Luzon Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
largest island of the Philippines
About Luzon
Luzon is the Philippines' largest and most populous island, occupying 110,000km(43,000 sq miles), a bit over a third of the Philippines land area, but it has more than half the country's population. It is thefourth most populated island in the world, behindJava,Honshu, andBritain. The island is divided into three major cultural regions.IlocanoandIgorotcultures dominate the northern side.Tagalogsconsider central and southern Luzon (which includesMetro Manila) their homeland, alongside smaller ethnic groups including theKapampanganand thePangasinan, while theBicolanopeople inhabit the southeastern tip and outlying islands of Catanduanes and Masbate. There are other indigenous peoples that form sizeable minorities like theAeta(Negritos) of mainland Luzon and theMangyanofMindoro. Luzon's clima
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