16 Facts About Quezon

Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon, is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon.

Quezon is southeast of Metro Manila and is bordered by the provinces of Aurora to the north, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna and Batangas to the west and the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur to the east.

Originally, what now forms Quezon was divided among the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Nueva Ecija.

However, at different points in time, the boundaries of Quezon changed and included parts of Aurora, Marinduque, and Camarines Norte.

Quezon was acting on the consideration of Act 2809, the Act establishing Camarines Norte, which states that Camarines Norte be established with the borders it had before merging with Camarines Sur.

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Quezon province is called “Cocolandia”, with the Philippine Statistics Authority confirming the province is the top coconut producer in Calabarzon—composed of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon—and in the whole country.

Quezon is the country's leading producer of coconut products such as desiccated coconut, virgin coconut oil, coconut juice, coconut oil and copra.

Quezon has a total of 931 kilometers of national roads, mostly paved with concrete.

Quezon is home to several power plants that supply energy to the Luzon grid.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Quezon is against the construction of this project stating that it will not allow water from the Agos River, both on the left and on the right sides of the river.

Quezon Province has a huge potential for optimum utilization of and considerable revenue generation from the tourism sector.

Quezon is home to heritage houses from the early 20th century built in the American architecture of the time such as the Enriquez-Gala Mansion, Gala-Rodriguez House and Villa Sariaya.

Quezon's food is richly influenced by the native ingredients found in the area like coconut and other agricultural crops.

Since Quezon has long coastline, food with seafood as main ingredient is common in the province.

Several stores and resorts in Quezon offer the province's popular yema cake and leche puto, which are said to have originated in the town of Tayabas.

Lambanog - Quezon being part of Southern Tagalog region, this coconut whiskey is a specialty of its towns.