Calabarzon

It is designatit as Region IV-A an its regional centre is Calamba Ceety in Laguna. The region is componit o five provinces, namely: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, an Quezon; whose names form the acronym CALABARZON. The region is mair formally kent as Soothren Tagalog Mainland an aw.

Region IV-A CALABARZON
Region
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°00′N 121°30′E / 14°N 121.5°E / 14; 121.5 121°30′E / 14°N 121.5°E / 14; 121.5
Kintra	Philippines
Island group	Luzon
Regional centre	Calamba Ceety, Laguna
Area
• Total	16368.12 km2 (6,319.77 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	12,609,803
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 code	PH-40
Provinces	5
Ceeties	17
Municipalities	129
Barangays	4,011
Cong. destricts	19
Leids	Tagalog, English, Chavacano

The region is in soothwastren Luzon, juist sooth an east o Metro Manila an is the seicont maist densely populatit region. CALABARZON an MIMAROPA wur previously combinit thegither as Soothren Tagalog, till thay wur separatit in 2002 bi virtue o Executive Order No. 103. Executive Order No. 246, datit October 28, 2003, designatit Calamba Ceety as the regional centre o CALABARZON. The lairgest ceety o CALABARZON Region an the seicont heichlie-urbanisit ceety is Antipolo Ceety, wi Lucena Ceety bein the first. CALABARZON is the maist populatit region in the Philippines, wi a population o 12,609,803 indwallers.

The region is hame tae a host o important Philippine historical figurs an aw, maist notable o which is the Philippines' naitional hero, Jose Rizal, who wis born in Calamba.

Provinces

 

The five provinces which compone CALABARZON are as follaes:

Banner	Province/Ceety	Caipital	Govrenor	Population (as o 2010)	Aurie (km²)
	Cavite	Trece Martires (de facto) Imus (de jure)	Juanito Victor C. Remulla, Jr.	3,090,691	1,287.6
	Laguna	Santa Cruz	Emilio Ramon P. Ejercito, III	2,669,847	1,759.7
	Batangas	Batangas Ceety	Rosa Vilma Santos-Recto	2,377,395	3,165.8
	Rizal	Antipolo	Rebecca A. Ynares	2,484,840	1,308.9
	Quezon	Lucena	David C. Suarez	1,740,638	8,842.86

Ceeties

CALABARZON is hame tae 17 ceeties, twa o which are heichly urbanisit. Antipolo, in pairticular, is kent as the seivent maist populous ceety in the Philippines. A lairge pairt o CALABARZON is considered a pairt o Greater Manila, an Batangas is hame tae the Metro Batangas metropolitan aurie. CALABARZON haes a gross regional product o ₱1.65 trillion (at current prices), which accoonts for 17% o the naitional GDP.

Heichlie-urbanisit Ceeties

Component Ceeties

Special Ceeties