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<\/p>\nQuezon City. It\u2019s a place that\u2019s often confused with a province in Region 4 that bears the same name. While Filipinos might not be as confused with Quezon Province and Quezon City, expats are always left scratching their heads as to why two places will have the same name.<\/p>\n
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MAP OF QUEZON CITY. Image grabbed from Google Maps.<\/em><\/p>\n Before we get into what the title says, here are a few facts about Quezon City that you may not have previously known:<\/p>\n How to get there<\/strong><\/p>\n As with any city within the National Capital Region, getting to and around Quezon City isn\u2019t a puzzle. You can ride the MRT<\/a> and alight at North Avenue, Quezon Avenue, GMA-Kamuning, or Cubao Station, depending on where you\u2019re going. You can also take a bus from any point in Metro Manila to most areas in Quezon City.<\/p>\n Also read: Makati: What it’s known for<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Here are a few things the city fondly called QC is known for:<\/p>\n Home to Government Offices<\/em><\/p>\n Government offices are scattered throughout the country, but it seems like there\u2019s one at every corner in Quezon City. Here\u2019s a short list of government offices within QC:<\/p>\n \u201cCity of Stars\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been in the country long enough (or were born Filipino), you should know that most of the country\u2019s biggest names live in Quezon City. We can\u2019t exactly say where they live, but rest assured they\u2019re no more than a 15-20 minute drive away from the country\u2019s two biggest TV networks: ABS-CBN (located at Mother Ignacia St.) and GMA (located along Timog Ave.).<\/p>\n The best place for a food crawl<\/em><\/p>\n You\u2019ve been living under a rock if you\u2019ve never heard of Maginhawa Street. Known as the Food District of QC, you\u2019ll find some of the best hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Metro Manila along this street in Teacher\u2019s Village, Diliman.<\/p>\n Seat of Knowledge<\/em><\/p>\n \u2026 or more likely a producer of some of the best minds the country has seen. QC is home to two of the country\u2019s top universities: Ateneo De Manila University in Katipunan and the University of The Philippines \u2013 Diliman, the flagship campus of the country\u2019s premier state university. Yes, Manila may have its U-belt, but does it also have the country\u2019s premier science high school: Philippine Science High School (Agaham Road, Diliman)?<\/p>\n\n
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<\/p>\n![Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nOriginally pegged as the site of the National Capitol building, it\u2019s the city\u2019s most important park and (possibly) one of the largest parks in the country. It houses the remains of former President Manuel L. Quezon and his wife Aurora Aragon Quezon. Apart from the trylon monument that symbolizes the country\u2019s three main islands, it\u2019s also home to an amusement park, three museums, and a vast recreation space.<\/p>\nGot anything else you might know that makes QC stand out? Hit us up in the comments section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are a few things the city fondly called QC is known for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[1925,1922,1923,1926,1927,319,1924],"class_list":["post-11843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-story","tag-admu","tag-big-dome","tag-city-of-stars","tag-pisay","tag-qcmc","tag-quezon-city","tag-upd"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/01\/QCMC-e1483689106912.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11848,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11843\/revisions\/11848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Quezon_Memorial_Circle_-_monument_tower_(Elliptical_Road,_Diliman,_Quezon_City;_2010-08-13)_02.jpg\"){kind=link}