QUEZON CITY
PHILIPPINES
Quezon City Philippines
(Filipino: Lungsod
Quezon), is the former capital and the most
populous city in the Philippines. Located on the
island of Luzon, Quezon City (popularly known to
Filipinos as simply QC) 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. Quezon City is not located in and should
not be confused with Quezon province, which was also
named after the president.
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 campuses of noteworthy Philippine
universities such as the Ateneo de Manila University
and the University of the Philippines are also
located here.
Quezon City is the richest local government unit in
the country in terms of current assets, cash in
banks, share of internal revenue allotment (IRA),
gross income, and gross net income. It remains the
only Philippine city without any debt to banks as it
operates on a surplus fund of over 2 billion pesos.
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.
Quezon City is also the major entertainment capital
of the Philippines, as many Filipino TV Shows,
music, and movies are produced here. The major TV
networks in the Philippines have their main stations
in Quezon City.
In 1984, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints built the scenic Manila Philippines Temple
here because of the large number of members in the
region. The Iglesia ni Cristo installed in Quezon
City their headquarters on Commonwealth Avenue, New
Era barangay: center of operations as well as a
large temple and the New Era University.
However, the majority of the population is Roman
Catholic, and in 2002, Quezon City was made see for
two new Catholic dioceses: Cubao and
Novaliches, as the very populous Archdiocese of
Manila was carved up and five new dioceses created.
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