Calabarzon

Region IV-A
Region IV-A; CALABARZON
	Region
	Location in the Philippines
	Coordinates: 14°00′N 121°30′E / 14°N 121.5°ECoordinates: 14°00′N 121°30′E / 14°N 121.5°E
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

CALABARZON (/ka-la-bar-zon/) is ane o the regions o the Philippines. 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.^[2]

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.

Poleetical diveesions

Provinces

The five provinces which compone CALABARZON are as follaes:

Province/Ceety	Caipital	Govrenor	Population (as o 2010)^[1]	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.^[3]

Heichlie-urbanisit Ceeties

Name	Teep	Mayor	Population (as o 2010)^[1]
Antipolo^¹	1st Class	Casimiro “Jun” Ynares III	677,741
Lucena	1st Class	Roderick A. Alcala	246,392

Component Ceeties

Name	Teep	Province	Mayor	Population (as o 2010)^[1]
Bacoor	1st Cless	Cavite	Strike B. Revilla	520,216
Batangas Ceety	1st Cless	Batangas	Eduardo Dimacuha	305,607
Biñan	1st Cless	Laguna	Marlyn B. Alonte-Naguiat	283,396
Cabuyao	1st Cless	Laguna	Isidro L. Hemedes, Jr.	248,436
Calamba	1st Cless	Laguna	Justin Marc SB. Chipeco	389,377
Cavite Ceety	4t Cless	Cavite	Bernardo Paredes	101,120
Dasmariñas	1st Cless	Cavite	Jennifer A. Barzaga	575,817
Imus	1st Cless	Cavite	Emmanuel L. Maliksi	301,624
Lipa	1st Cless	Batangas	Meynardo A. Sabili	283,468
San Pablo	1st Cless	Laguna	Loreto Amante	248,890
Santa Rosa	1st Cless	Laguna	Arlene B. Arcillas	284,670
Tagaytay	2nt Cless	Cavite	Agnes Tolentino	62,030
Tanauan	1st Cless	Batangas	Antonio Halili	152,393
Tayabas	4t Cless	Quezon	Faustino Silang	91,428
Trece Martires	4t Cless	Cavite	Melandres G. de Sagun Jr.	104,559

Special Ceeties

Name	Teep	Province	Mayor	Population (as o 2010)^[1]
Los Baños	Special Science an Natur Ceety^²	Laguna	Caesar P. Perez	101,884

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Population Counts - CALABARZON Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, National Statistics Office, retrieved March 10, 2013
↑ "Philippines EIA". Emb.gov.ph. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
↑ GRDP by Region Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, National Statistical Coordination Board, retrieved March 10, 2013

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[NSO-1] Population Counts - CALABARZON Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, National Statistics Office, retrieved March 10, 2013

[2] "Philippines EIA". Emb.gov.ph. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[3] GRDP by Region Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, National Statistical Coordination Board, retrieved March 10, 2013

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