South Luzon

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

## Geography

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

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

## Provinces

|Province/Cities|Capital|Population (2010) !! 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||rowspan="2"|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)||

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: South Luzon
- **native name**: _Southern Luzon_
- **official name**: Timog Luzon
Timog Katagalugan
Katimugang Luzon
- **settlement type**: Regions of the Philippines, Sub region
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of South Luzon within the Philippines
- **subdivision type**: Continent
- **subdivision name**: Southeast Asia
- **subdivision type1**: Country
- **subdivision name1**: Philippines
- **subdivision type2**: Archipelago
- **subdivision name2**: Luzon
- **subdivision type3**: Region
- **subdivision name3**: Bicol Region
Calabarzon
Mimaropa
- **subdivision type4**: Metropolitan area
- **subdivision name4**: _Metro Batangas_
_Metro Lucena_
_Metro Naga_
_Urban Cavite_
_Urban Laguna_
- **subdivision type5**: Regional centers
- **subdivision name5**: Calamba City
Calapan, Calapan City
Legazpi, Albay, Legazpi City
- **subdivision type6**: Highly urbanized cities
- **subdivision name6**: _Lucena City_
_Puerto Princesa_
- **subdivision type7**: Independent city
- **subdivision name7**: Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga
- **population total**: To be announced, TBA
- **population as of**: 2015
- **blank name sec1**: Languages of the Philippines, Languages
- **blank1 name sec2**: Cities of the Philippiness, Cities
- **blank1 info sec2**: 21