Lucena City

Lucena, officially the City of Lucena, (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Lucena), known simply as Lucena City, is a 2nd class highly urbanized city in Calabarzon region. It is currently the only 2nd class city which is a Highly Urbanized City. 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.