Lopez is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. It is located in the southern part of the province, 220 kilometers away from Manila, 83 kilometers away from the City of Lucena, 25 kilometers to Camarines Norte, 3 nautical kilometers to Alabat Island and bordered by the municipalities of Catanauan, General Luna, Calauag, Gumaca, Buenavista and Guinayangan. It is one of the largest municipalities in the province and has a total land area of 39,510 hectares or 395.1 square kilometers representing 4.53 percent 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. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 78,694 people in 15,570 households.
Barangays
Lopez is politically subdivided into 95 barangays.
Lucena (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Quezon by the Philippine Statistics Authority. However, qualified voters of this city are still allowed to participate in the election of provincial officials as part of Quezon’s 2nd Sangguniang Panlalawigan district.)