Quezon Ceety Lungsod Quezon | |
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Lungsod Quezon Quezon City | |
Eik-name(s): Ceety o The Starns, QC, New York Ceety o the Asie-Pacific | |
Map o Metro Manila showin the location o Quezon Ceety | |
Coordinates: 14°38′N 121°2′E / 14.633°N 121.033°E | |
Kintra | Philippines |
Region | Naitional Caipital Region |
Destricts | 1st tae 4t destricts of Quezon Ceety |
Barangays | 142 |
Incorporatit (toun) | 12 October 1939 (as Diliman Estate) |
Incorporatit (ceety) | 12 October 1939 (By virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 502 as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 659 and Republic Act Nos. 333, 537, and 1575)[1] |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Herbert M. Bautista (Liberal) |
• Vice Mayor | Ma. Josefina "Joy" G. Belmonte-Alimurung (Liberal) |
• Sangguniang Panlungsod | Councilors
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Area | |
• Total | 166.20 km2 (64.17 sq mi) |
Elevation | 17.0 m (55.8 ft) |
Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 2,761,720 |
• Density | 16617/km2 (43,040/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP Code | 1100 to 1128[3] |
Area code(s) | 2 |
Website | www |
Quezon Ceety (Filipino:Lungsod Quezon; Inglis: Quezon City) is the umwhile caipital (1948–1976) an the lairgest ceety in the Philippines. Locatit on the island o Luzon, Quezon Ceety (popularly kent tae Filipinos as simply QC) is ane o the ceeties an municipalities that mak up Metro Manila, the Naitional Caipital Region. The ceety wis named efter Manuel L. Quezon, the umwhile preses o the Commonwealth o the Philippines who foondit the ceety an developed it tae replace Manila as the kintra's caipital. Quezon Ceety is no locatit in an shoud no be ramfeeselt wi Quezon province, which wis an aa named efter the preses.
Haein been the umwhile caipital, mony govrenment offices are locatit in the ceety, includin the Batasang Pambansa, the seat o the Hoose o Representatives, which is the lawer chamber in the Philippine Congress. The main campuses o twa noteworthy varsities, the Ateneo de Manila University an the kintra's Naitional University—the University o the Philippines, Diliman—are locatit in the ceety.