Quezon City

Quezon City is a huge city in the Philippines.

It is right next to Manila. In 2024, more than three million people lived there.

Quezon City is one of the cities of Metro Manila, in the Philippines. Larousse places it northeast of Manila and calls it a residential center with a university.

The 2024 census counted 3,084,270 people in Quezon City. That is almost twice as many as in 1990, when the census counted 1,669,776.

Larousse: city of the Philippines, northeast of Manila; 2,173,831 inhabitants (2000 census); residential center; university. City Population (Philippine Statistics Authority), Metro Manila cities and municipalities, Quezon City: 1,669,776 (1 May 1990), 2,173,831 (2000), 2,761,720 (2010), 2,936,116 (2015), 2,960,048 (2020), 3,084,270 (1 July 2024). The 2024 figure is 1.85 times the 1990 count.

Look at all the roofs among the trees, and the tall towers far away!

Quezon City has a big nature park. It also has a track where people jog and ride bikes.

This photo, taken in September 2017, looks out over the Katipunan area: low buildings with red, green and gray roofs among trees, a wide road with cars, and a group of tall towers that the photographer names as Eastwood City. Its Commons title names both Quezon City and Marikina.

The city government describes the Academic Oval of the University of the Philippines as a track for bikers, joggers and walkers, lined with acacia trees about fifty years old. La Mesa Ecopark covers 33 hectares of the La Mesa Watershed, with nature walks and bird watching.

Commons description: the Katipunan area and Eastwood City seen from a high-rise building in Quezon City (the description names it), Patrickroque01 (own work; category 'Photographs by Patrick Roque'), 6 September 2017; title '(Quezon City and Marikina)'. Quezon City government: Academic Oval of UP Diliman, popular with bikers, joggers and walkers, lined with half-century-old acacia trees; La Mesa Ecopark (LME), 33 ha in the La Mesa Watershed, Brgy. Greater Lagro, a joint initiative of the MWSS, the city government and a water company; nature walks, rappelling, wall climbing, bird watching; Araneta Coliseum and New Frontier Theater in Cubao host sports games, graduations and concerts. Wikidata, from the city point (Q1475): University of the Philippines Diliman (Q3176886) 1.90 km ENE; Araneta Coliseum (Q625986) 3.33 km S; Eastwood City (Q5331012) 5.69 km SE; La Mesa Ecopark (Q48770714) 7.47 km NNE.

Quezon City has streets full of cafés and places to eat.

Twice a year, one street has a big fair with food, music and art!

The city government names several tourism districts. Cubao mixes shops, offices, homes, hotels and entertainment. Along Maginhawa Street there are locally owned cafés, art galleries and photo studios, and every May and December the street holds fairs with food, music and art.

Banawe, called the 'Chinatown of Quezon City', is known for its restaurants, and the city celebrates the Lunar New Year and the Mid-Autumn Mooncake festival there.

Quezon City government ('QC Stops for Your Next Trip'): Cubao, 'Center of the Universe', a hub of retail, entertainment, residential, office and hospitality development, with the Araneta Coliseum and New Frontier Theater; Cubao Expo shops; Maginhawa Art and Food Hub (Maginhawa to V. Luna Extension), with Summer Fest and the Arts and Food Festival every May and December; Banawe, the 'Chinatown of Quezon City', marked by the Filipino-Chinese Friendship Arch at Quezon Avenue, with Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn Mooncake festival celebrations and many auto parts shops.