Luzon

For the provinces, see List of provinces of Luzon.

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.

Luzon

Sobriquet: Northern Pilipinas
Geography
Location	Southeast Asia
Archipelago	Philippines
Total islands	7,107
Major islands	Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Palawan
Area	109,965 km²
Elevation	2,922 m
Highest point	Pulag
Country
Pilipinas
Mga Rehiyon	Kalakhang Maynila, Bicol Region, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Cordillera, Ilocos & Mimaropa
Largest city	(pop. 9,932,560)
Demographics
Population	39,500,000 (as of 2000)
Density	359.2
Ethnic groups	Aeta, Agta, Bikolano, Ibanag, Igorot, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinanse, Tagalog

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

Mainland Luzon

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.

Sea

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

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

See also: North Luzon

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

Region	Regional center	Division
Ilocos Region	San Fernando	Northwestern Luzon
Cordillera Administrative Region	Baguio	Northcentral Luzon
Cagayan Valley	Tuguegarao	Northeastern Luzon
Central Luzon	San Fernando City	Central Luzon

Southern Luzon

See also: South Luzon

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

Region	Regional center	Division
Metro Manila, NCR	Manila	Metro Manila
Calabarzon, 4-A	Calamba	Southern Luzon
Mimaropa, 4-B	Calapan	Southwestern Luzon
Bicol, 5	Legazpi	Southeastern Luzon

Largest cities of Luzon

Largest cities or towns in {{{country}}} Source: 2020 PH Census Bureau Estimate
	Rank		Region	Pop.	Rank		Region	Pop.
Quezon City Manila	1	Quezon City	Metro Manila, NCR	3,084,270	11	Bacoor	Calabarzon 4-A	661,381	Caloocan Taguig
	2	Manila	Metro Manila, NCR	1,902,590	12	Las Piñas	Metro Manila, NCR	615,549
	3	Caloocan	Metro Manila, NCR	1,712,945	13	Biñan	Calabarzon 4-A	584,479
	4	Taguig	Metro Manila, NCR	1,308,085	14	Calamba	Calabarzon 4-A	575,046
	5	Antipolo	Calabarzon 4-A	913,712	15	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila, NCR	552,255
	6	Pasig	Metro Manila, NCR	853,050	16	Angeles	Central Luzon 3	483,452
	7	Valenzuela	Metro Manila, NCR	725,713	17	General Trias	Calabarzon 4-A	482,453
	8	Dasmariñas	Calabarzon 4-A	744,511	18	Imus	Calabarzon 4-A	481,949
	9	Parañaque	Metro Manila, NCR	703,254	19	Marikina	Metro Manila, NCR	471,323
	10	San Jose del Monte	Central Luzon 3	685,688	20	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila, NCR	465,932

Luzon Metropolitan

Metropolitan	Metropolitan center	Divisions
Metro Baguio	Baguio	Northern Luzon/Cordillera's
Metro Manila	Manila	Southern Luzon/NCR
Urban Laguna	Santa Rosa
Metro Naga	Naga
Metropolitan	Metropolitan center	Divisions
Metro Dagupan	Dagupan	Northern Luzon
Metro Clark	Angeles City	Central Luzon
Metro Olongapo	Olongapo
Metro Batangas	Batangas City	Calabarzon, 4-A

Regions of Luzon State

Island group: LUZON (NORTH PHILIPPINES)
Map	Region (short name)	Regional center	Provinces	Area (km2)	Population (2010)	Density (per km2)
	National Capital Region (NCR)	MANILA (capital)	Metro Manila (cities)	636	11,855,975	18641.5
	Cordillera (CAR)	Baguio City	Abra Apayao Baguio Benguet Ifugao Kalinga Mountain Province	18,294	1,616,867	88.4
	Ilocos (Region I)	San Fernando City	Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur La Union Pangasinan	12,840	4,748,372	369.8
	Cagayan Valley (Region II)	Tuguegarao City	Batanes Cagayan Isabela Nueva Vizcaya Quirino Santiago City	26,838	3,229,163	120.3
	Central Luzon (Region III)	San Fernando City	Angeles City Aurora Bataan Bulacan Nueva Ecija Olongapo Pampanga Tarlac Zambales	21,470	10,137,737	472.2
	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)	Calamba City	Batangas Cavite Laguna Lucena City Quezon Rizal	16,229	12,609,803	777
	MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)	Calapan City	Marinduque Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Puerto Princesa City Romblon	27,456	2,744,671	100
	Bicol (Region V)	Legazpi City	Albay Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Catanduanes Masbate Naga City Sorsogon	17,632	5,420,411	307.4

Luzon Media

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  Bangkang pinawa, an ancient Philippine mortar and pestle

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  Japanese depiction of Luzones in 1671.

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  万国来朝图 Philippines Luzon island (吕宋国) delegates in Peking in 1761

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  Depiction of the Luzon people in 1700s from the Chinese book Huang Qing Zhigong Tu. The Chinese called them Lu Song whom they recognized as a prosperous and powerful "kingdom" under the Spanish Empire.

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  Man of the Island of Luzon 1820 by John Crawfurd

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  La Independencia staff from Manila

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  U.S. Navy ships under attack while entering Lingayen Gulf, January 1945

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  Satellite image of Luzon
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  The Central Luzon plain with Mount Arayat in the background