Luzon

The country’s largest island, with an area of 40,420 sq mi (104,688 sq km), it is the site of  Quezon City and  Manila, the nation’s capital. Located in the northern Philippine archipelago, it is bounded by the Philippine Sea, the Sibuyan Sea, and the South China Sea, and it is separated from Taiwan and by the Luzon Strait. It represents one-third of the country’s land area and half of its population. It is largely mountainous; in 1991 the eruption of Mount Pinatubo altered the island’s geography. It is the country’s leader in both industry and agriculture.

Below are the 8 of the 17 administrative regions that merely serve as administrative groupings of provinces.

• Ilocos Regions – Region I
• Cagayan Valley – Region II
• Central Luzon – Region III
• CALABARZON – Region IV-A
• MIMAROPA – Region IV-B
• Bicol Region – Region V
• Cordillera Administrative Region – CAR
• National Capital Region – NCR