By Landon Little, Founder & CEO, Zentarai Labs · Updated October 8, 2026
Rizal is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), Southern Luzon. Population 3.42M (PSA 2024 census), 1 city + 13 municipalities, 188 barangays total, land area 1,308.86 km². Provincial capital: Antipolo City.
Population (2024 PSA)3,416,541
Land area1,308.86 km²
Cities + Municipalities1 + 13
Total barangays188
Income class1st
Annual budget (2024)₱6.4B
Quick answers about Rizal
What region is Rizal in?
Rizal is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Its capital is Antipolo City.
Is Rizal part of NCR (Metro Manila)?
No. Rizal is a province in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
What is the latest population of Rizal?
Rizal had 3,416,541 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.
What is the land area of Rizal?
Rizal covers 1,308.86 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
How many cities and municipalities does Rizal have?
Rizal has 1 component city and 13 municipalities (14 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 188 barangays.
Rizal is the textbook 'NCR overflow + watershed protection conflict' province. Almost every western-tier LGU (Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Antipolo, San Mateo, Rodriguez) has lost critical Marikina watershed catchment — a protected area under DENR jurisdiction — to subdivision development since the 1990s, contributing to Marikina + Pasig flooding downstream. The PDPFP must reconcile this NCR-overflow growth with the watershed-protection mandate enforced by MWSS + DENR, the Laguna de Bay shoreline aquaculture in Cardona-Binangonan-Tanay, the religious-tourism corridor centered on Antipolo Cathedral + Angono petroglyphs, and the eastern agricultural belt (Tanay, Pililla, Jala-jala) that preserves remaining open space. The province has about 2,600 people per km², the second-highest population density of any province outside Metro Manila (after Cavite), given its small land area + Metro Manila proximity, as documented in the PSA Census of Population and Housing. The MRT-7 terminus at San Jose-Antipolo and the LRT-2 East extension to Marikina-Antipolo border reshape land values aggressively. Western Rizal — Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Antipolo, San Mateo, Rodriguez — is the urbanized, Metro Manila-adjacent tier; eastern Rizal (Tanay, Pililla, Jala-jala) is the agricultural belt. Rizal is a separate province in Region IV-A, not part of the National Capital Region, though Metro Manila lies directly to its west.
Key industries: Quarrying + construction materials (Angono, Binangonan, Teresa), Manila water supply (Marikina watershed origin), Religious + heritage tourism (Antipolo, Angono), Residential subdivisions (NCR overflow), Aquaculture (Cardona, Binangonan, Tanay-Laguna de Bay shore), Agribusiness (eastern Tanay)
CLUP & SGLG status
CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / DHSUD): Province adopts its provincial land-use plan and reviews component-LGU CLUPs under RA 7160 (Secs. 20 & 468) and EO 72 (s. 1993), with DHSUD (RA 11201) as national review authority; PDPFP 2017-2026 follows DHSUD-NEDA-DILG JMC 2023-001. Intensive CLUP coordination given the Marikina watershed-protection mandate intersecting with NCR-overflow residential subdivisions, on the 12-year CLUP cycle (mandatory 6th-year midterm review, DHSUD Department Circular No. 2025-018).
SGLG (for provinces), RA 11292: Assessed under the single Seal of Good Local Governance (RA 11292), DILG-administered, all-in across 10 governance areas. Note: the CY2025 assessment was deferred (DILG MC 2025-032) and criteria are being reprogrammed.
Angono (Municipality) — Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2016–2026) is published on its official site: angono.gov.ph. The zoning ordinance (Volume 2) of its Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2016–2026 was enacted under Municipal Ordinance No. 745, Series of 2016 (angono.gov.ph). Its approval line reads "APPROVED this 18TH day of November" and prints no year; the ordinance itself says Series of 2016. It refers to ratification by the HLRB or Sangguniang Panlalawigan, which the posted copy does not show. Nova Gov profile: Angono.
Tanay (Municipality) — a proposed version of its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2014–2023) is posted on its official site: drive.google.com (linked from tanay.gov.ph). The document is labelled a proposed plan and is not shown here as the adopted plan. The link was seen on Tanay's official publication page in an April 2025 archive; the live site blocks automated access, so we could not recheck it, and the document's own period has ended. Request the adopted plan via the national Freedom of Information portal or Tanay's Planning and Development Office. Nova Gov profile: Tanay.
Binangonan (Municipality) — its Comprehensive Land Use Plan covering 2023–2032 was listed as endorsed for provincial review under Resolution No. 2022-248 (Binangonan municipal resolutions list); the 2023–2032 plan itself is not posted online as of October 2026. The list shows the resolution as approving and endorsing the plan to the Provincial Land Use Committee for review and approval, with no date, and links no file or text. Resolution No. 2022-247 in the same list approves and adopts the Comprehensive Development Plan for 2023-2032, a different plan. Request it from Binangonan's Planning and Development Office via its official website or the national Freedom of Information portal, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App. Nova Gov profile: Binangonan.
Baras (Municipality) — we could not check its official site (it blocked or refused our automated check), so we do not know whether a plan is posted (as of October 2026). Request it via the national Freedom of Information portal or Baras' Planning and Development Office, or view its zoning/land-use maps on Geoportal Philippines' CLUP Map App.
Rizal's watershed-vs-subdivision conflict is the cleanest example of an inter-LGU spatial conflict that Nova Gov's regional dashboards are built to surface. The Marikina watershed catchment sits at the boundary of multiple LGUs' zoning authority — exactly the kind of cross-jurisdiction overlay AIOS is designed to make visible.
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Explore Rizal on Nova Gov:
Start with the Antipolo City profile — the province's lone city and religious-tourism anchor. Rizal shares the Laguna de Bay shoreline with Laguna and the NCR-overflow growth pattern with Cavite, so both are useful comparisons. The platform overview shows how the watershed and flood overlays are built.