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Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read Edit View history. Main page Travel destinations Star articles What's Nearby? Tourist office Random page. Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia. Cubao The commercial heart of the city, centered on the sprawling Araneta Center , with its many malls and condominiums. This area is considered the modern "downtown" of Quezon City, and is also a major transport hub, with various options available to the rest of Metro Manila and even to other parts of the Philippines.

Diliman and Katipunan Commonwealth, Diliman, Katipunan Avenue This area is home to a very large transient student population, being home to the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University campuses, as well as several other educational institutions.

Between the two universities is Maginhawa Street , a food district popular with students of both universities. Triangle and Scout Areas The bustling heart of Quezon City, filled with people all day and all night. Major city and national government offices are clustered around the Quezon Memorial Circle , while the restaurants, bars and nightclubs along Tomas Morato Avenue are among the best Metro Manila has to offer, both to locals and tourists alike.

Commonwealth and Fairview Primarily residential, this area hosts the La Mesa Watershed Reservation , Metro Manila's only remaining natural rainforest and the primary source of the city's drinking water.

Shopping malls are primarily clustered in the northern part of Fairview, while to the south along Commonweath Avenue are sights as varied as the Batasang Pambansa, various government offices, the central temple of the Iglesia ni Cristo and even the city's old landfill, Payatas. Northwestern Quezon City Balintawak, Novaliches, Project 8, Project 9 The birthplace of the Philippine Revolution , today it is a busy commercial district, with Balintawak's bustling public market, the up-and-coming Cloverleaf mixed-use development nearby, and the many restaurants along Congressional Avenue.

Southeast Quezon City Largely residential, this area is mostly known for hosting the headquarters of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, where the People Power Revolution took place nearby in To the east is Eastwood City , a large mixed-use development popular with the upper classes.

Santa Mesa Heights is a mid-class area, with two major Roman Catholic shrines and prestigious Catholic schools. Near the boundary with Manila and San Juan lies the supposedly haunted location of Balete Drive, the car part stalls and Chinatown area along Banaue Street, and the row of funeral homes along Araneta Avenue.

At the center of New Manila are lofty condominiums and growing nightlife. Average max. Imperial conversion J. This guide uses the following price ranges for a standard double room:. Without thinking that there is still possibility of bombardment from the air, still Quezon continued the idea of a totally new city at least 15 km away from Manila Bay, beyond the reach of naval guns.

Quezon contacted William E. Parsons, an American architect and planner, and helped on selecting the Diliman Tuason estate as the site for the new city. Within that year Parsons died. His partner Harry Frost took over the assignment. Then the collaborated effort began constructing plans for the next capital of the Philippines, Quezon City. The plan was then approved by the Philippine authorities.

The city lies on the Guadalupe plateau which is a relatively high plateau on the northeast corner of the metropolis — between the lowlands of Manila to the southwest and the Marikina River valley to the east. The southern portion is drained by the very narrow San Juan River and its tributaries to Pasig River, while running in the northern portions of the city is the equally narrow Tullahan River.

Quezon City is bordered by Manila to the southwest, by Caloocan and Valenzuela City to the west and northwest. Having been the national capital for almost three decades, Quezon City is the site of many government offices, including the Batasang Pambansa Complex , which is the seat of the House of Representatives the lower chamber of the Philippine Congress. Commonwealth President Manuel L.

In the early 20th century, President Manuel L. Quezon dreamt of a city that would become the future capital of the country to replace Manila. It is believed that his earlier trip to Mexico influenced his vision.

President Quezon allowed the bill to lapse into law without his signature on October 12, , thus establishing Quezon City. After the war, Republic Act No. This caused the territorial division of Caloocan into two non-contiguous parts, the South section being the more urbanized part, and the North half being sub-rural. Exactly six years after on June 16, , more revisions to the city's land area were made by Republic Act No. On November 7, the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. Quezon City became one of Metro Manila's 17 cities and municipalities.

The next year, Presidential Decree No. On February 23, , Republic Act. The Act provided for the creation of the City of Novaliches comprising the 15 northernmost barangays of Quezon city. However, in the succeeding plebiscite on October 23, , an overwhelming majority of Quezon City residents rejected the secession of Novaliches.

Quezon City is the first local government in the Philippines with a computerized real estate assessment and payment system. The city government developed a database system that now contains around , property units with capability to record payments. In , President Quezon made a decision to push for a new capital city. Manila was getting crowded, and his military advisors reportedly told him that Manila, being by the bay, was an easy target for bombing by naval guns in case of attack—a real possibility in the late s.

Military advisers, however, did not anticipate aerial bombardment. He contacted William E. Parsons , American architect and planner, who had been the consulting architect for the islands early in the American colonial period.

Parsons came over in the summer of and helped select the Diliman Tuason estate as the site for the new city. Unfortunately he died later that year, leaving his partner Harry Frost to take over. Frost collaborated with Juan Arellano , engineer A. Williams, and landscape architect and planner Louis Croft to craft a grand master plan for the new capital.

The plan was approved by the Philippine authorities in On one corner of the proposed Diliman Quadrangle was delineated a hectare elliptical site.

This was to contain a large capitol building to house the Philippine Legislature and ancillary structures for the offices of representatives. The three branches of government would finally and efficiently be located close to one another. The city lies on the Guadalupe plateau which is a relatively high plateau on the northeast corner of the metropolis — between the lowlands of Manila to the southwest and the Marikina River valley to the east.

The southern portion is drained by the very narrow San Juan River and its tributaries to Pasig River , while running in the northern portions of the city is the equally narrow Tullahan River. Quezon City is bordered by Manila to the southwest, by Caloocan and Valenzuela City to the west and northwest.

The city can be divided into a number of areas. The northern half of the city is often called Novaliches and contains the areas of Fairview and Lagro. Most of these areas have no defined boundaries and are primarily residential in nature.

Quezon City features a tropical monsoon climate , with warm weather and dry and wet seasons. Template:Weather box. High-rise buildings in the Eastwood City , a major development in Quezon City. The commercial center of the city is in Cubao where many shopping malls and the Aurora Tower can be found.

There is a farmers' plaza and farmers' market. Fiesta Carnival was an enclosed amusement park cum carnival which is located in the heart of the Cubao Commercial Center, it has since been replaced by a branch of Shopwise , a local supermarket chain.

Quezon City is home to the Philippines' major broadcasting networks. TV5 also had its headquarters in Quezon City since , but it moved out to Mandaluyong City in However, its transmitter in Novaliches is still being used and operated by the network. Tomas Morato and Timog Avenues are the heart of a restaurant and entertainment row with a wide array of prices, cultures, and flavors while Banawe Avenue is dubbed as the Autoparts Capital of the Philippines [5] and home to clusters of authentic Chinese restaurants aside from Binondo.

The tallest building in the city is a 40 storey Eastwood Parkview located in Eastwood City. Cellular networking in the Philippines, particularly the metropolitan areas, is increasing rapidly together with the low cost of calls and text messaging.

Digitel has its main headquarters along Eulogio Rodriguez , Jr. Avenue C-5 in Bagumbayan. The city has several major educational institutions. Popular women's colleges such as St. Pedro Poveda College and Miriam College are also found in the city. Joseph's College of Quezon City , St. Mary's College of Quezon City , St. Paul University of Quezon City , St.

Bridget School, St. Anne de Beaupre School, Sto. Many Catholic parishes also operate parochial schools of their own as well. An elevated rail transit system MRT-4 that was supposed to follow the general alignment of Quezon and Commonwealth Avenues R-7 was shelved.

In its place, a 22 kilometer rail system will be built. Commonwealth Avenue , a major thoroughfare in Quezon City. MRT-3 with 5 Stations :. LRT-2 with 5 Stations :. LRT-1 with 3 Stations. Public transportation within the city, like in most of the urban areas in the Philippines, is facilitated mostly using inexpensive jeepneys and buses.

Tricycles give access to more secluded areas, while taxi cabs are available. Template:Philippine Census. The majority of the population is Roman Catholic , and in , Quezon City was made an episcopal see for two new Catholic dioceses: Cubao and Novaliches , as the very populous Archdiocese of Manila was carved up and five new dioceses created. A number of religious orders have set up convents and seminaries in the city.

Various Protestant faiths have seen a significant increase in membership over recent decades [7] [8] and are well represented in Quezon City. While the Islamic faith has its largest concentrations in the south of the Philippines, there is a significant population in Quezon City. The Salam compound in Barangay Culiat houses one of the area's landmark mosques. The biggest concentration of the Jesus Miracle Crusade of Evang. Wilde E. Almeda is also located in the City.

The seat of the Presiding Bishop, the Cathedral of Sts. Mary and John of the Episcopal Church , the national offices of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines , the National Council of Churches in the Philippines as well as a number of Protestant seminaries are located in the city. The Quezon Memorial Circle is a national park and shrine located in Quezon City, former capital of the Philippines —