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Luzon

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Luzon
Nickname: Northern Pilipinas
Quezon City the largest city of Luzon
Map
Geography
LocationSoutheast Asia
ArchipelagoPhilippines
Administration
Pilipinas
Demographics
Population39,500,000

Luzon is an major island in the Philippines. It is situated at northern portion of the country. The vicinity capital of the Philippines, Manila, as well as other cities like Quezon City, are on the island.[1]

As of the 2010 census, 48.5 million people lived on Luzon.

Geography

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Mainland Luzon

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There were having sub super regions the North Luzon composed Ilocos Region (I), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Cagayan Valley (II), Central Luzon (III) and the South Luzon are Metro Manila (NCR), Calabarzon (4A), and Bicol Region (5), except Mimaropa (4B) as islands.

The "Luzon Sea" is located at the 9 dash line of the South China Sea in the southwest neutical miles from Taiwan, The Philippine Sea to the east, West Philippine Sea to the west, Visayan Sea in the central and Mindanao Sea to the south.

Sub regions

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Region Six division Four division Three division Two dibisyon
Ilocos Region (Region I) Ilocandia Northern Luzon Northern & Central Luzon Northern & Central Luzon
Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Cordillera Administrative Region Cordilleras
Central Luzon Central Luzon
National Capital Region Metro Manila Southern Luzon
Calabarzon Southern Tagalog Southern Luzon Southern Luzon
Mimaropa
Bicol Region Bicolandia

Northern Luzon

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Northern Luzon.

Northern Luzon is a sub region located to the north of the Philippine archipelago, comprising 4 regions of Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon.

4 divisions
RegionRegional centerDivision
Ilocos RegionSan FernandoNorthwestern Luzon
Cordillera Administrative RegionBaguioNorthcentral Luzon
Cagayan Valley TuguegaraoNortheastern Luzon
Central LuzonSan Fernando CityCentral Luzon

Southern Luzon

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Southern Luzon is located at the vicinity of Philippine capital (Manila), The sub regions comprising 4 regions; Metro Manila (NCR), Calabarzon (4-A), Mimaropa (4-B) and Bicol Region or 5.

4 divisions
RegionRegional centerDivision
Metro Manila, NCRManilaMetro Manila
Calabarzon, 4-ACalambaSouthern Luzon
Mimaropa, 4-BCalapanSouthwestern Luzon
Bicol, 5LegazpiSoutheastern Luzon
Largest cities of Luzon

Luzon Metropolitan

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MetropolitanMetropolitan centerDivisions
Metro BaguioBaguioNorthern Luzon/Cordillera's
Metro ManilaManilaSouthern Luzon/NCR
Urban LagunaSanta Rosa
Metro NagaNaga
MetropolitanMetropolitan centerDivisions
Metro DagupanDagupanNorthern Luzon
Metro ClarkAngeles CityCentral Luzon
Metro OlongapoOlongapo
Metro BatangasBatangas CityCalabarzon, 4-A

Regions of Luzon State

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Island group: LUZON (NORTH PHILIPPINES)
Map Region
(short name)
Regional center Provinces Area (km2) Population
(2010)[2][3]
Density
(per km2)
National Capital Region
(NCR)
MANILA (capital)
Metro Manila (cities) 636 11,855,975 18641.5
Cordillera
(CAR)
Baguio City
18,294 1,616,867 88.4
Ilocos
(Region I)
San Fernando City
12,840 4,748,372 369.8
Cagayan Valley
(Region II)
Tuguegarao City
26,838 3,229,163 120.3
Central Luzon
(Region III)
San Fernando City
21,470 10,137,737 472.2
CALABARZON
(Region IV-A)
Calamba City
16,229 12,609,803 777
MIMAROPA
(Region IV-B)
Calapan City
27,456 2,744,671 100
Bicol
(Region V)
Legazpi City
17,632 5,420,411 307.4

References

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  1. "Islands of Philippines". islands.unep.ch. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  2. "PSGC Interactive; List of Provinces". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. "PSGC Interactive; List of Cities". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 A highly urbanized city, one class of cities in the Philippines, independent from any province.
  5. 1 2 An independent component city, one class of cities in the Philippines that do not depend of any provincial government.