CALABARZON

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Region IV-A
CALABARZON
Divisions

Regional center	Calamba City, Laguna
Population	9,320,629
– Density	574.3 per km²
Area	16,228.6 km²
– Provinces	5
– Cities	11
– Municipalities	131
– Barangays	4,012
– Cong. districts	19
Languages	Tagalog

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.

[edit] Political Divisions

	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 City¹	—	196,075	56.3	2,483

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

[edit] Component Cities

	Philippines
Capital	Manila \| National Capital Region
Provinces	Abra \| Agusan del Norte \| Agusan del Sur \| Aklan \| Albay \| Antique \| Apayao \| Aurora \| Basilan \| Bataan \| Batanes \| Batangas \| Benguet \| Biliran \| Bohol \| Bukidnon \| Bulacan \| Cagayan \| Camarines Norte \| Camarines Sur \| Camiguin \| Capiz \| Catanduanes \| Cavite \| Cebu \| Compostela Valley \| Cotabato \| Davao del Norte \| Davao del Sur \| Davao Oriental \| Dinagat Islands \| Eastern Samar \| Guimaras \| Ifugao \| Ilocos Norte \| Ilocos Sur \| Iloilo \| Isabela \| Kalinga \| La Union \| Laguna \| Lanao del Norte \| Lanao del Sur \| Leyte \| Maguindanao \| Marinduque \| Masbate \| Misamis Occidental \| Misamis Oriental \| Mountain Province \| Negros Occidental \| Negros Oriental \| Northern Samar \| Nueva Ecija \| Nueva Vizcaya \| Occidental Mindoro \| Oriental Mindoro \| Palawan \| Pampanga \| Pangasinan \| Quezon \| Quirino \| Rizal \| Romblon \| Samar \| Sarangani \| Shariff Kabunsuan \| Siquijor \| Sorsogon \| South Cotabato \| Southern Leyte \| Sultan Kudarat \| Sulu \| Surigao del Norte \| Surigao del Sur \| Tarlac \| Tawi-Tawi \| Zambales \| Zamboanga del Norte \| Zamboanga del Sur \| Zamboanga Sibugay
Other subdivisions	Regions \| Cities \| Municipalities \| Barangays \| Legislative districts
Territorial disputes	Sabah \| Scarborough Shoal \| Spratly Islands