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Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon () and historically known as Tayabas and Kalilayan, is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Lucena, a highly urbanized city governed separately from the province, serves as the provincial capital and its most populous city. The name of the province came from Manuel L. Quezon, the president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944 and a native of Baler, which was formerly a part of the province. The province was known as Kalilayan upon its creation in 1591, renamed as Tayabas by the 18th century, before settling on its cu
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Quezon
- Settlement.other_name
- Tayabas
- Settlement.image_caption
- (from top: left to right) Mt. Banahaw de Lucban, St. Ferdinand Cathedral in Lucena, Quezon boundary arch in Tiaong, Malagonlong Bridge
- Settlement.image_flag
- Provincial Flag of Quezon.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Seal of Quezon Province.svg
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.nicknames
- Cocolandia Food Basket of Calabarzon
- Settlement.mottoes
- Walang Tamad sa Quezon! Pilipinas, Quezon Naman! Healing Quezon
- Settlement.anthem
- Lalawigan ng Quezon File:Province of Quezon Hymn- Lalawigan ng Quezon by Jose “Pepe” Merto.ogg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.established_title
- Foundation
- Settlement.established_date
- 1591
- Settlement.established_title1
- Secession from La Laguna
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1754
- Settlement.established_title2
- Present charter
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Named after
- Manuel L. Quezon
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Quezon
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Calabarzon
- Contains
- Unisan
- Capital
- Lucena
- Population
- 1980338
- Area
- 8989.39
- Head of government
- Angelina Tan
- Shares border with
- Aurora
- Official website
- www.quezon.gov.ph
- Image
- Quezon Provincial Capitol Building.jpg
- Households
- 483703
- Dialing code
- 42
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- inception
- 1591-01-01
- Commons category
- Quezon (province)
- topic's main category
- Category:Quezon
- postal code
- 4300–4342
- language used
- Tagalog
- electorate
- 1496156
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- poverty incidence
- 16.30
- name
- Kalilayan
- total assets
- 13203164621.91
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 6188452407.91
- total liabilities
- 4259752779.00
- total expenditure
- 4738151910.35
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