Also known as: City of Lucena, Lungsod ng Lucena, Coconut Capital
Lucena City is a highly urbanized city in Quezon, Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Population 280K (PSA 2024 census), 33 barangays, land area 80.21 km².
Lucena City is a highly urbanized city in Quezon, Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
No. Lucena City is a highly urbanized city in Quezon, Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
Lucena City had 280,331 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Lucena City covers 80.21 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Lucena City has 33 barangays.
Lucena City, the capital of Quezon province, has long served as the maritime gateway between Metro Manila and the Bicol region, anchored by the Port of Lucena at Dalahican and the Lucena Fish Port Complex, one of the country's major fresh and dried seafood hubs. The city's historical nickname, "Coconut Capital," traces to a copra and coconut-oil processing industry that predates its current mix of beverage and consumer-goods manufacturing, including bottling and distribution operations for national brands.
Key industries: Port and inter-island shipping (Dalahican), Fisheries, Beverage and consumer manufacturing, Historical copra and coconut trade
Lucena's flood risk became acute in May 2024, when Typhoon Aghon caused the Dumacaa River to overflow for the first time in the area's memory, affecting more than 24,000 residents in Barangay Cotta's Purok Matahimik Isla and damaging bridges and homes. The city declared a state of calamity on May 28, 2024 once affected barangays reached roughly 15% of the city's total; the typhoon killed 3 people across Quezon province. Lucena's population grew from 278,924 in the 2020 Census to 280,331 in the 2024 Census.
Officials managing Lucena's river-overflow flood risk can compare notes with other CALABARZON coastal cities in the LGU directory. Planning teams evaluating digital compliance tools can explore the pilot program or schedule a consultation.
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
Lucena had to respond to a river overflow that hadn't happened in living memory, affecting over 24,000 residents in a single barangay — the kind of first-time hazard event that zoning and evacuation records built for historical flood patterns can miss. Nova Gov's platform is built for exactly this kind of cross-department coordination, and the pilot program is designed to help planning offices bring hazard overlays and land-use records into one place.
When the Dumacaa River overflowed for the first time in memory in 2024, more than 24,000 Lucena residents were affected in a single barangay. See how a founding pilot could line up hazard overlays with zoning and permitting records ahead of the next event.
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