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Quezon City is a planned city. It covers a total area of 161.11 square kilometers (62.20 sq mi), [ 5] making it the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land area. It is politically subdivided into Six Congressional Districts, which represent the city in the Lower House of the Congress of the Philippines.
Quezon, east of Metro Manila, is the 8th largest province in the Philippines having an area of 8,989.39 square kilometers (3,470.82 sq mi). [47] It is the largest province of Calabarzon, comprising 879,660 hectares (2,173,700 acres) or 52.13% of the total land area of the region. [ 48 ]
Map of the City of Greater Manila that existed from 1942 to 1945. In 1942, during the World War II, President Manuel L. Quezon created the City of Greater Manila as an emergency measure, merging the cities of Manila and Quezon City, along with the municipalities of Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Parañaque, Pasay, and San Juan. [16]
Quezon Avenue. Manuel L. Quezon Avenue, more often called as Quezon Avenue, or simply Quezon Ave (pronounced: Ke-zon-Av ), is a 6.1-kilometer (3.8 mi) major thoroughfare in Metro Manila named after President Manuel Luis Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. The avenue starts at the Quezon Memorial Circle and runs through to the ...
A view of Quezon City in September 2017, the largest city in Luzon island. Metro Manila is the most populous of the 3 defined metropolitan areas in the Philippines and the 11th most populous in the world. as of 2007, census data showed it had a population of 11,553,427, comprising 13% of the national population. [68]
Quezon City is the fifth Rotary Peace Community in the Philippines and 25th in the world. The peace monument was inaugurated on December 7, 1999. [ 30 ] The monument was removed due to the construction of the Quezon Memorial Circle Station of MRT-7 .
The geography of the City of Manila is characterized by its coastal position at the estuary of the Pasig River that flows to Manila Bay. The city is located on a naturally protected harbor, regarded as one of the finest harbors in Asia. [ 1] The scarce availability of land is a contributing factor that makes Manila the densest populated city in ...
Quezon, Quezon. / 14.05°N 122.13°E / 14.05; 122.13. Quezon, officially the Municipality of Quezon ( Tagalog: Bayan ng Quezon ), is a 5th class municipality in the province of the same name. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,886 people. [ 3]