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'''Lopez''', officially the '''Municipality of Lopez''' ({{langx|tl|Bayan ng Lopez}}), is a 1st class [[municipality of the Philippines|municipality]] in the [[Philippine Province|province]] of [[Quezon]], [[Philippines]]. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 94,657 people.{{PH census|current}}
'''Lopez''' is a [[Philippine municipality#Income classification|1st class]] [[Philippine municipality|municipality]] in the [[Philippine province|province]] of [[Quezon province|Quezon]], [[Philippines]]. It is located in the southern part of the province, 220 kilometers away from [[Manila]], 83 kilometers away from [[Lucena City | Lucena]] [[Philippine city|City]], 25 kilometers to [[Camarines Norte]], 3 nautical kilometers to [[Alabat]] Island and bordered by the municipalities of [[Catanauan, Quezon | Catanauan]] and [[General Luna, Quezon | General Luna]] on the south, [[Macalelon, Quezon | Macalelon]] on the southwest, [[Calauag, Quezon | Calauag]] on the northeast, [[Gumaca, Quezon | Gumaca]] on the west, [[Buenavista, Quezon | Buenavista]] and [[Guinayangan, Quezon | Guinayangan]] on the east.
==History==
It is one of the largest municipalities in the province and has a total land area of 395.1 square kilometers representing 4.53 % of the total land area of the province of Quezon. It is composed of 95 [[barangays]], 7 of which are urban and 88 are rural.
[[File:Philippine Island - Luzon Island - NARA - 68156865.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of Lopez, circa 1930s]]
There was a flourishing coastal settlement somewhere in the southern part of the municipality of Gumaca called Talolong. The settlement's name was derived from the name of the river that traverses the place.
The original location of the settlement was in the marshy mouth of a sedate river, which was founded by the descendants of Datu Dumangsil and Datu Balinsusa of the Kalilayan kingdom. Due to the frequent plundering and terrorism of the pirates, the colony was transferred to the present town's location.
The terrain generally ranges from 345 to 399 meters above sea level with rugged mountain areas. Coastal areas deviate from plain to hilly terrains. Rivers, streams and springs abound throughout the municipality, but the most popular is the Talolong River.
The settlement of Lakan Bugtali who founded the community of Gumaca was gone. Even a trace of its remains cannot be identified neither the vintages of the encomienda of Kalilayan nor a fraction of its 16th century glories. When it became a sitio through a papal bull, the village started to manage by her own.
==History==
In 1756, some people from the town of Mayoboc (present-day Pitogo) sought refuge in the sitio as they fled the Moro raid that burned the town to the ground. After sometime, some of them become discontented with the affairs of governing the sitio, went back to the original site of Mayoboc and again formed a settlement on an uphill portion, more suitable to guard against the Moro pirates. It later came to be known as Pitogo.
There was a flourishing coastal settlement somewhere in the southern part of the municipality of Gumaca called Talolong. The settlement’s name was derived from the name of sturdy trees abundant in the place locally called ''Talolong'' with a scientific name ''Drypetes bordenii'' and wide known as ''Balikbikan''.
As the sitio became more organized and seen an increase in population, it finally became a separate town from Gumaca on April 30, 1856, during the Governorship of Alcalde Mayor Don Candido Lopez y Diaz. It later came to be known as the town of Lopez. The first gobernadorcillo was Don Antonio Olivarez.
The original location of the settlement was in the marshy mouth of a sedate river, which was founded by the descendants of Datu Dumangsil and Datu Balinsusa of the Kalilayan kingdom. Due to the frequent plundering and terrorism of the pirates, the colony was transferred to the present town’s location.
==Geography==
The settlement of Lakan Bugtali who founded the community of Gumaca was gone. Even a trace of its remains cannot be identified neither the vintages of the encomienda of Kalilayan nor a fraction of its 16th century glories. When it became a sitio through a papal bull, the village started to manage by her own.
Lopez is one of the largest municipalities in the province and has a total land area of 395.1 square kilometers representing 4.53% of the total land area of the province of Quezon. It is located in the southern part of the province, {{convert|216|km|sp=us}} from [[Manila]], {{convert|86|km|sp=us}} east from [[Lucena]], and 3 nautical kilometers to [[Alabat Island]].
The terrain generally ranges from {{convert|345|to|399|m|ft|sp=us}} above sea level with rugged mountain areas. Coastal areas deviate from plain to hilly terrains. Rivers, streams and springs abound throughout the municipality, but the most prominent is the Talolong River.
==Population and settlements==
It is bordered by the municipalities of [[Catanauan, Quezon|Catanauan]] and [[General Luna, Quezon|General Luna]] on the south, [[Macalelon, Quezon|Macalelon]] on the south-west, [[Calauag, Quezon|Calauag]] on the north-east, [[Gumaca, Quezon|Gumaca]] on the west, [[Buenavista, Quezon|Buenavista]] and [[Guinayangan, Quezon|Guinayangan]] on the east.
Settlement areas in the municipality are highly scattered; population concentration is noticeable only within the poblacion, that is, the urban barangays of Burgos, Danlagan, Gomez, Magsaysay, Rizal, San Lorenzo Ruiz (Bocboc) and Talolong as well as the rural barangays of Mal-ay, Sugod, Pansol, Calantipayan, Manguisian, Del Pilar, Bebito, Canda Ibaba and Canda Ilaya which are traversed by the national highway. The rest of rural barangays are reached by other road networks which are accessible during dry and wet season. According to the [[2007]] census, it has a population of 86,660<ref name='2007 Census of Population'>{{cite web | url = http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html | title = 2007 Census of Population | publisher = Philippine National Statistics Office| accessdate = 2008-10-04}}</ref>., a quarter of which are in the urban areas and the rest are in the rural areas. Males outnumbered the females at a ratio of 105.34 : 100.
===Barangays===
==Labor force and industry==
Lopez is politically subdivided into 95 [[barangay]]s. Each barangay consists of [[purok]]s and some have [[sitios]].
Currently, there are 7 barangays which are classified as urban (highlighted in '''bold''').
Lopez had a labor force of 56.99% in 2000 or 44,849. About 9,474 of the employed labor force were engaged in primary industries such as farming and fishing. Its economy is basically engages in agriculture, crops, poultry and livestock production. Around 17,778.57 has. representing 45% of the total land area planted to coconut trees, 2,300 has. are established to rice production, 628 has. to corn harvest. Growing around are natural materials for handicraft such as wild vines, buri, anahaw, tikiw, bamboo, cogon and talahib.Several cottage industries exist in the locality such as bamboo furnitures, bolo, baskets, rattan, anahaw and buri fan making, buntal and tikiw. It also has rich fishing grounds in the Lopez Bay area and a number of inland fishponds. Fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs and other sea products are abundant.
{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}
* Bacungan
* Bagacay
* Banabahin Ibaba
* Banabahin Ilaya
* Bayabas
* Bebito
* Bigajo
* Binahian A
* Binahian B
* Binahian C
* '''Bocboc (Poblacion)'''
* Buenavista
* '''Burgos (Poblacion)'''
* Buyacanin
* Cagacag
* Calantipayan
* Canda Ibaba
* Canda Ilaya
* Cawayan
* Cawayanin
* Cogorin Ibaba
* Cogorin Ilaya
* Concepcion
* '''Danlagan (Poblacion)'''
* De La Paz
* Del Pilar
* Del Rosario
* Esperanza Ibaba
* Esperanza Ilaya
* '''Gomez (Poblacion)'''
* Guihay
* Guinuangan
* Guites
* Hondagua
* Ilayang Ilog A
* Ilayang Ilog B
* Inalusan
* Jongo
* Lalaguna
* Lourdes
* Mabanban
* Mabini
* Magallanes
* '''Magsaysay (Poblacion)'''
* Maguilayan
* Mahayod-Hayod
* Mal-ay
* Mandoog
* Manguisian
* Matinik
* Monteclaro
* Pamampangin
* Pansol
* Peñafrancia
* Pisipis
* '''Rizal (Poblacion)'''
* Rizal (Rural)
* Roma
* Rosario
* Samat
* San Andres
* San Antonio
* San Francisco A
* San Francisco B
* San Isidro
* San Jose
* San Miguel (Dao)
* San Pedro
* San Rafael
* San Roque
* Santa Catalina
* Santa Elena
* Santa Jacobe
* Santa Lucia
* Santa Maria
* Santa Rosa
* Santa Teresa
* Santo Niño Ibaba
* Santo Niño Ilaya
* Silang
* Sugod
* Sumalang
* '''Talolong (Poblacion)'''
* Tan-ag Ibaba
* Tan-ag Ilaya
* Tocalin
* Vegaflor
* Vergaña
* Veronica
* Villa Aurora
* Villa Espina
* Villageda
* Villahermosa
* Villamonte
* Villanacaob
{{div col end}}
===Climate===
Rice is also a major staple crop, the municipality is also a major banana producer in the region. Other crops grown in the municipality are citrus, root crops, vegetables and industrial crops. Majority of the farmers are also raising livestock and poultry.
Settlement areas in the municipality are highly scattered; population concentration is noticeable only within the poblacion, that is, the urban barangays of Burgos, Danlagan, Gomez, Magsaysay, Rizal, San Lorenzo Ruiz (Bocboc) and Talolong as well as the rural barangays of Mal-ay, Sugod, Pansol, Calantipayan, Manguisian, Del Pilar, Bebito, Canda Ibaba and Canda Ilaya which are traversed by the national highway. The rest of rural barangays are reached by other road networks which are accessible during dry and wet season. According to the 2007 census, it had a population of 86,660,<ref name='2007 Census of Population'>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html |title=2007 Census of Population |publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]] |access-date=2008-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html |archive-date=2008-11-20 }}</ref> a quarter of which are in the urban areas and the rest are in the rural areas. Males outnumbered the females at a ratio of 105.34 to 100. The population grew to 95,167 in the 2015 census.
Lopez is dubbed as the educational center of Southern [[Quezon province | Quezon]]. Several educational institutions operate in the town serving not just its citizens but also those coming from the [[Bondoc Peninsula | Bondoc Peninsula]] and the [[Bicol | Bicol]] region. Very notable among these are the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Lopez | Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)]], [[Philippine Normal University-Quezon | Philippine Normal University (PNU)]], Eastern Tayabas College and the Lopez National Comprehensive High School. The Quezon Provincial Training Center of the [[TESDA | Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)]] is also located in the town. Furthermore, preparatory, primary and secondary education is no longer a problem since several schools have already opened their doors in the far-flung areas to serve the rural youth as part of town's mission of bringing the schools closer to the people.
Aldrin Ludovice Salipande (2022) reports that [[Inagta Alabat language|Inagta Lopenze]] is spoken in Villa Espina and nearby barangays in Lopez.<ref name="Salipande">Salipande, Aldrin Ludovice. 2022. ''[https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/seals31/cd/Phonology%20of%20Agta%20Lopenze%20%28Salipande%29.pdf Phonology of Agta Lopenze]''. Presentation given at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 31), [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]], May 18–20, 2022.</ref>
==Government==
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===Municipal Officials===
*'''Mayor:''' Hon. Sonny Ubana
*'''Vice Mayor:''' Hon. Celso Arellano Arit
*'''Councilors:'''
**Hon. Alex V. Vergara
**Hon. Cenezeo Q. Cerilla
**Hon. Edmundo P. Chan
**Hon. Albinio A. Arit, Jr.
**Hon. Aristotle R. Yumul
**Hon. Castor R. Alano
===Barangays===
===Religion===
* Roman Catholic
* Seventh-Day Adventist
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* Baptist
* Latter day saints
* Church of God
* Evangelical
* Word for the World Christian Fellowship
* Iglesia Ni Cristo
===Churches===
Lopez is politically subdivided into 95 [[barangay]]s.
*Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario Parish (est. 1861)
Lopez had a labor force of 56.99% in 2000 or 44,849. About 9,474 of the employed labor force were engaged in primary industries such as farming and fishing. Its economy is basically engaged in agriculture, crops, poultry and livestock production. Around {{convert|17,778.57|ha}} represent 45% of the total land area planted to coconut trees, 2,300 has. are established to rice production, 628 has. to corn harvest. Growing around are natural materials for handicraft such as wild vines, buri, anahaw, tikiw, bamboo, cogon and talahib. Several cottage industries exist in the locality such as bamboo furniture, bolo, baskets, rattan, anahaw and buri fan making, buntal and tikiw. It also has rich fishing grounds in the Lopez Bay area and a number of inland fishponds. Fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs and other sea products are abundant.
*Gomez (Poblacion)
*Magsaysay (Poblacion)
*Rizal (Poblacion)
*San Lorenzo Ruiz (Poblacion)
*Talolong (Poblacion)
*Bacungan
*Bagacay
*Banabahin Ibaba
*Banabahin Ilaya
*Bayabas
*Bebito
*Bigajo
*Binahian A
*Binahian B
*Binahian C
*Buenavista
*Buyacanin
*Cagacag
*Calantipayan
*Canda Ibaba
*Canda Ilaya
*Cawayan
*Cawayanin
*Cogorin Ibaba
*Cogorin Ilaya
*Concepcion
*De La Paz
*Del Pilar
*Del Rosario
*Esperanza Ibaba
</td><td valign=top>
*Esperanza Ilaya
*Guihay
*Guinuangan
*Guites
*Hondagua
*layang Ilog A
*Ilayang Ilog B
*Inalusan
*Jongo
*Lalaguna
*Lourdes
*Mabanban
*Mabini
*Magallanes
*Maguilayan
*Mahayod-Hayod
*Mal-ay
*Mandoog
*Manguisian
*Matinik
*Monteclaro
*Pamampangin
*Pansol
*Peñafrancia
*Pisipis
*Rizal (Rural)
*Roma
*Rosario
*Samat
*San Andres
*San Antonio
*San Francisco A
</td><td valign=top>
*San Francisco B
*San Isidro
*San Jose
*San Miguel (Dao)
*San Pedro
*San Rafael
*San Roque
*Silang
*Sta. Catalina
*Sta. Elena
*Sta. Jacobe
*Sta. Lucia
*Sta. Maria
*Sta. Rosa
*Sta. Teresa
*Sto. Niño Ibaba
*Sto. Niño Ilaya
*Sugod
*Sumilang
*Tan-ag Ibaba
*Tan-ag Ilaya
*Tocalin
*Vegaflor
*Vergaña
*Veronica
*Villa Aurora
*Villa Espina
*Villageda
*Villahermosa
*Villamonte
*Villanacaob
</td></tr></table>
Rice is also a major staple crop, the municipality is also a major banana producer in the region. Other crops grown in the municipality are citrus, root crops, vegetables and industrial crops. Majority of the farmers are also raising livestock and poultry.
*[[File:Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Lopez, Quezon.JPG|thumb|232x232px|Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Church]]Feasts and festivals:
**Patronal Town Fiesta, in honor of the town's patroness, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary - October 7
**Pamaypay Festival Day, April 30 (also Kapistahan ng Pamahalaang Bayan, to establish a distinct feast day from the traditionally celebrated patronal feast day every 7 October).
**Foundation Day, June 30, 1857, when Sitio/Visita Talolong became a Town (Pueblo) independent and separate from Gumaca, Quezon (Tayabas)
**Mayflower Festival, or the Flores de Maria, celebrated the whole month of May, culminating with a solemn procession around the poblacion, and on to the night of celebration in dance and songs of praise at the end of the month. The length of the annual procession is said to be one of the longest wherein the head of the line usually arrives back to the church just as the tail is leaving.
*Tibag Cave - a man-made cave shelter dating back the 2nd World War. Said to be a hiding place of the guerrillas who fought the Japanese invaders. Located in Barangay Talolong.
*Binutas Cave - also a man-made cave dating back the Japanese Occupation period. Used by the guerrillas as a tactical war maneuver point. Located in Barangay Matinik, just beside the PNR Railways.
*Pulong Niyogan - an islet off the shore of Barangay Hondagua, noted for its unspoiled fine sand beach and varieties of corals and fish.
*Pansol Floating Restaurants - Located at Barangay Pansol and can be accessed from the Maharlika Highway. Composed of several restaurants on floating bamboo rafts, these are popular getaway of many Lopenzes during vacations.
*Gen. Gaudencio Vera's Monument - located in Barangay Lalaguna. Erected to commemorate the heroism and bravery of Gen. Gaudencio Vera during the Japanese period. He was the leader of the guerrilla faction called Vera's Guerrilla Party operating in the Southern Tagalog and Northern Bicol.
[[File:Hondagua Bay Golden Sunset.jpg|800px|thumbnail|center|Hondagua Bay]]
===Churches in López===
Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario Parish (est.1861)
*San Isidro Labrador Parish (est.1961)
*Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Parish (est.2008)
*Buen Pastor Parish (2011)
==Sports==
[[Lopez Sports Centre]] is noted for its [[cockfighting]] which is held every Sunday. In 2009 it was visited by [[Charley Boorman]] as part of ''[[Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means|By Any Means 2]]''.
==Education==
Lopez is dubbed as the educational center of southern [[Quezon]]. Several educational institutions operate in the town serving not only its citizens but also those coming from the [[Bondoc Peninsula]] and the [[Bicol Region]]. Very notable among these are the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Lopez|Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Lopez]], [[Philippine Normal University-Quezon|Philippine Normal University - South Luzon]], Eastern Tayabas College and the Lopez National Comprehensive High School. The Quezon Provincial Training Center of the [[TESDA|Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)]] is also located in the town. Lopez is also home to [[Laguna State Polytechnic University]] (LSPU) and [[Technological University of the Philippines]] (TUP) as the two state universities have started operating in the town starting in June 2012. Furthermore, preparatory, primary and secondary education are no longer a problem since several schools have already opened their doors in the far-flung areas to serve the rural youth as part of town's mission of bringing the schools closer to the people.
*Number of Preparatory Schools:
**Public - 56
**Private - 6
*Number of Elementary Schools:
**Public
***West District - 27
***East District - 34
**Private - 5
*Number of Secondary Schools:
**Public - 13
**Private - 5
*Higher Education, Non-Formal and Technical Institutions
**State Universities
***[[Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Lopez|Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Lopez]]
***[[Philippine Normal University-Quezon|Philippine Normal University - South Luzon]]
***[[Technological University of the Philippines]]
***[[Laguna State Polytechnic University]]
**Private College
***Eastern Tayabas College
*Non-Formal Education Schools
***Mission Care International School of Caregiver
*Technical Schools
***ACEBA Systems Technology Institute
***TESDA - Quezon Provincial Training Center
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r04a/quezon/lopez.html Lopez Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
Lopez, officially the Municipality of Lopez (Tagalog: Bayan ng Lopez), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 94,657 people.[3]
There was a flourishing coastal settlement somewhere in the southern part of the municipality of Gumaca called Talolong. The settlement's name was derived from the name of the river that traverses the place.
The original location of the settlement was in the marshy mouth of a sedate river, which was founded by the descendants of Datu Dumangsil and Datu Balinsusa of the Kalilayan kingdom. Due to the frequent plundering and terrorism of the pirates, the colony was transferred to the present town's location.
The settlement of Lakan Bugtali who founded the community of Gumaca was gone. Even a trace of its remains cannot be identified neither the vintages of the encomienda of Kalilayan nor a fraction of its 16th century glories. When it became a sitio through a papal bull, the village started to manage by her own.
In 1756, some people from the town of Mayoboc (present-day Pitogo) sought refuge in the sitio as they fled the Moro raid that burned the town to the ground. After sometime, some of them become discontented with the affairs of governing the sitio, went back to the original site of Mayoboc and again formed a settlement on an uphill portion, more suitable to guard against the Moro pirates. It later came to be known as Pitogo.
As the sitio became more organized and seen an increase in population, it finally became a separate town from Gumaca on April 30, 1856, during the Governorship of Alcalde Mayor Don Candido Lopez y Diaz. It later came to be known as the town of Lopez. The first gobernadorcillo was Don Antonio Olivarez.
Lopez is one of the largest municipalities in the province and has a total land area of 395.1 square kilometers representing 4.53% of the total land area of the province of Quezon. It is located in the southern part of the province, 216 kilometers (134 mi) from Manila, 86 kilometers (53 mi) east from Lucena, and 3 nautical kilometers to Alabat Island.
The terrain generally ranges from 345 to 399 meters (1,132 to 1,309 ft) above sea level with rugged mountain areas. Coastal areas deviate from plain to hilly terrains. Rivers, streams and springs abound throughout the municipality, but the most prominent is the Talolong River.
Settlement areas in the municipality are highly scattered; population concentration is noticeable only within the poblacion, that is, the urban barangays of Burgos, Danlagan, Gomez, Magsaysay, Rizal, San Lorenzo Ruiz (Bocboc) and Talolong as well as the rural barangays of Mal-ay, Sugod, Pansol, Calantipayan, Manguisian, Del Pilar, Bebito, Canda Ibaba and Canda Ilaya which are traversed by the national highway. The rest of rural barangays are reached by other road networks which are accessible during dry and wet season. According to the 2007 census, it had a population of 86,660,[10] a quarter of which are in the urban areas and the rest are in the rural areas. Males outnumbered the females at a ratio of 105.34 to 100. The population grew to 95,167 in the 2015 census.
Aldrin Ludovice Salipande (2022) reports that Inagta Lopenze is spoken in Villa Espina and nearby barangays in Lopez.[11]
Lopez had a labor force of 56.99% in 2000 or 44,849. About 9,474 of the employed labor force were engaged in primary industries such as farming and fishing. Its economy is basically engaged in agriculture, crops, poultry and livestock production. Around 17,778.57 hectares (43,931.8 acres) represent 45% of the total land area planted to coconut trees, 2,300 has. are established to rice production, 628 has. to corn harvest. Growing around are natural materials for handicraft such as wild vines, buri, anahaw, tikiw, bamboo, cogon and talahib. Several cottage industries exist in the locality such as bamboo furniture, bolo, baskets, rattan, anahaw and buri fan making, buntal and tikiw. It also has rich fishing grounds in the Lopez Bay area and a number of inland fishponds. Fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs and other sea products are abundant.
Rice is also a major staple crop, the municipality is also a major banana producer in the region. Other crops grown in the municipality are citrus, root crops, vegetables and industrial crops. Majority of the farmers are also raising livestock and poultry.
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish ChurchFeasts and festivals:
Patronal Town Fiesta, in honor of the town's patroness, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary - October 7
Pamaypay Festival Day, April 30 (also Kapistahan ng Pamahalaang Bayan, to establish a distinct feast day from the traditionally celebrated patronal feast day every 7 October).
Foundation Day, June 30, 1857, when Sitio/Visita Talolong became a Town (Pueblo) independent and separate from Gumaca, Quezon (Tayabas)
Mayflower Festival, or the Flores de Maria, celebrated the whole month of May, culminating with a solemn procession around the poblacion, and on to the night of celebration in dance and songs of praise at the end of the month. The length of the annual procession is said to be one of the longest wherein the head of the line usually arrives back to the church just as the tail is leaving.
Tibag Cave - a man-made cave shelter dating back the 2nd World War. Said to be a hiding place of the guerrillas who fought the Japanese invaders. Located in Barangay Talolong.
Binutas Cave - also a man-made cave dating back the Japanese Occupation period. Used by the guerrillas as a tactical war maneuver point. Located in Barangay Matinik, just beside the PNR Railways.
Pulong Niyogan - an islet off the shore of Barangay Hondagua, noted for its unspoiled fine sand beach and varieties of corals and fish.
Pansol Floating Restaurants - Located at Barangay Pansol and can be accessed from the Maharlika Highway. Composed of several restaurants on floating bamboo rafts, these are popular getaway of many Lopenzes during vacations.
Gen. Gaudencio Vera's Monument - located in Barangay Lalaguna. Erected to commemorate the heroism and bravery of Gen. Gaudencio Vera during the Japanese period. He was the leader of the guerrilla faction called Vera's Guerrilla Party operating in the Southern Tagalog and Northern Bicol.
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