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Apr 2004

Quezon City

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Quezon City (Filipino: Lungsod Quezon), is the former capital (1948-1976) 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.

Quezon City was the previous capital city of the Philippines. The upper-class areas of the city include such homes as the Araneta mansion and compound, Araneta being the family that developed the Araneta commercial center which includes the prominent Araneta Coliseum. There are residential areas ranging from the upper-middle class, right through to the upper-upper class.

Having been 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 two noteworthy universities, the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines, Diliman are located in the city.

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