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Poverty incidence of Calabarzon 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2006 10.27 2009 11.92 2012 10.92 2015 12.46 2018 7.15 2021 7.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Calabarzon is the second largest contributor to the national GDP, accounting for 17% of the gross domestic product. The region boasts a 2.1% inflation rate, lower than the national average of 3%. The region has a 9.2% unemployment rate ...
Website. www.calambacity.gov.ph. Calamba, officially the City of Calamba (Filipino: Lungsod ng Calamba), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 539,671 people making it the largest city in the province. [ 4 ] Calamba is the regional center of the Calabarzon ...
The Known World. The Known World is a historical novel by American author Edward P. Jones, published in 2003. Set in antebellum Virginia, the novel explores the complex and morally ambiguous world of slavery, focusing on the unusual phenomenon of black enslavers. The book received widespread critical acclaim for its innovative storytelling ...
Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906 – August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer.Critic Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's "excessive romanticism and emphasis on rhyme and meter". [1]
The Gone-Away World is the debut novel of British author Nick Harkaway, a science fiction story set in a post-apocalyptic world crippled by the 'Go-Away War'. The book was first published in June 2008 by Heinemann. The book is written from the perspective of a single character, part of a group of ex-special operatives turned truckers that ...
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national heroes of the Philippines.
It is the second largest protected area in Calabarzon, after the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape, with an area of 10,900.59 hectares (26,935.9 acres). [3] The park is located at the border of Laguna and Quezon provinces and includes the features it is named after: Mount Banahaw and, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to its west, Mount San ...
Quezon, east of Metro Manila, is the 8th largest province in the Philippines having an area of 8,989.39 square kilometers (3,470.82 sq mi). [ 52 ] It is the largest province of Calabarzon, comprising 879,660 hectares (2,173,700 acres) or 52.13% of the total land area of the region. [ 53 ]