CALABARZON Info

 

CALABARZON Region IV-A

 

CALABARZON is one of the regions of the Philippines. It is also designated as Region IV-A and its regional capital is Calamba City in Laguna. The region is composed of five provinces, namely: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon. The region's name is an acronym of the names of these provinces, thus the name CALABARZON.

The region is located in southwestern Luzon, just south and west 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. Executive Order No. 246, dated October 28, 2003, designated Calamba City as the regional center of CALABARZON.

Component Cities: Antipolo City (Rizal), Batangas City (Batangas), Calamba City (Laguna), Cavite City (Cavite), Lipa City (Batangas), Lucena City (Quezon), San Pablo City (Laguna), Santa Rosa City (Laguna), Tagaytay City (Cavite), Tanauan City (Batangas), Trece Martires City (Cavite)

MIMAROPA, also known as Region IV-B, is a region of the Philippines located in Luzon. The name is an acronym that stands for its provinces, which are: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon (also Palawan, since transferred to another region). There is only one city in the entire region: Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro.

The region was created by Executive Order No. 103, dated May 17, 2002, as was Region IV-A (CALABARZON), after Region IV (Southern Tagalog) was divided. Quezon City (the former regional center of Southern Tagalog) remains the regional center of the MIMAROPA region. Executive Order No. 429, dated May 23, 2005 transferred Palawan to Region VI.

Administrative Order No. 129 was issued on August 19, 2005, to "resolve" the negative backlash and as part of the supervison of the transfer process of Palawan from MIMAROPA to Western Visayas.