Luzon

Luzon

Luzon satellite image captured by Sentinel-2 in 2016
Geography
Location	Southeast Asia
Coordinates	16°N 121°E / 16°N 121°E / 16; 121
Archipelago	Philippines
Adjacent to	Babuyan Channel Burias Pass Philippine Sea Polillo Strait Samar Sea San Bernardino Strait Sibuyan Sea South China Sea Ticao Pass Verde Island Passage
Major islands	Luzon Mindoro Palawan Masbate Catanduanes Busuanga Marinduque Romblon Polillo Burias Ticao Alabat Sibuyan Tablas Culion Balabac Bugsuk Dumaran
Area	109,965 km2 (42,458 sq mi)[1]
Area rank	15th
Coastline	3,249.6 km (2019.21 mi)[1]
Highest elevation	2,928 m (9606 ft)
Highest point	Mount Pulag
Administration
Philippines
Regions	List Region 1 – Ilocos Region Region 2 – Cagayan Valley Region 3 – Central Luzon Region 4A – Calabarzon Region 4B – Mimaropa Region 5 – Bicol Region CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region NCR – National Capital Region
Provinces	List Abra Albay Apayao Aurora Bataan Batangas Benguet Bulacan Cagayan Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Cavite Ifugao Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Isabela Kalinga La Union Laguna Mountain Province Nueva Ecija Nueva Vizcaya Pampanga Pangasinan Quezon Quirino Rizal Sorsogon Tarlac Zambales Outlying island provinces: Batanes Catanduanes Marinduque Masbate Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Romblon
Largest settlement	Quezon City (pop. 2,960,048 [2])
Demographics
Demonym	Luzonian (modern) Luzonense (occasional) Luções/Luzones (archaic)
Population	64,260,312 (2021) (estimate)
Pop. density	490/km2 (1270/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Aeta Bicolano Bolinao Gaddang Ibanag Igorot Bontoc Ibaloi Ifugao Isneg Itneg Kalinga Kankanaey Kalanguya Ilokano Ilongot Itawes Ivatan Kapampangan Pangasinan Sambal Tagalog

Luzon (/luːˈzɒn/ loo-ZON, Tagalog: [luˈson]) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city. With a population of 64 million as of 2021^[update],^[3] it contains 52.5% of the country's total population and is the 4th most populous island in the world.^[4] It is the 15th largest island in the world by land area.

Luzon may also refer to one of the three primary island groups in the country. In this usage, it includes the Luzon Mainland, the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, Polillo Islands to the east, and the outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque and Mindoro, among others, to the south.^[5] The islands of Masbate, Palawan and Romblon are also included, although these three are sometimes grouped with another of the island groups, the Visayas.