Also known as: QC, Lungsod Quezon
Quezon City is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila (NCR), National Capital Region (NCR). Population 3.08M (PSA 2024 census), 142 barangays, land area 161.1 km².
Quezon City is in the National Capital Region (NCR), also called Metro Manila.
Yes. Quezon City is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, officially the National Capital Region (NCR).
Quezon City is in the Second District of the National Capital Region, also known as the Eastern Manila District, together with Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig and San Juan. The Philippine Statistics Authority groups Metro Manila's cities and its one municipality into four such districts. They are a statistical and administrative grouping, not congressional districts.
Quezon City had 3,084,270 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Quezon City covers 161.1 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Quezon City has 142 barangays.
Quezon City is the largest LGU in the Philippines by population and the most complex urban planning challenge in the country. The CLUP must balance three legacy zones (Diliman government district, Cubao-Aurora commercial spine, residential subdivisions of Project 8 / Project 6 / Project 7) with active densification corridors along EDSA, Commonwealth, and the upcoming Metro Manila Subway alignment. The city's 142 barangays vary 50× in density; QC's planning office reports housing backlog north of 250,000 units. Watershed planning is critical — the La Mesa Dam reservoir, Ipo and Marikina watersheds, and Tullahan River basin all touch QC's territory.
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Home to the Batasan Pambansa complex — the seat of the Philippine House of Representatives — Quezon City functions as both the country's most populous city and a de facto legislative capital. The University of the Philippines Diliman campus, spread across 493 hectares in the city's northwest quadrant, operates as a research and innovation hub that anchors the surrounding tech-startup ecosystem along Katipunan and C.P. Garcia avenues. QC has also adopted a Climate Change Action Plan that integrates flood-risk corridors along the San Juan and Tullahan rivers into its zoning framework, a move aligned with the Department of the Interior and Local Government guidelines on climate-responsive land use.
Because Quezon City borders seven other NCR cities, its CLUP decisions have cascading effects on neighboring LGUs — a dynamic the LGU directory helps officials visualize across jurisdictions. Planners looking to benchmark QC's compliance progress against other large NCR cities like Caloocan or Pasig can find both in the LGU directory. QC officials evaluating adoption can explore the pilot program to see cohort-level reporting in action.
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
QC's scale makes it both the most demanding and the most valuable LGU pilot for Nova Gov. Cohort-level analytics across 142 barangays, real-time citizen-report routing with SLA escalation across 30+ agencies, and per-district CLUP compliance dashboards are exactly the use cases the platform was built for.
QC's 142 barangays vary 50× in density and the housing backlog tops 250,000 units — the most demanding planning office in the Philippines. Pilot per-district CLUP dashboards, La Mesa and Marikina watershed overlays, and SLA-escalated citizen routing across 30+ agencies, all reporting up as one cohort.
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