REGION 5-A

CALABARZON

Calabarzon formally known asSouthern

Tagalog Mainland and designated
asCALABARZON Region, is anadministrative
regionin thePhilippines. The region comprises
fiveprovinces:Cavite,Laguna,Batangas,Rizal,
andQuezon; whose names form
theacronymCALABARZON. Its regional center
isCalambainLaguna.
Situated just south ofMetro Manilain
southwesternLuzon, the region is the most
populous in the Philippines, having 14,414,774
inhabitants in 2015, and is also the country's
second most densely populated.Prior to its
creation as a region, Calabarzon, together
withMimaropa, formed the historical region
known asSouthern Tagalog, until they were
separated in 2002 by virtue of Executive Order

Calabarzon has a population of

14.4 million people, the largest of
all the regions in the Philippines.
The population growth rate
between 2000 and 2010 of 3.07%
decreased from the growth rate
between 1990 and 2000 of 3.91%,
a trend which coincided with the
rest of the nation. Life expectancy
for men in Calabarzon is 68.9
years and 75.2 years for women.
There are an estimated
356,000Overseas Filipino

A vast majority of people living in Calabarzon

areTagalogs. It is estimated that around 5.8
million Tagalogs live in Region IV-A.Taal, in
particular, is considered the "Heartland of
Tagalog Culture" and is currently the present
"center" of Tagalog culture and people.
Calabarzon is also home to a sizable amount of
people withChinese andSpanishancestry on
account of Chinese immigration and Spanish
colonialization, respectively. Because of this
large majority of Tagalog natives, the majority of
people living in Calabarzon also speak the
Tagalog language.Filipino, being a version of
Tagalog, is also predominant in the
region.Englishis also commonly spoken
throughout Calabarzon and is the language of
business and education. In Cavite,Chavacano,

Composed of 5 provinces, namely: Cavite,

Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon.
ProvinceorH
UC

Capital

Batangas Ci
ty

Batangas

Imus
(de
jure)

Cavite

Trece
Mart
ires
(de

Population(20
15)

[1]

Area[5]

Density

km2

sq
mi

Cities

Muni.

Bgy.

/sq
mi

/km2

18.7
%

2,694,33
5

3,119.75

1,20
4.54

860

2,20
0

31

1,078

25.5
%

3,678,30
1

1,574.17

607.
79

2,300

6,00
0

16

829

facto)

Laguna

Santa Cruz

21.1
%

3,035,08
1

1,917.85

740.
49

1,600

4,10
0

24

674

Quezon

Lucena

12.9
%

1,856,58
2

8,989.39

3,47
0.82

210

540

39

1,209

Rizal

Antipolo

20.0
%

2,884,22
7

1,191.94

460.
21

2,400

6,20
0

13

188

1.8%

266,248

80.21

30.9
7

3,300

8,50
0

33

14,414,7
74

16,873.31

6,31
9.77

850

2,20
0

20

124

4,011

Luc
ena

Total

Sampaloc Lake
Laguna

Bunot Lake

Kalibato Lake

Corregidor
Island

Lake Taal And Taal

Volcano

REGION 4B
MIMAROPA

Mimaropa, formally known as theSouthern

Tagalog Islands,is anadministrative regionin
thePhilippines, designated as MIMAROPA
Region. It is one of two regions in the country
having no land border with another region, the
other beingEastern Visayas. The name is
anacronymcombination of its
constituentprovinces:Mindoro (divided
intoOccidental MindoroandOriental
Mindoro),Marinduque,RomblonandPalawan.
Tagalogis widely spoken in the region. In
Marinduque, the language is spoken with a
unique blend ofBicolanoandVisayan languages.
Aside from Tagalog, there are other major
languages being used by the people in different

ProvinceorHUC

Capital

Population(2015)[1]

Area

km2

Marinduque

Boac

Occidental Mindoro

Mambura

Density

sq mi

/km2

Cities

Muni.

Bgy.

/sq mi

7.9%

234,521

952.58

367.79

250

650

218

16.4%

487,414

5,865.70

2,264.76

83

210

11

162

4,238.40

1,636.46

200

520

14

426

5,656.28

58

150

23

367

o
Oriental Mindoro

Calapan

28.5%

844,059

Palawan

Puerto Pr

28.7%

849,469

Romblon

9.9%

292,781

1,533.50

592.09

190

490

17

219

8.6%

255,116

2,381.02

919.32

110

280

66

2,963,36

29,620.9

11,436.6

100

260

71

1,458

incesa
Romblon

Puerto Princesa

Total

14,649.7
0

Theres a lot of tourist attraction that you

can find in MIMAROPA especially in
Palawan.
Puerto Princesa Palawan
Subterranean River

El Nido
Palawan

Coron Palawan

Puerto Galera

Baco, Oriental
Mindoro

REGION 5
BICOL

TheBicol Region, designated asRegion V. Bicol

comprises sixprovinces, four on theBicol
Peninsulamainland (the southeastern end
ofLuzon) Albay,Camarines Norte,Camarines
Sur, andSorsogon and the offshore island
provinces ofCatanduanesandMasbate.
The regional center and largest city isLegazpi
City, Albay.The region is bounded by theLamon
Bayto the north,Philippine Seato the east, and
theSibuyan SeaandRagay Gulfto the west. The
northernmost provinces,Camarines
NorteandCamarines Sur, are bordered to the
west by the province ofQuezon.
The Bicol Region comprises the southern part
ofLuzon, the largest island in thePhilippine
archipelago. The total land area is 5.9% of the