Lucena

Lucena, officially the City of Lucena, (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Lucena), known simply as Lucena City, is a 2nd class and only highly urbanized city in Calabarzon region. It is the capital city of the province of Quezon where it is geographically situated but, in terms of government and administration, Lucena is politically independent from the province. For statistical and geographical purposes, Lucena is grouped with the province of Quezon. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 266,248 people.