Quezon, Quezon

This article is about the municipality. For the city, see Quezon City. For the province, see Quezon. For other uses, see Quezon (disambiguation).

Quezon, officially the Municipality of Quezon (Tagalog: Bayan ng Quezon), is a municipality in the province of the same name. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,886 people.^[5]

Quezon
Municipality
Municipality of Quezon
Flag Seal
Map of Quezon with Quezon highlighted
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Quezon Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°00′25″N 122°10′56″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Quezon
District	4th district
Founded	January 1, 1914
Named after	Manuel Luis Quezon
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Juan F. Escolano
• Vice Mayor	Pedrito L. Alibarbar
• Representative	Keith Micah D.L. Tan
• Municipal Council	Members Pedrito J. Alibarbar Jr. Zaldy B. Bayan Maribel A. Lamadrid Alberto L. Binocaz Jr. Briene L. Flores Butch A. Rodriguez Matthew Effem S. Oliveros Rey G. Felismena
• Electorate	11,698 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	71.22 km2 (27.50 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Highest elevation	151 m (495 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	15,869
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
• Households	4,039
Demonym	Quezonian
Economy
• Income class	5th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	23.48 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 119.8 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 253.8 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 98.83 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 83.63 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4332
PSGC	0405637000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)42
Native languages	Inagta Alabat Tagalog

The municipality was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second President of the Philippines, first President of the Philippine Commonwealth, and the former governor. It is home to the recently started Yubakan Festival and a few speakers of the critically endangered Inagta Alabat language, one of the most endangered languages in the world as listed by UNESCO.

History

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. The town faced challenges, including pirate attacks, prompting the establishment of stone fortifications, including those at Gumaca.

On January 1, 1914, eleven barrios were excised from Alabat to officially form the new municipality of Quezon, by virtue of Executive Order No. 101 signed by Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison in 1913. The municipality was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the then-Resident Commissioner and a native of the province then known as Tayabas. Barrio Silanga (Silangan) was designated as the seat of municipal government.^[6][7]

Geography

Quezon is located at the southeastern tip of Alabat Island, which is accessible to the rest of Quezon through a sea route via Gumaca and eventually the under-construction Roma Point Bridge.

Barangays

Quezon is politically subdivided into 24 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Currently, there are 6 barangays which are classified as urban (highlighted in bold).

• Apad
• Argosino
• Barangay I (Poblacion)
• Barangay II (Poblacion)
• Barangay III (Poblacion)
• Barangay IV (Poblacion)
• Barangay V (Poblacion)
• Barangay VI (Poblacion)
• Cagbalogo
• Caridad
• Cometa
• Del Pilar
• Guinhawa
• Gumubat
• Magsino
• Mascariña
• Montaña
• Sabang
• Silangan
• Tagkawa
• Villa Belen
• Villa Francia
• Villa Gomez
• Villa Mercedes

Climate

Climate data for Quezon, Quezon
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26 (79)	27 (81)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	27 (81)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	51 (2.0)	35 (1.4)	37 (1.5)	39 (1.5)	91 (3.6)	131 (5.2)	168 (6.6)	132 (5.2)	162 (6.4)	184 (7.2)	166 (6.5)	101 (4.0)	1,297 (51.1)
Average rainy days	13.4	10.5	11.8	12.0	19.8	24.1	26.7	25.1	25.3	23.9	21.2	17.6	231.4
Source: Meteoblue[8]

Demographics

Population census of Quezon

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1918	2,627	—
1939	4,450	+2.54%
1948	5,346	+2.06%
1960	8,095	+3.52%
1970	10,604	+2.73%
1975	10,465	−0.26%
1980	10,734	+0.51%
1990	11,345	+0.56%
1995	13,200	+2.88%
2000	14,594	+2.18%
2007	15,011	+0.39%
2010	15,142	+0.32%
2015	15,228	+0.11%
2020	15,886	+0.89%
2024	15,869	−0.03%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Quezon

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 60.65 2003 47.93 2006 49.80 2009 29.18 2012 26.40 2015 26.16 2018 16.98 2021 23.48 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Churches

• Santa Cruz Parish (est.1914)