REGION IV-A

1. LAGUNA

1.1. LAGUNA The province acquired its name from the Spanish word “lago” which means lake or lagoon. The city with the highest population is Calamba City, while the least population is the Municipality of Famy. POP DENSITY: 1,117.2 POPULATION: 2,473,530 AREA 1,759.7 CAPITAL: SANTA CRUZ EMILIO RAMON EJERCITO UNA

2. BATANGAS

2.1. BATANGAS Known as the “Cradle of Noble Heroes” , giving homage not only to the heroes it produced but the statesmen that came to lead the country. First class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. One of the highest literacy rates in the country at 96.5% wherein the males have a slightly higher litearacy rate at 97.1% than females with 95.9 % POP DENSITY: 601.8 POPULATION: 2,245,869 AREA 3,165.8 CAPITAL: BATANGAS CITY MARIA ROSE VILMA T. SANTOS- RECTO LIBERAL[2]

3. RIZAL

3.1. RIZAL

3.2. A mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range. Rizal, officially known as the Province of Rizal (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region, just 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national heroes of the Philippines. Rizal is bordered by Metro Manila to the west, Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the southeast. The province also lies on the northern shores of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range.

3.3. POP DENSITY:

3.4. 1,304.3

3.5. POPULATION:

3.6. 1,650,075

3.7. AREA

3.8. 1,308.9

3.9. CAPITAL:

3.10. ANTIPOLO CITY

3.11. REBECCA A. YNARES

3.12. NPC

4. CAVITE It is the cradle of the Philippine revolution and the birthplace of Philippine Independence. Cavite got its name from a Tagalog word kawit (which means hook) owing to the hook-shaped on the Old Spanish map. The land was formerly known as “tangway” where spanish authorities constructed a fort from which the city of Cavite rose. Ethnic groups: Tagalog (85%) Others (8%) Bisaya (5%) Bicolano (3%) ZIP code: 4100-4126 Languages: Tagalog Chavacano English Area: Total 1,574.17 km2 (607.79 sq mi) Land 1,426.06 km2 (550.60 sq mi) POP DENSITY: 1,602.3 POPULATION: 2,856,765 CAPITAL: TRECE MARTIRES CITY JUANITO VICTOR REMULLA LAKAS-CMD/NATIONALISTA/PARTIDO MAGDALO

4.1. CAVITE

5. CALABARZON

6. QUEZON

6.1. Country’s leading producer of coconut products such as coconut oil and copra. A large part of the province is covered in coconut plantations. Province’s economy includes major crops such as rice, corn , banana and coffee lastly the large part of it’s economy, fishing. The province was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second President of the Philippines , and its capital , Lucena City.

6.2. POP DENSITY:

6.3. 186.20

6.4. POPULATION:

6.5. 1,646,510

6.6. AREA

6.7. 8,842.86

6.8. CAPITAL:

6.9. LUCENA CITY

6.10. DAVID SUAREZ

6.11. NUP