Quezon, Quezon
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This article is about the municipality. For the city, see Quezon City. For the province, see Quezon. For other uses, see Quezon (disambiguation).
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]
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Municipality of Quezon | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 14°03′N 122°08′E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Calabarzon |
Province | Quezon |
District | 4th district |
Founded | January 1, 1914 |
Named for | Manuel Luis Quezon |
Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Juan F. Escolano |
• Vice Mayor | Pedrito L. Alibarbar |
• Representative | Keith Micah D.L. Tan |
• Municipal Council | Members
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• Electorate | 11,032 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 71.22 km2 (27.50 sq mi) |
Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
Highest elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 15,886 |
• Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,039 |
Demonym | Quezonian |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 16.98 |
• Revenue | ₱ 87.97 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 169.4 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 74.14 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 32.1 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4332 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
Native languages | Tagalog |
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The municipality was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second President of the Philippines, first President of the Philippine Commonwealth, and the former governor. It is home to the recently started Yubakan Festival and a few speakers of the critically endangered Inagta Alabat language, one of the most endangered languages in the world as listed by UNESCO.