 | |||
| Cavite | Imus | 3,090,691 | 1,287.6 | 2,400.4 | Batangeño dialect (Simplified Tagalog) |
| Laguna | Santa Cruz | 2,669,847 | 1,759.7 | 1,517.2 | Tanay–Paete dialect Batangeño dialect (Traditional Tagalog) |
| Marinduque | Boac | 819,400 | Marinduqueño dialect (Traditional Tagalog) | ||
| Masbate | Masbate City | 892,393 | Masbateño language (Southern Bicolano) | ||
| Occidental Mindoro | Mamburao | 464,000 | Lubang Tagalog (Traditional Tagalog) | ||
| Oriental Mindoro | Calapan | 819,400 | Batangeño dialect (Traditional Tagalog) | ||
| Palawan | Puerto Princesa | 940,200 | Cuyunon, Tagalog | ||
| Quezon | Lucena City | 1,740,638 | 8,706.6 | 199.9 | Tayabas dialect (Traditional Tagalog) |
| Rizal | Antipolo | 2,484,840 | 1,308.9 | 1,898.4 | Tanay–Paete dialect (Simplified Tagalog) |
| Romblon | Romblon | 313,400 | Romblomanon | ||
| Sorsogon | Sorsogon City | 792,949 | Sorsoganon (Southern Bicolano) | ||
| Lucena City | — | Tayabas dialect (Traditional Tagalog) | |||
| Naga | — | Bikol languages (Central Bicolano) | |||
| Puerto Princesa | — | Cebuano language (Cebuano) |
Largest cities or towns in {{{country}}}
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| Rank | Region | Pop. | Rank | Region | Pop. | ||||
 Antipolo  Dasmariñas |
1 | Antipolo | Calabarzon 4-A | 887,399 | 11 | Batangas City | Calabarzon 4-A | 351,437 |  Bacoor  Calamba |
| 2 | Dasmariñas | Calabarzon 4-A | 703,141 | 12 | San Pedro | Calabarzon 4-A | 326,001 | ||
| 3 | Bacoor | Calabarzon 4-A | 664,625 | 13 | Puerto Princesa | Mimaropa 4-B | 307,079 | ||
| 4 | Calamba | Calabarzon 4-A | 539,671 | 14 | San Pablo | Calabarzon 4-A | 285,348 | ||
| 5 | Imus | Calabarzon 4-A | 496,794 | 15 | Lucena | Calabarzon 4-A | 278,924 | ||
| 6 | General Trias | Calabarzon 4-A | 450,583 | 16 | Santo Tomas | Calabarzon 4-A | 218,500 | ||
| 7 | Santa Rosa | Calabarzon 4-A | 414,812 | 17 | Trece Martires | Calabarzon 4-A | 210,503 | ||
| 8 | Biñan | Calabarzon 4-A | 407,437 | 18 | Legazpi | Bicol, 5 | 196,639 | ||
| 9 | Lipa | Calabarzon 4-A | 372,931 | 19 | Tanauan | Calabarzon 4-A | 193,936 | ||
| 10 | Cabuyao | Calabarzon 4-A | 355,330 | 20 | Naga | Bicol, 5 | 174,931 | ||
Related pages
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change- ↑ https://www.touropia.com/southern-luzon-philippines
- ↑ "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "2010 Census of Population". Philippine National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-04-21.