Lucena City, Philippines

Lucena City Description

Lucena City is the capital city of Quezon province. A highly urbanized city, Lucena City has a current population of 220,834 people. People in Lucena City predominantly speak Tagalog, followed by Bicol, Masbateno and other migrants’ dialects. With a land area of 8,316.90 hectares, Lucena City has more that half of its size devoted to agriculture. Lucena City is growing into a major urban center with an agricultural economy. In Lucena City, a vast portion of what used to be coconut plantations are now converted into residential subdivisions.

Lucena City Attractions

Lucena City makes up for having no forest zone by its three-hectare man-made forest known as the Botanical Garden in Enverga University. Together with a one-half hectare Ecology Park at Brgy. Isabang, Lucena City ecology is kept in balance.

Tayabas Bay, near Lucena City, is one of the excellent fishing grounds in Quezon Province. Other bodies of water found in Lucena City include two big rivers – Dumacaa River and Iyam River. There are few marshes along the seacoast of Lucena City, partly because most of them have been converted into fishponds.

Lucena City Location

Lucena City is bounded on the north and northeast by Pagbilao, on the south and southeast by the Tayabas Bay, on the southwest by the Municipality of Sariaya, and on the northwest by the Municipality of Tayabas. Lucena City is at the southeastern part of Quezon Province.

Lucena City is approximately 137 kilometers southeast of Manila via the Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway.

With its seaport, Lucena City has become a gateway to Southern Tagalog, Metro Manila and other parts of Mainland Luzon from the Bicol region and the island provinces of Marinduque, Masbate, Palawan, and Romblon. Lucena City is linked to its neighboring towns, cities, and provinces through roads, railways, as well as sea and air routes.