Luzon
Luzon is the largest and the most populous island of the Philippines. This article also covers a number of nearby smaller islands. The region has a variety of attractions, from the cobblestone streets of the colonial town of Vigan to the bustling metropolis of the national capital Manila to the rice terraces and pine forests of the Cordillera Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Manila and Quezon City.
Manila
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Manila is the capital of the Philippines and a major attraction in terms of culture and heritage in the country. Sprawling, congested and polluted will likely be the first words to enter your mind when you think of Manila but don't let that impression stop…
Quezon City
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Quezon City is the largest city in the Philippines and is one of the constituent cities of Metro Manila. Commonly called QC or Kyusi, it has a population of almost 3 million people in 2020.
Ilocos Sur
Ilocos Sur, officially the Province of Ilocos Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the capital of Vigan, while Candon is the most-populous city.
Destinations to Discover
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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.
Metro Manila
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Metro Manila, on the island of Luzon, is the national capital region of the Philippines. With a population of about 24 million people, it is the smallest and most populous administrative region of the country, contributing 37% of the Philippines' GDP.
Central Luzon
Central Luzon is one of the 17 regions of the Philippines. This "super region" is in the north of Manila. Home to seven provinces, this region has different and distinct cultures.
Ilocos
Ilocos, officially named Ilocos Region and administratively designated Region I, forms the northwest part of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is known for its old towns, historical sites, beaches, and nature attractions.
Bicol
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Bicol, also called Bicolandia is a peninsula at the southeastern end of the largest Philippine island of Luzon. It is known for the world-famous Mayon Volcano and spicy dishes.
Cagayan Valley
Cagayan Valley is a region at the northeastern corner of Luzon. The regional center is Tuguegarao, and is composed of five provinces in administrative terms, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
Luzon Cordilleras
The Cordilleras is a highland region in the northern part of Luzon. Its landscape and geography is dominated by the Cordillera Central, which also extends to parts of nearby Ilocos Region.
Mindoro
Mindoro Island is an unspoiled island that's within easy reach from Manila. The town of Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro province is a popular tourist destination with many beach and entertainment facilities.
Marinduque
Marinduque is an island province in the Luzon island group of the Philippines, east of Mindoro, south of Quezon Province and north of Romblon. The province, which is shaped like a heart, is often called the "Heart of the Philippines", and is the home of the Moriones Festival held during Holy Week.
Batanes
Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes, is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It is the northernmost province in the Philippines, and the smallest, both in population and land area.
Luzon
- Type: Island with 46,200,000 residents
- Description: largest island of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Luzon Island”
- Location: Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Luzon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Luzon-eiland”
- Afrikaans: “Luzon”
- Afrikaans: “Luzoneiland”
- Arabic: “لوزون”
- Armenian: “Լուսոն”
- Asturian: “Luzón”
- Azerbaijani: “Luson adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Luzon”
- Banjar: “Pulau Luzon”
- Bashkir: “Лусон”
- Basque: “Luzon”
- Belarusian: “Лусон”
- Belarusian: “Люсон”
- Bengali: “লুজন”
- Bengali: “লুসোন দ্বীপ”
- Bosnian: “Luzon”
- Breton: “Luzon”
- Bulgarian: “Лусон”
- Catalan: “Illa de Luzón”
- Catalan: “Luzon”
- Catalan: “Luzón”
- Cebuano: “Luzon”
- Cebuano: “Luzón”
- Central Bikol: “Luzon”
- Chavacano: “Luzon”
- Chinese: “Luzon”
- Chinese: “吕宋”
- Chinese: “吕宋岛”
- Chinese: “呂宋”
- Chinese: “呂宋島”
- Chinese: “小吕宋”
- Croatian: “Luzon”
- Czech: “Luzon”
- Danish: “Luzon”
- Dutch: “Luzon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لوزون”
- Esperanto: “Luzon”
- Esperanto: “Luzono”
- Estonian: “Luzon”
- Estonian: “Luzoni saar”
- Fiji Hindi: “Luzon”
- Filipino: “Luzon”
- Finnish: “Luzon”
- French: “Île de Luçon”
- French: “Lucon”
- French: “Luçon”
- French: “Luzon”
- Galician: “Luzón”
- Georgian: “ლუსონი”
- German: “Luzon”
- German: “Luzón”
- Greek: “Λουζόν”
- Greek: “Λουσόν”
- Hebrew: “לוזון”
- Hindi: “लूज़ोन”
- Hungarian: “Luzon”
- Iban: “Luzon”
- Icelandic: “Lúson”
- Ido: “Luzon”
- Iloko: “Amianan a Luzon”
- Iloko: “Luzon”
- Iloko: “Luzón”
- Indonesian: “Luson”
- Indonesian: “Luzon”
- Indonesian: “pulau Lesung”
- Indonesian: “pulau Luson”
- Interlingua: “Luzon”
- Interlingue: “Luzón”
- Irish: “Luzon”
- Italian: “Isola di Luson”
- Italian: “Isola di Luzon”
- Italian: “Isola di Luzón”
- Italian: “Kalusunan”
- Italian: “Luzon”
- Japanese: “ルソン”
- Japanese: “ルゾン”
- Japanese: “ルソン島”
- Japanese: “ルゾン島”
- Japanese: “呂宋”
- Javanese: “Luzon”
- Kazakh: “Lwson”
- Kazakh: “Лусон”
- Kazakh: “لۋسون”
- Khmer: “កោះលូហ្ស៊ុន”
- Kinaray-A: “Loson”
- Kinaray-A: “Luson”
- Kirghiz: “Лусон аралы”
- Kirghiz: “Лусон”
- Korean: “루손”
- Korean: “루손섬”
- Korean: “루쏜섬”
- Korean: “루존 섬”
- Korean: “여송국”
- Lao: “ລູຊອນ”
- Latin: “Luconia”
- Latin: “Luzon”
- Latvian: “Lusona”
- Literary Chinese: “呂宋島”
- Lithuanian: “Lusonas”
- Macedonian: “Лусон”
- Malagasy: “Luzón”
- Malay: “Luzon”
- Malayalam: “ലുസോൺ”
- Marathi: “लुझान”
- Marathi: “लुझॉन”
- Marathi: “लुझोन”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lī-sòng-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lī-sòng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lū-sòng-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lū-sòng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Luzon”
- Mingrelian: “ლუსონი”
- Northern Frisian: “Luzon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Luzon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luzon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luzón”
- Norwegian: “Luzon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Luçon”
- Ossetian: “Лусон”
- Paiwan: “ljusung a qinaljan”
- Pampanga: “Luzon”
- Pangasinan: “Luzon”
- Persian: “جزيره لوزون”
- Persian: “جزیره لوزون”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ لوزون”
- Persian: “لوزون”
- Polish: “Luzon”
- Portuguese: “Lução”
- Portuguese: “Luçon”
- Portuguese: “Luzon”
- Portuguese: “Luzón”
- Romanian: “Luzon”
- Russian: “Лусон”
- Russian: “островъ луконъ.”
- Santali: “ᱞᱩᱡᱳᱱ”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Luzon”
- Serbian: “Luzon”
- Serbian: “Лузон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luzon”
- Slovak: “Luzon”
- Slovenian: “Luzon”
- Spanish: “Isla de Luzon”
- Spanish: “Isla de Luzón”
- Spanish: “Luzon”
- Spanish: “Luzón”
- Swahili: “Luzon”
- Swedish: “Luzon”
- Tagalog: “Isla ng Luzon”
- Tagalog: “Islang Luzon”
- Tagalog: “Luson”
- Tagalog: “Luzon”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Luzon”
- Tagalog: “Pulong Luson”
- Tamil: “லூசோன்”
- Tatar: “Лусон”
- Thai: “เกาะลูซอน”
- Tibetan: “ལུ་ཟོན་”
- Tibetan: “ལུ་ཟོན།”
- Turkish: “Luzon Adası”
- Turkish: “Luzon”
- Ukrainian: “Лусон”
- Urdu: “لوزون”
- Uzbek: “Luson (orol)”
- Uzbek: “Luson”
- Venetian: “Luson”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Luzon”
- Vietnamese: “Lữ Tống”
- Vietnamese: “Luzon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Luzon”
- Welsh: “Luzon”
- Welsh: “Ynys Luzon”
- Western Frisian: “Luzon”
- Western Mari: “Лусон”
- Western Panjabi: “لوزون”
- Wu Chinese: “吕宋”
- Yue Chinese: “呂宋”
- Yue Chinese: “呂宋島”
- “Lução”
- “Luzón”
- “ma Luson”
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