CALABARZON (REGION IV A)

(Political Map of CALABARZON)

CALABARZON CALABARZON

Region

Philippines

(/ka-la-bar-zon/) is one of the regions of the Philippines. as Region IV-A and its regional center is Calamba

It is designated City in Laguna.

Cavite
REGION

Laguna
IV - A

Rizal

Quezon

Batangas
The region is composed of five provinces, namely: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon; whose names form the acronym CALABARZON. The region is also more formally known as Southern Tagalog Mainland.

Cause:

Executive Order No. 103

Effect:

Separation of CALABARAZON and MIMAROPA

The region is in southwestern Luzon, just south and east of Metro Manila and is the second most densely populated region. CALABARZON and MIMAROPA were previously combined together as Southern Tagalog, until they were separated in 2002 by virtue of Executive Order No. 103. Executive Order No. 246, dated October 28, 2003, designated Calamba City as the regional center of CALABARZON. The largest city of CALABARZON Region and the second highly-urbanized city is Antipolo City, with Lucena City being the first. CALABARZON is the most populated region in the Philippines, with a population of 12,609,803 inhabitants.

The region is also home to a host of important Philippine historical figures, most notable of which is the Philippines' national hero, Jose Rizal, who was born in Calamba.

As early as the year 900 with the appearance of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription - referenced the cancellation of a debt as enforced by the Lakan of the Kingdom of Tondo.

During the 13th Century Natives in Batangas have populated the Pansipit River and have engaged in trade with China. The Southern Tagalog region was populated by independent villages composed of 50 to 100 families called barangays.

During the Spanish Era the Philippines was divided into various provinces (alcadia governed by a provincial governor (alcalde mayor).

Executive Order No. 103, dated May 17, 2002, made great changes to the Southern Tagalog region. Due to its size, Region IV was split into two separate regions, Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA).

On September 24, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos enacted Presidential Decree No. 1, which organized the provinces into 11 regions as part of Marcos' Integrated Reorganization Plan. The IRP created Region IV, known as the Southern Tagalog region

By the time of the Philippine Revolution in 1898, the region that is now known as CALABARZON comprised the provinces of Cavite, Laguna Batangas, Morong (now named Rizal) and Tayabas (now named Quezon).

The five provinces which compose CALABARZON are as follows:

Flag

Province/City

Capital

Governor

Population (as of 2010)

3,090,691

Area (km)

Cavite

Trece Martires (de facto) Imus (de jure) Santa Cruz Batangas City Antipolo Lucena

Juanito Victor C. Remulla, Jr.

1,287.6

Laguna Batangas Rizal Quezon

Emilio Ramon P. Ejercito, III Rosa Vilma Santos-Recto Rebecca A. Ynares David C. Suarez

2,669,847 2,377,395 2,484,840 1,740,638

1,759.7 3,165.8 1,308.9 8,842.86

CALABARZON is home to 17 cities, two of which are highly urbanized. Antipolo, in particular, is known as the seventh most populous city in the Philippines. A large part of CALABARZON is considered a part of Greater Manila, and Batangas is home to the Metro Batangas metropolitan area. CALABARZON has a gross regional product of 1.65 trillion (at current prices), which accounts for 17% of the national GDP.

Population census of CALABARZON

Year 1990 2000 2010 Pop. 6,349,452 9,320,629 12,609,803 % +46.8% +35.3%

Tagalog Populati

Source: National Statistics Office

CALABARZON has a population of 12.61 million people, the largest of all the regions in the Philippines, with 49.9% being male and 50.1% being female. The population growth rate between 2000 and 2010 of 3.07% decreased from the growth rate between 1990 and 2000 of 3.91%, a trend which coincided with the rest of the nation. Life expectancy for men in CALABARZON is 68.9 years and 75.2 years for women. There are an estimated 356,000 Overseas Filipino Workers originally from CALABARZON.

Prepared by: Moriancumer A. Cabasag