CALABARZON

'CALABARZON' is one of the regions of the Philippines. It is also designated as 'Region IV-A' and its regional capital is Calamba City in Laguna. The region is composed of five provinces, namely: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon. The region's name is an acronym of the names of these provinces.
The region is located in southwestern Luzon, just south and west of Metro Manila and is the second most densely populated region.
CALABARZON and MIMAROPA were previously combined together as Southern Tagalog, until they were separated in 2002. Palawan was subsequently moved from MIMAROPA to the more logical Western Visayas, turning the former into MIMARO.
Executive Order No. 246, dated October 28, 2003, designated Calamba City as the regional center of CALABARZON.

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Political Divisions

Component Cities

Governors

References

Political Divisions

Province		Capital	Population (2000)	Area (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)
	Batangas	Batangas City	1,905,348	3,165.8	601.8
	Cavite	Trece Martires City	2,063,161	1,287.6	1,602.3
	Laguna	Santa Cruz	1,965,872	1,759.7	1,117.2
	Quezon	Lucena City	1,463,030	8,706.6	171.7
	Rizal	Antipolo City	1,707,143	1,308.9	1,304.3
	Lucena City'¹'	—	196,075	56.3	2,483

'¹' Lucena City is a highly urbanized city; figures are excluded from Quezon Province.

Component Cities

★ Antipolo City, Rizal

★ Batangas City, Batangas

★ Calamba City, Laguna

★ Cavite City, Cavite

★ Lipa City, Batangas

★ Los Baños, Laguna

★ San Pablo City, Laguna

★ Santa Rosa City, Laguna

★ Tagaytay City, Cavite

★ Tanauan City, Batangas

★ Tayabas City, Quezon

★ Trece Martires City, Cavite
"On August 7, 2000, Los Baños was declared as a "Special Science and Nature City of the Philippines" through Presidential Proclamation No. 349 in recognition as a center for science and technology in the development of agriculture and preservation of the environment.

Governors

★ Erineo "Ayong" S. Maliksi (LP-A) of Cavite

★ Rosa Vilma "Vi" Santos-Recto (Lakas-CMD) of Batangas

★ Teresita "Ningning" S. Lazaro (Lakas-CMD) of Laguna

★ Dr. Casimiro B. Ynares III (PDP-Laban) of Rizal

★ Raphael "Raffy" B. Nantes (LP-D) of Quezon

References