The historic town of Rizal, Laguna which is named after the greatest national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal. Rizal is an inland municipality of Laguna province in the Philippines located 15.53 miles from the provincial capital which is Sta. Cruz and is bounded on the north by municipality of Calauan, Laguna, on the east by Nagcarlan, Laguna, on the west by San Pablo City, and on the south by Dolores, Quezon.
Rizal is bordered by Metro Manila to the west, the province of Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the south.
Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range.
This consisted of the towns of Antipolo, Bosoboso, Cainta and Taytay from the Province of Tondo; and the towns of Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, Angono, Binangonan and Jalajala from the Province of La Laguna, with the capital at Morong.
Laguna is a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon.
Laguna is notable for being the birthplace of José Rizal, the country's national hero.
Laguna is also famous among tourists for the Pagsanjan Falls[?], the wood carvings created by the people of Paete[?] and Pakil[?], and the hot spring resorts in Los Baños[?] on the slopes of Mt.