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Within the Province of Quezon, Tayabas is a land-locked town   which   is  situated  at  the  south-eastern  of  “Mt. Banahaw” – one of the famous volcanoes in the country. It is surrounded by several municipalities of Quezon Province such as Lucban and Sampaloc to the north; Mauban to the East; Atimonan and Pagbilao to the south-east; Lucena City to the south; and Sariaya to the west. It shares its boundary with the Province of Laguna in its north-eastern extremity. From   southeast  of  Manila,  it  lies  some  150  km.  and approximately 10  km. from the provincial capital, Lucena City.

Tayabas has a total land area of 23,095 hectares divided among  its   66  barangays,  19  of  which  are  within  the Poblacion; 11 are booming sub-urban  and 36 classified as rural with respective areas ranging from a mere 10 hectares to an enormous 3,002.41 hectares. The compact urban core measures only 82.15 hectares which is less than  one (1) percent of the total land area.