Quezon (province)

Queson
	Provinces
Queson
	Tagalsk. Quezon
Flag	Emblem
A country	Philippines
Included in	CALABARSON Region
Includes	2 cities and 39 municipalities
Adm. Centre	Lucena
Acting Governor (May 18 - June 30, 2010)	Carlos Portes
History and Geography
Date of formation	March 2, 1901
Square	8 706.6 km² (5th place )
Height · Maximum;	; 2188 m;
Timezone	UTC + 8
Population
Population	1 987 030 people ( 2010 ) ( 12th place )
Density	228.22 people / km² (45th place)
official languages	English , Tagalog
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	PH-QUE
Telephone code
Postal codes
	Official site

Quezon ( Tagalog. Quezon ) - the province of the Philippines on the island of Luzon in the region of KALABARSON . The province is named after the second president of Fiippin, Manuel Quezon . The administrative center is the city of Lucena . The city of Quezon does not belong to this province, it is part of the Manila agglomeration, and belongs to another, eastern part of the same region of KALABARSON.

Geography

The province is located southeast of Manila , and borders the following provinces: Aurora (in the north), Bulakan , Risal , Laguna and Batangas (in the west), Northern Camarines and South Kamarines (in the east). It occupies the Ta’abas Isthmus, which separates the main part of Luzon and the Bicol Peninsula, as well as another peninsula, Bondok, located between the Tayabas Bay and Ragai Bay of the Philippine Sea . In the Philippine Sea, the province of Quezon includes the islands of Polillos, Alabat, Polillo .

Quezon is a rather large province, with an area of 8706.6 km². Its northern part adjoins the Sierra Madre mountain system. Mount Banachau, an active volcano , is the highest point (2188 m).

History

Originally, the lands of Quezon were distributed between the provinces of Batangas , Laguna and Nueva Esih . The first territory developed by conquistador Juan de Salcedo was called Laguna Camarines (1571-1572). Then she received the name Kalirai. The capital was Unisan . In the XVIII century, the capital was moved to the city of Tayabas, from which the province received a new name. The Moro peoples , partially inhabiting the territory of this province, tried to separate themselves from Christians. The local population was generally dissatisfied with the policies of the Spanish colonialists. Therefore, riots arose, such as, for example, the rebellion of Confradius in 1641 , led by Lucbano, also known as Ermano Pula. The people of the province supported the general Philippine revolution, which took place shortly before the establishment of the American regime.

In 1901 , under the Americans, the provincial capital was moved to Lucena. During the Second World War, like other provinces, Quezon, then also Tajabas, underwent the invasion of the Japanese. After the expulsion of the latter, in 1946, it was decided to rename the province into Quezon. The sub-province, Aurora ( 1951 ), so named in honor of the wife of President Manuel Quezon, was then included in Quezon . Later, in 1979 , she stood out in a separate province. On May 17, 2010, the governor of the province, Rafael Nantes, was killed in a helicopter crash near the town of Lucena . ^[one]

Administrative Division

Administratively, it is divided into 2 cities (Taiabas, Lucena) and 39 municipalities:

No.	City / Municipality (Russian)	City / Municipality (original)	amount Barangaev	Square, km²	Population, people (2007)
one	Taiabas (city)	Tayabas city	66	231	87 252
2	Lucena (city)	Lucena city	33	80.2	236,390
3	Burdeos	Burdeos	14	199.8	23,568
four	General Nakar	General nakar	nineteen	1344.8	24,895
five	Infanta	Infanta	36	342.8	60 346
6	Homalig	Jomalig	five	56.7	6 111
7	Lucan	Lucban	32	130.5	45 616
eight	Mauban	Mauban	40	416	55 866
9	Pagbilao	Pagbilao	27	171	62 561
ten	Panukulan	Panukulan	12	226.6	11 968
eleven	Putnanungan	Patnanungan	6	139.2	12 825
12	Polillo	Polillo	20	253	27 912
13	Real	Real	17	563.9	33 073
14	Sampalock	Sampaloc	14	104.8	13 534
15	Candelaria	Candelaria	25	129.1	105 997
sixteen	Dolores	Dolores	sixteen	62.6	26 312
17	San antonio	San antonio	20	172.9	30,023
18	Sariah	Sariaya	43	212.2	128,248
nineteen	Tiaong	Tiaong	31	168.4	87 707
20	Agdangan	Agdangan	12	31.5	11 164
21	Buenavista	Buenavista	37	161.4	24,798
22	Katanaouan	Catanauan	46	253.1	65,705
23	General moon	General luna	27	101	23,379
24	Mulanai	Mulanay	28	420	48 538
25	Padre Burgos	Padre burgos	22	69.1	19,877
26	Pitogo	Pitogo	39	73,4	21,095
27	San andres	San andres	7	61	29,216
28	San francisco	San francisco	sixteen	304	53,286
29th	San narciso	San narciso	24	263.6	39,828
thirty	Unisan	Unisan	36	124.2	23,600
31	Macalelon	Macalelon	thirty	120.45	25 986
32	Alabat	Alabat	nineteen	57.6	14,789
33	Atimonan	Atimonan	42	239.7	59 157
34	Kalauag	Calauag	90	324.7	69 475
35	Ginayangan	Guinayangan	55	214.1	39,074
36	Gumak	Gumaca	59	189.7	63,778
37	Lopez	Lopez	95	355.4	86 660
38	Perez	Perez	14	57.5	11 022
39	Paraglide	Plaridel	9	35.1	10 069
40	Queson	Quezon	24	71.2	15 011
41	Tagkvayyan	Tagkawayan	45	534.4	46,878

Notes

↑ A helicopter crashes in the Philippine province of Quezon

Links

Province Official Website (Retrieved July 22, 2009)

[1] A helicopter crashes in the Philippine province of Quezon