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Quezon City P is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on Luzon Island, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the former president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines who founded the city and developed it to replace Manila as the country's capital.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
2000 census—2,173,831.
Quezon City is not located in and should not be confused with Quezon province, which was also named after the president, who hailed from that province.
Being the former capital, many government offices are located in the city, including the Batasang Pambansa , the seat of the House of Representatives, which is the lower chamber in the Philippine Congress. The main campus of the University of the PhilippinesThe University of the Philippines Unibersidad ng Pilipinas in Filipino) or U. is the premiere state university of the Philippines. It was founded in 1908 and is now composed of seven constituent Autonomous Universities around the country providing tertiar is also located here.
The city features many spacious parks, tree-lined boulevards, and lots of commercial areas, popular with shoppers all over the metropolis. Most of the city is composed of residential areas and there is almost little industry in the large city.
Quezon City is the biggest city in Metro Manila, which at approximately 160 square kilometers covers almost one-fourth of the area of Metro Manila. The city lies on a relatively high plateau on the northeast corner of the metropolis between the lowlands of Manila to the southwest and the Marikina River valley to the east. The southern portion is drained by the very narrow San Juan RiverThe San Juan River may refer to: The San Juan River in Cuba. The San Juan River in Veracruz, Mexico The San Juan River which drains Lake Nicaragua and forms the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The San Juan River in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexi and its tributaries to Pasig RiverThe Pasig River is a river in the Philippines that drains Laguna de Bay into Manila Bay. The river is called Ilog Pasig in Filipino. It stretches for 25 kilometers and divides Metro Manila into two. Its major tributaries are Marikina River and San Juan Ri, while running in the northern portions of the city is the equally narrow Tullahan River.
Quezon City is bordered by Manila to the southwest, by Caloocan City and Valenzuela City to the west and northwest. To the south lies San Juan and Mandaluyong City while Marikina City and Pasig City borders Quezon City to the southeast. To the north across Marilao River lies San Jose del Monte City in the province of Bulacan and to the east lies Rodriguez and San Mateo, both in the province of Rizal.
The city can be divided into a number of areas. The southern portion of the city, where most of the interesting places are, is divided into a number of places including Diliman, Commonwealth, the Project areas, Cubao, Kamias-Kamuning, New Manila, San Francisco del Monte and Sta. Mesa Heights. The northern half of the city is often called Novaliches and contains the areas of Fairview and Lagro. Most of these areas have no defined boundaries and are primarily residential in nature.
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