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Quezon City bills itself as the ICT capital of the Philippines. [115] Quezon City was the first Local Government Unit (LGU) in the Philippines with a computerized real estate assessment and payment system, which was developed in 2015 that contains around 400,000 property units with capability to record payments.
a Appointed ad interim mayor of by President Manuel L. Quezon effective October 23, 1939, but his appointment paper as signed by Quezon on November 10, 1939 showed the effective date from October 12, 1939. b Arrested by the Japanese forces during their occupation. c Died in office. d Served in an acting capacity.
Quezon City Hall. / 14.6468°N 121.0500°E / 14.6468; 121.0500. The Quezon City Hall is a government building which houses the office of the Mayor of Quezon City located along the Elliptical Road. The Quezon City Council is housed within the adjacent Legislative Wing.
The Quezon City Council is Quezon City's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislature. It is composed of 36 councilors, with 6 councilors elected from Quezon City's six councilor districts (coextensive with the Legislative districts of Quezon City) and two councilors elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils).
Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines, is politically subdivided into 142 barangays. All of Quezon City's barangays are classified as urban. [ 1] These barangays are grouped into six congressional districts, with each district represented by a congressman in the House of Representatives.
Prior to the establishment of the municipality of Quezon, its area was inhabited by the Dumagat people, who primarily lived along the coast. In 1672, Franciscan friars led by Tirso de Santa Maria explored the area and established a village, which eventually grew into a place called Silangan, from the Tagalog word meaning east, signifying the direction where the sun rises.
Quezon, [ a] officially the Province of Quezon ( Filipino: 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 upon its creation in 1591. Around the middle of the 18th century, it was changed to Tayabas. [ 11]
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