Lucena City

Quezon Province
Ma.EddelFrancescaDelRosario
SDS11

Basics on Lucena City

Capital City of
Quezon Province

Gateway and
Melting Pot City of
Southern Luzon
Highly Urbanized City
2 hrs from San Pablo
4-5 hrs from Metro
Manila

What will you see?

Coconut plantations
Ports and Terminals
Schools
Government Offices
Health facilities
Commercial and
Trading Centers
Pansit Chami

Economic Characteristics
Economically developed and highly urbanized
due to investments on infrastructure
Road Network Lucena
Grand Central Terminal
-Connects NCR to
Bicol, southern
Quezon, Lucban,
Tayabas, Pagbilao,
Marinduque, etc.

Economic Characteristics
Economically developed and highly urbanized
due to investments on infrastructure
Port of Lucena
- Dalahican
- Important maritime
transportation center
PNR Lucena Station
- served Bicol
Express and Mayon
Limited

Economic Characteristics
Presence of Central Business District in
the Town Proper and other commercial
areas in near barangays
-Malls: SM City Lucena, Pacific Mall, SM Savemore
Agora, Metro Lucena, etc.
- Several 711 stores all over
-Fast Foods, food hubs, bars
- Diverse retail and wholesale stores lining the
streets
- Meerchandise, supplies, raw materials

Economic Characteristics
Agro-industrial based: Cocopalm City of the
South
- Prevalence of Coco mills
- Coconut Plantations
*Note: Copra has a strong scent you can smell
while passing through a Coco mill

Other industries:
- milled rice, distilled liquor, dried fish, bamboo
& rattan furniture, meat & fish products, etc.

Agriculture and Agro-industries

Economic Characteristics
Tourism from facilities, amenities, some
resorts
-

Quezon Convention Center

Queen Margarette Hotel, Star Garden
Gyms and Alcala Sports Complex
Pasayahan sa Lucena and Chami Festival
Pahiyas festival at Lucban

Economic Consequences
(+)
Revenue for development
Fresh food in the market
(-)
Crowding of People
Disorderly business districts*
Less Perez Park visitors
Noise and Air Pollution

Social Characteristics
Total Population of 246,392 as of May 2010
Annual PGR of 2.31%
Attracts migrants from neighboring cities, towns,
and provinces because of social and economic
opportunities

Social Characteristics
Schools

Health Services

Quezon National High School

Maryhill College
Sacred Heart College
Manuel S Enverga University
Foundation
St. Anne College of the Pacific
STI College Lucena
Calayan Educatiional Foundation
Elementary schools in all
barangays
Many more

Lucena United Memorial District

Hospital
Lucena MMG General Hospital
Mt. Carmel Diocesan General Hospital
Lucena United Doctors Hospital
St. Anne General Hospital
Quezon Medical Center (Quezon
Memorial Hospital)
St. Mary's Hospital
Quezon MMG Medical Plaza
Many more

Various clinics
Several pharmacies

Social Characteristics
Government Offices
BIR
SSS
DTI
PIA
GSIS
PhilHealth
DFA
PVAO
NSO
PRC
PhilPost
Quezon Provincial Offices

Services
Water: QMWD
Electricity: Meralco
Telecommunication
Services PLDT, Digitel
Cable TV - 3
TV Networks - 20
Radio Stations - 19
Newspapers - 8

Social Consequences
(-)

Informal settlers
Occasional security threats
Poverty
Traffic Congestion
Rotating water schedule (12 hrs per day)

Social Consequences
(+)
Improving literacy
Improving health facilities
Clustered Government Offices
Availability of basic Services
Good phone signal

Physical Characteristics
Dumaca River &
Iyam River
Heavily polluted
city waste dumps
Barely effective plans
for rehabilitation in
the past years
Currently on the
Lucena Twin Rivers
Development
Program (LTRDP) by
Mayor Alcala

Physical Characteristics
Tayabas Bay
Drains water from
Dumacaa and Iyam
Rivers
Dalahican Port
Fishing ground, Lucena
Fish Port Complex
(offers lots of big
fishes)
Recently being planted
with mangroves to keep
sea trash from entering

Physical Characteristics
No more Forest Areas
Agricultural Areas: 57.42% of citys total
land area. However, a huge portion of old
coconut plantations were converted to
residential subdivisions
Residential areas increased to
accommodate population, covering 61.56%
of the total built-up area

Eco sites

Botanical Garden
Orchids Country Farm
Eco Park
Perez Park - Historical park in front of
Provincial Capitol, 2nd largest park next to
Luneta Park**

Near Zaballero Subd. Brgy. Gualng-Gulang

Sacred Heart College

Quezon Medical Center
Camp Gen. Guillermo Nakar

Near Zaballero Subd. Brgy. Gulang-Gulang

(+)
Services are one of the first to be restored when
hit by a calamity
Accessible to important places
Infrequent security threats
Relatively friendly neighbors
Barely affected by calamities: no floods
(-)
Water supply schedules

References
Physical Features. lucenacity.gov.ph. City Government of Lucena, 2010. Web. 8
August 2015.
Infrastructure. lucenacity.gov.ph. City Government of Lucena, 2010. Web. 8
August 2015.
Industry. lucenacity.gov.ph. City Government of Lucena, 2010. Web. 8 August
2015.
Commerce. lucenacity.gov.ph. City Government of Lucena, 2010. Web. 8 August
2015.
Agriculture. lucenacity.gov.ph. City Government of Lucena, 2010. Web. 8 August
2015.
Ecological Profile of Lucena City. Lucena City: City Planning and Development
Office, 2010
TMO Lucena Port Management Office of Batangas. Philippine Ports Authority
Port Management Office of Batangas, 2007. Web. 8 August 2015.
Lucena Fish Port Complex Philippine Fisheries Development Authority, 11
December 2013. Web. 8 August 2015.