Towns and Cities
         
GEN. LUNA
Brief History
  • Gen. Luna was formerly Barrio Hingoso of Macalelon
  • It became a separate municipality on November 1, 1929 by virtue of Exec. Order No. 207
  • The town was renamed after Gen. Antonio Luna.
Location and Topography

Gen. Luna is bounded on the northwest by Macalelon; on the northeast by Lopez; on the southwest by Mompog Pass; on the southeast by Catanauan; and on the west by Tayabas Bay.

General Information
  • Area (sq. kms.): 137.7
  • Population (2010): 25,373
  • No. of Barangays: 27 (9 urban and 18 rural)
  • Income Class:  Fourth
  • District: Third
  • Zip Code: 4310
  • Area Code: 042
How to Get There

Distances (Gen. Luna to):

  • Manila: 240 kms.
  • Lucena City:  103.34 kms.
Festivals
  • Holy Week (Centurion at ang Bahay na Kubol) - believed to be the origin of Marinduque's Moriones Festival. It starts, before the Holy Week, with the Boling-Boling Festival featuring a Lenten parade of senturyons, dressed in Roman soldier costumes, and culminates, on Good Friday, with a reenactment of the 14 Stations of the Cross.

  

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