Quezon, officially the Municipality of Quezon ( tgl, Bayan ng Quezon), is a 5th class
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Quezon
Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of the province. It was later renamed Tayabas. In honor of the ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,886 people.
The municipality was named after
Manuel L. Quezon, the second
President of the Philippines
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, first President of the
Philippine Commonwealth
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, and the former governor. It is home to the recently started Yubakan Festival and a few speakers of the critically endangered
Inagta Alabat language
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, one of the most endangered languages in the world as listed by
UNESCO
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.
Geography
Barangays
Quezon is politically subdivided into 24 barangays, 6 urban and 18 rural.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Quezon Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
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Municipalities of Quezon
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