NOT many Filipinos know but Quezon City was originally intended to be the capital city of the Philippines during the early 20th century. When its charter was established in 1939, the vision of then-president Manuel L. Quezon—after whom the city was named—was to create a new master planned metropolis to address the growing congestion in Manila.
The government went about acquiring and assembling land from various haciendas and estates in the adjacent towns of Marikina, Pasig, San Juan and Caloocan, creating a vast contiguous area of what is now more than 160 square kilometers.
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