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Tandang Sora Avenue (formerly known as Banlat Road) [2] is a major east-west thoroughfare bisecting Quezon City in Metro Manila, Philippines.It is a two-to-six-lane highway and municipal road that runs for 9.6 kilometers (6.0 mi) from its eastern terminus at Magsaysay Avenue in Pansol and U.P. Campus in Diliman to its western terminus at Quirino Highway in Baesa and Talipapa in Novaliches ...
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. As of July 2, 2012, President Benigno S ...
Tandang Sora Avenue is situated on the northern and eastern boundary of New Era. The barangay is also bounded on the southeast by Commonwealth Avenue and on the south by Central Avenue. Sitio Mabilog is situated on its southwest boundary while lots no. 689, 680, 678, and 689 of the Piedad Estate and San Antonio Subdivision delineates New Era's ...
[2] [3] These original four cities of Metro Manila (Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay) comprise 83% (1,428 of 1,710) of all these. The high number is attributed to these areas having more people and higher density when the barangay system was initiated (note that Caloocan North is sparsely populated then and consequently was given a lower ...
PhilPost recommends the use of postal codes in the country and correct addressing. [3] However, most residents do not use, let alone know how to use ZIP codes, and thus the codes are usually omitted. According to PhilPost, the proper use of ZIP codes assists in letter sorting and reduces letter misrouting. [3]
Historical marker. The Tandang Sora Shrine was "restored" by the Quezon City government in 2005 as a tribute to Melchora Aquino [4] and the shrine was built in 2008 [2] during the tenure of then-Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Prior to the shrine's construction, a marker is already present near the site of the shrine although it is generally hidden from view from the public by houses.
Previously included in the 2nd district, it includes the barangays bordering the southern enclave of Caloocan more popularly known as Balintawak and the Tandang Sora area. [4] Primarily residential, it is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar of the National Unity Party (NUP). [5]
Quezon City Chinatown is the world's largest Chinatown with an area of 591.9 hectares (1,463 acres). It was created by City ordinance 3039 of 25 August 2005, and was declared as a Tourism District on 5 October 2015. [87]