Calabarzon
Calabarzon is a region of southwestern Luzon, the main island in the Philippines. Not very far from the sprawl of Metro Manila, it provides a variety of tourist spots, from heritage towns to luxurious beach resorts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Batangas City and Taal Volcano.
Batangas City
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Batangas, the capital of Batangas province, is a major seaport, second to Manila among the ports on Luzon, and a gateway to the rest of the archipelago.
Taal Volcano
Taal Volcano is an active complex stratovolcano in the province of Batangas, Philippines, on an island in Taal Lake. It is one of the provincial symbols of Batangas, appearing on the new provincial seal and flag.
Tagaytay
Located at a mountain ridge on southern Cavite, the city of Tagaytay provides a mildly cool refuge from Manila's gritty side. It is the unofficial "Second Summer Capital" of the Philippines, and its proximity to Metro Manila draws local and foreign tourists alike.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Batangas and Cavite.
Batangas
Batangas is a province in the southern part of Luzon, the main island of the northern Philippines. It is the cradle of the Tagalog culture. Being near to Metro Manila, Batangas is a frequently visited area, with its share of resorts and heritage sites.
Cavite
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Cavite is a province in the Calabarzon region of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the most densely populated province in the Philippines, with a population of about 3.7 million people.
Laguna
Laguna is a province in the Calabarzon region of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, wrapped around the large lake Laguna de Bay. It is one of the most progressive, historical and cultural provinces in the Philippines.
Quezon
Often called Quezon Province to distinguish it from Quezon City, Quezon is a province in Calabarzon which is rich in culture and nature. It has a bad reputation as a rainforest backwater along the highway to Bicol, but its festivals, hidden beaches, and historical monuments are things worth visiting.
Rizal
The province of Rizal is the "R" in Calabarzon. It is a province to the east of Metro Manila with boundaries of the westernmost towns and cities of Cainta and Taytay blurring into the city of Pasig in the capital region.
Calabarzon
- Type: region of the Philippines with 16,900,000 residents
- Description: administrative region of the Philippines
- Also known as: “CALABARZON”, “Region 4-A”, “Region IV-A”, and “Southern Tagalog Mainland”
- Location: Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Calabarzon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كالابارزون”
- Armenian: “Կալաբարսոն”
- Asturian: “Calabarzon”
- Balinese: “Calabarzon”
- Banjar: “Calabarzon”
- Basque: “Calabarzon”
- Bengali: “কালাবারজোন”
- Burmese: “ကလဘားဇွန်”
- Capiznon: “Calabarzon”
- Catalan: “Calabarzon”
- Cebuano: “Calabarzon”
- Central Bikol: “Calabarzon”
- Chavacano: “Calabarzon”
- Chinese: “CALABARZON”
- Chinese: “卡拉巴松”
- Chinese: “卡拉巴鬆”
- Croatian: “Calabarzon”
- Dutch: “Calabarzon”
- Dutch: “CALABARZON”
- Esperanto: “CALABARZON”
- Esperanto: “Ĉeftera Sudtagalujo”
- Esperanto: “Ĉeftersudtagalujo”
- Finnish: “Calabarzon”
- French: “Calabarzon”
- Georgian: “კალაბარსონი”
- German: “Calabarzon”
- German: “CALABARZON”
- Gorontalo: “Calabarzon”
- Hebrew: “קלבארזון”
- Hiligaynon: “Calabarzon”
- Hindi: “कालाबारज़ोन”
- Iloko: “Calabarzon”
- Iloko: “Nangruna a Daga ti Akin-abagatan a Tagalog”
- Iloko: “Rehion IV-A”
- Indonesian: “Calabarzon”
- Indonesian: “Tagalog Selatan Daratan”
- Italian: “Calabarzon”
- Italian: “Regione IV-A”
- Japanese: “カラバルソン地方”
- Javanese: “Calabarzon”
- Kinaray-A: “Calabarzon”
- Korean: “칼라바르손 지방”
- Latin: “Calabarzon”
- Latin: “CALABARZON”
- Latvian: “Kalabarsona”
- Lithuanian: “Calabarzon”
- Lithuanian: “Kalabarsonas”
- Macedonian: “Калабарсон”
- Macedonian: “КАЛАБАРСОН”
- Macedonian: “Регион IV-A”
- Macedonian: “Регион IV-А”
- Malay: “Calabarzon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Calabarzon”
- Minangkabau: “Calabarzon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calabarzon”
- Norwegian: “Calabarzon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Calabarzon”
- Pampanga: “Calabarzon”
- Pangasinan: “Calabarzon”
- Persian: “کالابارزون”
- Polish: “Calabarzon”
- Portuguese: “Calabarção”
- Portuguese: “Calabarzon”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Calabarzon”
- Russian: “Калабарсон”
- Russian: “КАЛАБАРСОН”
- Scots: “Calabarzon”
- Slovenian: “Calabarzon”
- Spanish: “Calabarzon”
- Spanish: “Calabarzón”
- Spanish: “Región 4-A”
- Spanish: “Región IV-A”
- Spanish: “Tierra Firme Tagala Meridional”
- Sundanese: “Calabarzon”
- Swedish: “Calabarzon”
- Tagalog: “Calabarzon”
- Tagalog: “CALABARZON”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon 4-A”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon IV-A”
- Tamil: “கலபர்சொன்”
- Tetum: “Calabarzon”
- Thai: “เขตคาลาบาร์โซน”
- Turkish: “Bölge IV-A”
- Turkish: “Calabarzon”
- Turkish: “CALABARZON”
- Ukrainian: “Калабарсон”
- Urdu: “کالابارزون”
- Venetian: “Calabarzon”
- Venetian: “CALABARZON”
- Vietnamese: “Calabarzon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Calabarzon”
- Yue Chinese: “卡拉巴鬆”
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