Luzon

Luzon is the biggest and maximum populous island in the Philippines. It is ranked fifteenth largest in the world through land region. Located within the northern portion of the archipelago, it is the monetary and political middle of the country, being home to the united states's capital metropolis, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the us of a's most populous city. With a population of 53 million as of 2015, it's miles the fourth most populous island in the international, containing fifty two.5% of the country's general population.

Luzon may additionally discuss with one of the three primary island businesses in the us of a. As such, it consists of the Luzon mainland, the Batanes and Babuyan corporations of islands to the north, Polillo Islands to the east, and the outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque and Mindoro, among others, to the south. The islands of Masbate, Palawan and Romblon also are covered as nicely, even though those three are every so often grouped in the Visayas.