Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the Philippines and the largest inland freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. It is located in the island of Luzon between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north. Metro Manila lies on its western shore. Its surface area is 949 square kilometers and has an average depth of only about 2 meters. Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and provinces (click for larger version). ... Laguna may refer to more than one article: Laguna, a Philipine province; Laguna, Santa Catarina, a city located in southern Brazil; Laguna de Cameros, a municipality in La Rioja, Spain San Cristóbal de La Laguna (also La Laguna), a municipality in the island of Tenerife, province of Santa Cruz... Rizal is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 20 kilometers east of Manila. ... A Lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and provinces (click for larger version). ... For other uses, see Laguna (disambiguation). ... Rizal is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 20 kilometers east of Manila. ... Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or National Capital Region (NCR) is the seventh largest metropolitan area in terms of size in Asia, and the sixteenth in terms of population in the world. ...

The lake is shaped like a stylized 'W', with two peninsulas jutting out from the northern shore. Laguna de Bay drains to Manila Bay through the Pasig River. The lake is filled with fish pens installed by fishermen who regularly fish there. Manila Bay Ü is the harbor which serves the port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. ... The Pasig River is a river in the Philippines that drains Laguna de Bay (via the Napindan Channel) into Manila Bay. ...

There are three islands in the lake, Talim island, which is a part of the towns of Binangonan and Cardona in Rizal province, Calamba island, privately-owned and developed into the posh Resort of Calamaba Island, and Los Baños island.

Laguna de Bay is the Old Spanish term for Lake of Bay. Bay (pronounced as bä'ï) is a town in Laguna province. Pulilan is the prehispanic name of the lake according to the 1613 Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala printed in Pila, Laguna. Pila is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. ...

The Laguna Lake Development Authority, established in 1970, is the government body responsible for promoting development and conservation works in the lake and its catchment basin. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

External links

• History of Pila: A Secular and Spiritual History of the Town 900 A.D. to Present
• Pila:Bayang Pinagpala