South Luzon

South Luzon or Southern Luzon is a sub-super region of Luzon in the Philippines, comprising of three regions: the Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol Region. These include the metropolitan areas of Metro Batangas, Metro Lucena and Urban Laguna. Outside of Metro Manila (NCR) are predominantly Tagalog people and Bicolano people, speakers of the Tagalog language and Bikol languages.^[1][2]

South Luzon Southern Luzon
Sub region
Timog Luzon Timog Katagalugan Katimugang Luzon
From left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Puerto Galera, Rizal Monument Calamba, Taal Volcano, Puerto Princesa Underground River & Mt. Banahaw
Continent	Southeast Asia
Country	Philippines
Archipelago	Luzon
Region	Bicol Region Metro Naga Calabarzon Metro Batangas Metro Lucena Urban Laguna Mimaropa
Regional centers	Calamba City Calapan City Legazpi City
Highly urbanized cities	Lucena City Puerto Princesa
Independent city	Naga
Population  (2015)
• Total	TBA
Languages	Filipino Tagalog, Taglish Batangeño Tayabas Bicol Masbateño
Cities	21

Geography

Calamba City is the industrious city of Southern Luzon.

Calamba City is the most densly in terms of income and has a lot of numerous industrial zone in Southern Luzon, situated at the vicinity outside of Metro Manila.

Regions

CALABARZON, 4-A

MIMAROPA, 4-B

BICOL-5

Region	Regional center	Population (2015)	Basin
Bicol Region	Legazpi	5,796,989	Visayan Sea
Calabarzon	Calamba	14,414,774	Sibuyan Sea
Mimaropa	Calapan	2,963,360	Sulu Sea

Provinces

See also: List of provinces of Luzon

Province/Cities	Capital	Population (2010)[3]	Area (km²)	Density (km²)	Languages
Albay	Legazpi	1,314,826			Albay Bicol (Southern Bicolano)
Batangas	Batangas City	2,377,395	3,165.8	751	Batangeño dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Camarines Norte	Daet	542,915			Tayabas dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Camarines Sur	Pili	1,952,544	260,964		Bikol languages (Central Bicolano)
Catanduanes	Virac	260,964
Cavite	Imus	3,090,691	1,287.6	2,400.4	Batangeño dialect (Simplified Tagalog)
Laguna	Santa Cruz	2,669,847	1,759.7	1,517.2	Tanay–Paete dialect Batangeño dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Marinduque	Boac	819,400			Marinduqueño dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Masbate	Masbate City	892,393			Masbateño language (Southern Bicolano)
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	464,000			Lubang Tagalog (Traditional Tagalog)
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan	819,400			Batangeño dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Palawan	Puerto Princesa	940,200			Cuyunon, Tagalog
Quezon	Lucena City	1,740,638	8,706.6	199.9	Tayabas dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Rizal	Antipolo	2,484,840	1,308.9	1,898.4	Tanay–Paete dialect (Simplified Tagalog)
Romblon	Romblon	313,400			Romblomanon
Sorsogon	Sorsogon City	792,949			Sorsoganon (Southern Bicolano)
Lucena City	—				Tayabas dialect (Traditional Tagalog)
Naga	—				Bikol languages (Central Bicolano)
Puerto Princesa	—				Cebuano language (Cebuano)

Largest cities or towns in {{{country}}} Source: 2020 PH Census Bureau Estimate
	Rank		Region	Pop.	Rank		Region	Pop.
Antipolo Dasmariñas	1	Antipolo	Calabarzon 4-A	887,399	11	Batangas City	Calabarzon 4-A	351,437	Bacoor Calamba
	2	Dasmariñas	Calabarzon 4-A	703,141	12	San Pedro	Calabarzon 4-A	326,001
	3	Bacoor	Calabarzon 4-A	664,625	13	Puerto Princesa	Mimaropa 4-B	307,079
	4	Calamba	Calabarzon 4-A	539,671	14	San Pablo	Calabarzon 4-A	285,348
	5	Imus	Calabarzon 4-A	496,794	15	Lucena	Calabarzon 4-A	278,924
	6	General Trias	Calabarzon 4-A	450,583	16	Santo Tomas	Calabarzon 4-A	218,500
	7	Santa Rosa	Calabarzon 4-A	414,812	17	Trece Martires	Calabarzon 4-A	210,503
	8	Biñan	Calabarzon 4-A	407,437	18	Legazpi	Bicol, 5	196,639
	9	Lipa	Calabarzon 4-A	372,931	19	Tanauan	Calabarzon 4-A	193,936
	10	Cabuyao	Calabarzon 4-A	355,330	20	Naga	Bicol, 5	174,931

Related pages

• North Luzon (sub-region)
• Central Luzon (region)