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Lucena | |
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| City of Lucena | |
 .jpg) .JPG)  .jpg)  Clockwise from top left: St. Ferdinand Cathedral, Tayabas Capitol (Quezon Provincial Capitol), Quezon Avenue, Quezon Monument, Lucena Diversion Road Underpass, Port of Lucena | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: BOOM Lucena! | |
| Anthem: Ang Lungsod ng Lucena | |
 Map of Calabarzon with Lucena highlighted | |
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.svg)  Lucena Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 13°56′N 121°37′E / 13.93°N 121.62°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Quezon (geographically only) |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | November 3, 1879[1] |
| Cityhood (de jure) | June 17, 1961[2] |
| Cityhood (de facto) | August 20, 1961[3] |
| Highly urbanized city | July 1, 1991 |
| Named for | Lucena, Córdoba, Spain |
| Barangays | 33 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
| • mayor of Lucena[*] | Mark Don Victor B. Alcala |
| • Vice Mayor | Roderick A. Alcala |
| • Representative | David C. Suarez |
| • City Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 183,412 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 80.21 km2 (30.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,687 m (5,535 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[5] | |
• Total | 278,924 |
| • Density | 3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi) |
| • Households | 66,905 |
| Demonym | Lucenahin |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | First class, Highly Urbanized |
| • Poverty incidence | 6.40 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 1,445 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 2,787 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 1,186 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 892.7 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Manila Electric Company (Meralco) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4300, 4301 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
| Native languages | Tagalog |
| Website | lucenacity |
Lucena (IPA: [lʊˈsɛna] loo-SEH-nɘ), officially the City of Lucena (Filipino: Lungsod ng Lucena), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 278,924 people.[5]
It is the largest city and capital of Quezon Province wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but in terms of government and administration, the city is politically independent from that province. It is one of the proposed metropolitan area in the Philippines. Metro Lucena is proposed to included the highly urbanized city of Lucena, as well as the towns of Candelaria, Dolores, Lucban, Pagbilao, Sampaloc, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tayabas and Tiaong.
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- ^ "An Act Creating the City of Lucena". thecorpusjuris.com. November 26, 2015. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.