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Luzon facts for kids

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Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is in the northern section of the country. The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is on the island.

As of the 2010 census, 48.5 million people lived on Luzon Island.

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  • Bangkajf

    Bangkang pinawa, an ancient Philippine mortar and pestle.

  • Captioned Detail of Jean Mallat 1846 Illustration Tagalog Couple Pounding Rice

    Detail of an illustration from Jean Mallat's Les Philippines (1846), showing "a Tagalog couple pounding rice." The mortar depicted is known as a "lusong", which was also the Old Tagalog name of the Pasig River delta.

  • US ships under attack in Lingayen Gulf January 1945

    U.S. Navy ships under attack while entering Lingayen Gulf, January 1945

  • Northern Philippines (Luzon)
    Satellite image of Luzon
  • Arayat44jf

    The Central Luzon plain with Mount Arayat in the background

  • Lake Pinatubo in January, 2009

    Lake Pinatubo in Zambales

  • North EDSA - Trinoma, QC CBD, SM North (view from SMDC Grass) (Diliman, Quezon City)(2017-09-07) cropped

    A view of Quezon City in September 2017, the largest city in Luzon island

  • Ifugao headhunter

    An Ifugao warrior with some of his trophies, Cordillera Mountains, circa 1912

  • Philippine languages per region

    Dominant languages per administrative region.

  • Paoay Church of Ilocos Norte, Philippines

    Saint Augustine Catholic Church in Paoay

  • EDSA-Guadalupe northward view 2012-10-29

    EDSA, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila

  • View of the north coast of Luzon - ZooKeys-266-001-g002

    North coast of Luzon along the Cagayan-Ilocos Norte boundary

  • Mount Pulag, Kabayan, Philippines (Unsplash)

    Summit of Mount Pulag, Luzon's highest mountain

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    West coast of Luzon at San Juan overlooking the South China Sea

  • View of the Sierra Madre from the west - ZooKeys-266-001-g004

    The Cagayan Valley at Cabagan with the Sierra Madre mountains in the background

  • Quirino 1

    Canoes along upstream Cagayan River at Quirino province

See also

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