Quezon

Not to be confused with Quezon City, a highly-urbanized city in Metro Manila.

For other places with the same name, see Quezon (disambiguation).

Quezon Tayabas
Province
Quezon Provincial Capitol Building
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Nickname(s): The Palm State
{{#property:P242}} Location in the Philippines
Coordinates:
Country	[[{{#property:P17}}]]
Region	[[{{#property:P131}}]] (Region IV-A)
Founded	1591 (as Kalilayan) March 2, 1901 (as Tayabas)
Capital	Lucena
Government
• Type	Province of the Philippines
• Governor	David C.Suarez (NUP)
• Vice Governor	Samuel B. Nantes (LP)
Area
• Total	9,069.60 km2 (3,501.79 sq mi)
Area rank	6th out of 80
Population ()
• Total	{{#property:P1,082}}
• Rank	13th out of 80
• Density rank	44th out of 80
	Excludes Lucena City
Divisions
• Independent cities	1
• Component cities	1
• Municipalities	39
• Barangays	1,209 including independent cities: 1,242
• Districts	1st to 4th districts of Quezon (shared with Lucena City)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Tagalog (81%), Bicolano (11%), Bisaya (6%), Others (2%)
• Languages	Tagalog (Tayabasin dialect), Bicol, English
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP code	4300 to 4342
Dialing code	{{#property:P473}}
ISO 3166 code	{{#property:P300}}
Website	{{#property:P856}}

Quezon (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈkɛson]) is a province of the Philippines in the CALABARZON region of Luzon island. The province was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second President of the Philippines, and its capital is Lucena City.

Quezon is southeast of Metro Manila and is bordered by the provinces of Aurora to the north, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna and Batangas to the west and the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur to the east. Part of Quezon lies on an isthmus connecting the Bicol Peninsula to the main part of Luzon. The province also includes the Polillo Islands in the Philippine Sea.

A major tourism draw to the province is Mount Banahaw. The mountain is surrounded by spiritual mysticism with many cults and religious organizations staying on the mountain. Numerous pilgrims visit the mountain especially during Holy Week.

History

Originally, what now forms Quezon was divided among the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Nueva Ecija. The first European to explore the area was Juan de Salcedo in 1571-1572, during his expedition from Laguna to Camarines provinces.

In 1591, the province was created and called Kaliraya or Kalilayan, after the capital town which later became Unisan. In 1749, the capital was transferred to the town of Tayabas, from which the province got its new name.

Depredation and plunder by the Moros were rampant during the Spanish regime, because they opposed the colonizers, especially in their efforts to spread Christianity. The destruction of Kalilayan in 1604 by a big fleet of Moro pirates caused the inhabitants to transfer to Palsabangon (Pagbilao).

However, even the colonized people grew discontented with the Spaniards over the centuries. The most important event in the history of the province was the Confradia Revolt in 1841, which was led by the famous Lucbano, Apolinario de la Cruz, popularly known as Hermano Pule. The province, under General Miguel Malvar, was also among the earliest to join the Philippine Revolution. The Revolutionary Government took control over the province on August 15, 1898.

The Americans then came and annexed the Philippines. A civil government was established in the province on March 12, 1901, and Lucena was made the provincial capital.

Tayabas province in 1918

Northern portion

Southern portion

Japanese occupation of the province during World War II began on December 23, 1941, when the Japanese Imperial Army landed in Atimonan. The occupation witnessed the brutal murders of prominent sons of Tayabas. April 4, 1945 was the day the province was liberated as the combined Filipino and American army forces reached Lucena.

After the war, on September 7, 1946, Republic Act No. 14 changed the name Tayabas to Quezon, in honor of Manuel L. Quezon, the Commonwealth president who hailed from Baler, which was one of the province's towns.

In 1951, the northern part of Quezon was made into the sub-province of Aurora (which included Baler). Aurora was the name of the president's wife, Aurora Quezon. In 1979, Aurora was separated from Quezon as an independent province.

Splitting Quezon: Quezon del Norte and Quezon del Sur

In 2007, Republic Act No. 9495 was proposed to further divide Quezon into Quezon del Norte and Quezon del Sur. Quezon del Norte was to be composed of the first and second congressional districts of the province (Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polilio, Real, Sampaloc, Tayabas, Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong and Lucena), with Lucena as its capital. Quezon del Sur, with its capital at Gumaca, would have been composed of the third and fourth congressional districts (Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan, Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon and Tagkawayan). The act lapsed into law without the signature of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on September 7, 2007.

As required by law, the COMELEC held a plebiscite on December 13, 2008, 60 days after Republic Act No. 9495 took effect. The majority of the votes cast rejected the division, therefore the split did not push through.

Geography

Mount Banahaw, as viewed from the Atimonan-Pagbilao border

Quezon, east of Metro Manila, is the 8th largest province in the Philippines having an area of 892,601 hectares or 8,926.01 km². The northern part of the province is sandwiched between the Sierra Madre mountain range and the Philippine Sea. The southern part consists of the Tayabas Isthmus, which separates the Bicol Peninsula from the main part of Luzon Island, and the Bondoc Peninsula which lies between Tayabas Bay and Ragay Gulf.

The major islands of Quezon are Alabat Island and Polillo Islands. Mount Banahaw, an active volcano, is the highest peak at 2,169 metres (7,116 ft). It supplies geothermal power to the Makban Geothermal Power Plant.

Administrative divisions

Quezon is subdivided into 39 municipalities and one component city named Tayabas. The capital, Lucena City, is independent from the administrative and fiscal supervision of the province, but is eligible to vote for provincial officials.

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City or municipality District Area (km²) Population (2010) Density (per km²) No. of barangays ZIP code Income class Coordinates Agdangan 3rd 31.54 11,567 366.7 12 4304 5th Alabat 4th 57.61 16,120 279.8 19 4333 5th Atimonan 4th 239.66 61,587 257 42 4331 1st Buenavista 3rd 161.35 29,053 180.1 37 4320 4th Burdeos 1st 199.82 24,166 120.9 14 4340 4th Calauag 4th 324.71 69,223 213.2 81 4318 1st Candelaria 2nd 129.1 110,570 856.5 25 4323 1st Catanauan 3rd 253.07 65,832 260.1 46 4311 1st Dolores 2nd 62.6 27,702 442.5 16 4326 4th General Luna 3rd 101.02 25,373 251.2 27 4310 4th General Nakar 1st 1343.75 25,973 19.3 19 4338 1st Guinayangan 4th 214.12 41,669 194.6 54 4319 3rd Gumaca 4th 189.65 69,618 367.1 59 4307 1st Infanta 1st 342.76 64,818 189.1 36 4336 1st Jomalig 1st 56.65 6,884 121.5 5 4342 5th Lopez 4th 355.38 91,074 256.3 95 4316 1st Lucban 1st 130.46 46,698 357.9 32 4328 2nd Lucena † 2nd 80.21 246,392 3071.8 33 4301 2nd Macalelon 3rd 124.05 26,419 213 30 4309 4th Mauban 1st 415.98 61,141 147 40 4330 1st Mulanay 3rd 420 50,826 121 28 4312 1st Padre Burgos 3rd 69.1 20,161 291.8 22 4303 4th Pagbilao 1st 170.96 65,996 386 27 4302 1st Panukulan 1st 226.61 12,511 55.2 12 4337 4th Patnanungan 1st 139.2 13,865 99.6 6 4341 5th Perez 4th 57.46 12,039 209.5 14 4334 5th Pitogo 3rd 73.39 21,380 291.3 39 4308 4th Plaridel 4th 35.05 10,238 292.1 9 4306 5th Polillo 1st 253 28,125 111.2 20 4339 3rd Quezon 4th 71.22 15,142 212.6 24 4332 5th Real 1st 563.89 35,189 62.4 17 4335 1st Sampaloc 1st 104.78 13,107 125.1 14 4329 5th San Andres 3rd 60.99 33,586 550.7 7 4314 4th San Antonio 2nd 172.93 31,681 183.2 20 4324 4th San Francisco (Aurora) 3rd 303.96 57,979 190.7 16 4315 2nd San Narciso 3rd 263.58 45,386 172.2 24 4313 3rd Sariaya 2nd 212.16 138,894 654.7 43 4322 1st Tagkawayan 4th 534.35 50,833 95.1 45 4321 1st Tayabas 1st 230.95 91,428 395.9 66 4327 6th Tiaong 2nd 168.38 91,599 544 31 4325 1st Unisan 3rd 124.15 25,186 202.9 36 4305 4th  †  Provincial capital and highly urbanized city      Component city      Municipality Coordinates mark the city/town center vicinity, and are sorted according to latitude. Italicized names are former names. Income classifications for cities are italicized.

Demographics

Population census of Quezon
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	1,221,831	—
1995	1,359,992	+2.03%
2000	1,482,955	+1.87%
2007	1,646,510	+1.45%
2010	1,740,638	+2.04%
Excludes Lucena City Source: National Statistics Office

The inhabitants are mostly Tagalogs. The population is concentrated in the flat south-central portion which includes Lucena City, Sariaya, and Candelaria. After World War II, the Infanta area received migrants from Manila, Laguna and Batangas. People from Marinduque moved to the southern part of the Tayabas Isthmus and the Bondoc Peninsula. And people from Bicol Region migrated to Southern Towns of Calauag and Tagkawayan.

Economy

Quezon is the country's leading producer of coconut products such as coconut oil and copra. A large part of the province is covered in coconut plantations. Other major crops are rice, corn, banana, and coffee. Fishing is also a large part of the province's economy.

Notable people from Quezon

• Manuel L. Quezon — the second President of the Philippines - Baler (now a part of Aurora)
• Tomas Morato, last municipal President and first Mayor of Calauag and Quezon City, First Representative of the 2nd District of Tayabas, Manuel L. Quezon's best friend - Calauag
• Manoling Morato, former Chairman of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office- Calauag
• Claro M. Recto, former Minority leader of the Senate of the Philippines, former Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court -Tiaong
• Rey Danseco, Sports Editor and WBC boxing judge - Calauag, Lopez, and Gumaca
• Raphael Martinez - Cartoon Network/Discovery Family Television Writer (Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Clarence, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) - Pagbilao
• Aiza Seguerra, Filipino actress and singer - Calauag
• Raymundo Punongbayan - former director, Philvolcs - Calauag
• Mark Magsumbol - first Filipino player in 31-team American Basketball Association (ABA) - Calauag
• Agnes Devanadera, former Solicitor-General and Secretary of the Department of Justice - Sampaloc
• Lorenzo Tañada, former Senator - Gumaca
• Wigberto Tañada, former Liberal Party President and former senator - Gumaca
• Lorenzo Tañada III, Congressman, Liberal Party Spokesman - Gumaca
• Proceso Alcala, Secretary, Department of Agriculture - Lucena City
• Tommy Abuel, actor - Lucban
• Ana Capri, actress - Infanta
• Raimund Marasigan, musician (Eraserheads, Sandwich, Pedicab, Cambio) - Candelaria
• Romeo Vasquez - actor, Tayabas City
• Edgar Mortiz, actor/director - Infanta
• Orlando Nadres, writer/screenwriter/director - Tayabas City
• Angel Lagdameo - Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro and former President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines - Lucban
• Kris Psyche Resus, Miss Philippines Earth 2010, Infanta
• Lily Monteverde, movie producer - Sariaya
• Alice Dixson, actress - Philippine Cinema - Guinayangan
• Chris Tsuper, Radio DJ of Love Radio - Lucena City
• Gil M. Portes, a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter - Pagbilao
• Mau Marcelo, winner, Philippine Idol TV5, Lucena
• Horacio de la Costa, priest, writer - Mauban
• Abo dela Cruz, film director - Lucban, Quezon
• Leo Oracion, First Filipino Mountaineer succesfully reaching the Mt. Everest Summit - Lucban, Quezon

Metro Lucena

Metro Lucena has an estimated population of 700,000 which is mostly concentrated in the flat south-central portion of Quezon, which includes the cities of Lucena City and Tayabas, Sariaya, Candelaria, Lucban & Pagbilao. The people are often characterized as friendly and hardworking. It is the center of commerce and tourism in Quezon Province.

City or municipality	Nickname/s	Income class	No. of barangays	Area (km²)	Population (2007)	Population (2010)	Pop. density (per km²)
Candelaria	Industrial Town of Quezon	1st Class municipality	25	129.1	105,997	110,570	857
Lucban	Summer Capital of Quezon Home of the Pahiyas Festival	2nd Class municipality	32	154.15	45,616	46,698	303
Lucena City	Cocopalm City of the South Biofuel City The Gateway to the South Entertainment Capital of Southern Luzon	1st Class city (Highly urbanized)	33	83.17	236,390	246,392	2963
Pagbilao	Power Port of Quezon	1st Class municipality	27	177.6	62,561	65,996	372
Sariaya	Heritage Town of Quezon	1st Class municipality	43	245.3	128,248	138,894	566
Tayabas City	Home of the Finest Lambanog City of Festivals The City of Eleven Bridges	6th Class component city	66	230.95	87,252	91,428	396

External links

• Geographic data related to Quezon at OpenStreetMap
• Official website of Quezon province
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Local Governance Performance Management System

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