Lucena
Highly-urbanized city and capital of Quezon, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucena (IPA: [lʊˈsɛna] loo-SEH-nɘ), officially the City of Lucena (Filipino: Lungsod ng Lucena), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 278,924 people.[5]
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Lucena | |
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City of Lucena | |
Nicknames:
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Motto: BOOM Lucena! | |
Anthem: Ang Lungsod ng Lucena | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°56′N 121°37′E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Calabarzon |
Province | Quezon (geographically only) |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | November 3, 1879[1] |
Cityhood (de jure) | June 17, 1961[2] |
Cityhood (de facto) | August 20, 1961[3] |
Highly urbanized city | July 1, 1991 |
Named for | Lucena, Córdoba, Spain |
Barangays | 33 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Mark Don Victor B. Alcala |
• Vice Mayor | Roderick A. Alcala |
• Representative | David C. Suarez |
• City Council | Members
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• Electorate | 183,412 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 80.21 km2 (30.97 sq mi) |
Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,687 m (5,535 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[5] | |
• Total | 278,924 |
• Density | 3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi) |
• Households | 66,905 |
Demonym | Lucenahin |
Economy | |
• Income class | First class, Highly Urbanized |
• Poverty incidence | 6.40 |
• Revenue | ₱ 1,445 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 2,787 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 1,186 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 892.7 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Manila Electric Company (Meralco) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4300, 4301 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
Native languages | Tagalog |
Website | lucenacity |
It is the largest city and capital of Quezon Province wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but in terms of government and administration, the city is politically independent from that province. It is one of the proposed metropolitan area in the Philippines. Metro Lucena is proposed to included the highly urbanized city of Lucena, as well as the towns of Candelaria, Dolores, Lucban, Pagbilao, Sampaloc, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tayabas and Tiaong.