Quezon Province, the sixth largest province in the Philippines, is located in the CALABARZON Region . It has boundaries extending as far as the province of Aurora in the North and Camarines Norte in the South. It is bounded on the north by the province of Aurora, on the west by the provinces of Rizal and Laguna, on the southwest by the province of Batangas, and on the southeast by Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur. Tiaong, its first town via the Manila South Road is about 89 kilometers from Metro Manila, while Lucena City, the capital of the province, is about 137 kilometers by road and 133 kilometers by railroad. The total land area of Quezon is 870,660 hectares or 8,706.60 square kilometers representing the largest in the region (53.63%) and the sixth largest in the Philippines accounting for 2.96% land area share. It has forty (40) municipalities and one (1) highly urbanized city, Lucena, which is also its capital. Quezon has a total of 1,242 barangays that is administratively divided into four (4) congressional districts. It has a population density of 2.16 person per hectare or 216 persons per square kilometer thereof. The province has a population of 1,882,900 (2007 Census of Population), with a land area of 8,706.60 square kilometers. The population density is estimated at 216 persons per square kilometer. Of the forty (40) municipalities, Sariaya with about 128,248 population is considered to have the largest population (based on 2007 statistics.) Candelaria, Tiaong and Tayabas rank second, third and fourth, respectively. Lucena City, a highly urbanized area, has 236,390 population.
