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Quezon

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Quezon, province (1990 pop. 1,372,445), E central Luzon, the Philippines. Lucena is the capital. A long, narrow province bordering on the Philippine Sea and containing in part the rugged Sierra Madre Mts., it is an excellent source of timber. It produces coconuts and copra and has plywood mills and major wood-product manufactures, most notably Manila elemi (an oleoresin). Formerly called Tayabas, its name was changed in 1946 to honor President Manuel Quezon, who was born there, in the village of Baler.


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Volunteers from the Santa Clarita Valley joined with the Sariaya Association of California in establishing medical clinics in Sariaya, Quezon, in the Philippines, Santa Clarita's second sister city.
Bishop Emeritus Julio Xavier Labayen of Quezon, on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines (Sun Star Manila, Sept.
The Philippine government requested aid from the United States to assist the towns of General Nakar, Infanta and Real in the Quezon Province, said Bond.
 
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