Quezon City
Appearance
Quezon City
Lungsod Quezon | |
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Nickname: | |
Location within thePhilippines | |
Coordinates:14°39′00″N121°02′51″E/ 14.65°N 121.0475°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | National Capital Region(NCR) |
Province | none |
Districts | 1st to 6th districts of Quezon City |
Barangays | 142 (seeBarangays) |
Incorporated (city) | 12 October 1939 |
Highly Urbanized City | December 22, 1979 |
Named for | Manuel L. Quezon |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
•Mayor | Joy Belmonte(HNP) |
•Vice Mayor | Gian Sotto(HNP) |
•Representatives | List |
•Council | Councilors |
•Electorate | 1,403,895 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 171.71 km2(66.30 sq mi) |
Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 2,960,048 |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 17,000/km2(45,000/sq mi) |
•Households | 738,724 |
Demonym | Taga-QC |
Economy | |
•Income class | special city income class |
•Poverty incidence | 3.31% (2015)[5] |
•Revenue | ₱24,024,463,055.00 (2020) |
•Assets | ₱451,589,145,280.00 (2020) |
•Expenditure | ₱23,068,244,019.00 (2020) |
•Liabilities | ₱29,659,831,026.00 (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8(PST) |
ZIP code | 1100 to 1138[6] |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)2 |
Climate type | Tropical monsoon climate |
Native languages | Tagalog |
Website | quezoncity |
Quezon City,orQ.C.,is the largest city of thePhilippines.It is just south ofManila.In 2015, it had a population of 2.936 million people.[7]The city, on Luzon island, was named afterManuel L. Quezon,the former president of theCommonwealth of the Philippines.
References
[change|change source]- ↑San Diego, Bayani, Jr. (July 21, 2012)."QC, 'City of Stars,' goes indie".Philippine Daily Inquirer.Archived fromthe originalon April 19, 2019.RetrievedApril 19,2019.
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:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑Villamente, Jing (August 5, 2018)."Quezon City to host festival of Filipino films".The Manila Times.Archived fromthe originalon April 19, 2019.RetrievedApril 19,2019.
...a float parade and Grand Fans Day will be held in Quezon City which had been tagged the "City of Stars."
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- ↑"2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority.Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016.ISSN0117-1453.Archived(PDF)from the original on May 25, 2021.RetrievedJuly 16,2021.
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:CS1 maint: year (link) - ↑"PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates".Quezon City, Philippines.Retrieved1 January2020.
- ↑"Quezon City ZIP Code",Philippine ZIP Codes Directory
- ↑"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-10-06.Retrieved2019-01-20.
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Other websites
[change|change source]- Official Quezon City WebsiteArchived2015-09-11 at theWayback Machine