{"id":100278,"date":"2026-04-26T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100278"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:18:29","slug":"luzon-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/luzon-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Luzon Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Luzon Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s military recently said it conducted military drills including live-fire exercises in waters east of the Philippines\u2019 Luzon Island.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Luzon Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and most important <\/span><b>island of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Philippines<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in the <\/span><b>northern part of the country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>More than half of the Filipino population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lives on Luzon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Manila<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>capital <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">city of the Philippines, is located on this island.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bounded by <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Philippine Sea (east), Sibuyan Sea (south),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>South China Sea (west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the north, the <\/span><b>Luzon Strait separates Luzon from Taiwan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luzon\u2019s <\/span><b>coastline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, more than <\/span><b>5,000 km long,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is indented by many <\/span><b>fine bays and gulfs, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including <\/span><b>Lingayen Gulf and Manila Bay o<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n the west and <\/span><b>Lamon Bay and Lagonoy Gulf <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the east.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> important ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the<\/span><b> Cordillera Central <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the north; the <\/span><b>Sierra Madre, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following much of the east coast; and the <\/span><b>Zambales Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the central-western coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Mount Pulog<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2,930 metres) is the island\u2019s <\/span><b>highest peak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also famous <\/span><b>volcanoes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like <\/span><b>Mount Mayon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (known for its perfect cone shape) and<\/span><b> Mount Pinatubo.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luzon has the <\/span><b>largest lake in the Philippines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Laguna de Bay.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The major <\/span><b>rivers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>Cagayan, Abra,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Agno, Pampanga, and Bicol.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Manila, the main <\/span><b>cities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Luzon are <\/span><b>Quezon City, Pasay, Cabanatuan, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legaspi, Baguio, Batangas, and Laoag.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luzon<\/span><b> leads the country both in industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (concentrated near Manila) and <\/span><b>in agriculture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (rice, corn [maize], coconuts, sugarcane, mangoes, bananas).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/china-holds-live-fire-drills-in-waters-near-philippines-luzon-island\/2913225\/?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about Luzon, the Philippines\u2019 largest island in the north, home to over half the population and the capital, Manila. 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