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Quezon City

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Quezon City city (1990 pop. 1,669,776), former capital of the Republic of the Philippines, central Luzon, a part of the Manila metropolitan area. A suburb of Manila, taken separately it would be the most populous city in the Philippines. It is chiefly residential but has some diversified light industry. It is named for President Manuel Quezon , who in 1937 selected this site as the new capital of a free Philippines. It officially replaced Manila as capital in 1948; in 1976 the capital returned to Manila. The area was formerly a private estate. The Univ. of the Philippines is there.

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Quezon City

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Quezon City, Luzon/Philippines Originally a private estate, it was chosen in 1939 as the site of a new capital by Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (1878–1944), who became the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935; he remained president until his death, although he had to go into exile after the Japanese invaded in 1942. The city was the Filipino capital between 1948 and 1976. There are towns called simply Quezon on the islands of Palawan and Alabat.

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