REGION IV-A CALABARZON

1. CITIES

1.1. AntipoloA Rizal Bacoor Cavite Batangas City Batangas Biñan Laguna Cabuyao Calamba Cavite City Dasmariñas General Trias Imus Lipa Lucena Quezon San Pablo San Pedro Santa Rosa Tagaytay Tanauan Tayabas Trece Martires

2. PROVINCES

2.1. Rizal Cavite Batangas Laguna Quezon

3. PHYSICAL

3.1. Calabarzon is situated south of the National Capital Region, and is bordered by the Manila Bay in the west, Lamon Bay and the Bicol Region in the east, the Tayabas Bay and Sibuyan Sea in the south, and the provinces of Aurora, Bulacan, and Metro Manila in the north. It is home to places like Mount Makiling near Los Baños, Laguna and the Taal Volcano in Talisay, Batangas.

4. POPULATION

4.1. Calabarzon is the most populous region in the Philippines, having 14,414,774 inhabitants in 2015, and is also the country's second most densely populated after NCR.[1]

5. ABOUT

5.1. Calabarzon (/ká-lɑ-bɑr-zon/), formally known as Southern Tagalog Mainland and designated as Region IV-A, is an administrative region in the Philippines. The region comprises five provinces: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon, and one highly urbanized city, Lucena. The name of the region is an acronym of its five component provinces. Its regional center is Calamba City in Laguna.

6. ECONOMY

6.1. Economy Calabarzon is the second largest contributor to the national GDP, accounting for 17% of the gross domestic product. The region boasts a 2.1% inflation rate, lower than the national average of 3%. The region has a 9.2% unemployment rate which is higher than the national average of 7%. Calabarzon, much like the rest of the country, is caught in the middle of being an industrial and an agricultural economy.