Quezon, officially the Municipality of Quezon (; ; ), is a

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in the

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of Isabela,

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,037 people.

Etymology

The town was named in honor of President

Manuel L. Quezon Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (, , , ; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1 ...

on June 21, 1959 pursuant to Republic Act No. 2418.

History

Prior to its creation, Quezon was once part of a vast track of agricultural land called the Mallig Plains and was sparsely populated. Historians believe that its earliest inhabitants were the

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and the Kalingas of the

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as well as the Irrayas. Although the Igorots and the Kalingas are primarily upland dwellers, historians have observed that these natives come down from the highlands from time to time to hunt for low-landers especially the '' Kanyaw'' rituals. The site of Quezon the location of a Spanish mission called Nalabangan which was established on 24 May 1598 but vanished from historical records not long afterwards. When

was elected as the

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of the

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, one of his administration's main programs was to promote development in the other areas in the country aside from

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. In order to achieve this objective, President Quezon opened up vast uninhabited areas for settlement hoping that these would be developed by those who will decide to settle in those areas. Aside from

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, other parts of

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were similarly offered for settlement and development including the province of Isabela, particularly the north-western portion of the province which was later called Mallig Plains. Citing for the potential of the area for settlement and agricultural development, President Quezon declared the entire Mallig Plains as project site for his program on rural development. In support of this declaration, he created the Office of National Land Settlement Administration which was renamed to Land Settlement Development Corporation (LaSeDeCo). Subsequently, this corporation was reorganized. At that time, the primary objective of LaSeDeCo was basically to oversee and facilitate the distribution of lands to qualified settlers. With the development of this opportunity for rural and agricultural development and with the completion of the Balete Pass Road in the 1920s that runs through the hinterlands of the

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, hundreds of inhabitants from the

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and

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regions opted to settle and avail of the program of the government in the Mallig Plains area. A few years after the declaration of the area as site for settlement and agricultural development, World War II broke out and the region was later placed under

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control. Early settlers had difficulty rebuilding afterwards due to attacks by Kalinga tribes from the north. One of those who fought the Kalinga was Jesus Estrada for whom a barangay was named after him. It was only after the government and leaders of the tribes negotiated and agreed to end hostilities that the threat to settlers was eventually dispelled. With the attainment of peace and security in the area, the exodus of settlers to the area increased particularly in the area of Barrio Narra where the future site of Quezon is located. But the continued influx of settlers into the area increased the demand for basic requirements of residents. Provincial officials, particularly Representative Delfin Albano of the lone district of Isabela saw the urgency and the need to create a new municipality out of Mallig. ''House Bill No. 736'' authored by Albano was later approved by the

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and

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in 1959 through ''

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No. 2418''. The name of the municipality was in honor of the President Quezon who was instrumental in the development of the municipality. Hildebrando Pécson was appointed as the first mayor of the municipality from 1960 until 1967 when after his term limit allowed by law then, he was succeeded by Hermogenes Padilla in the 1967 local elections. In 1971, Gavino Gascon challenged Padilla and was elected. In 1976, he was replaced by William Corpuz and was in turn unseated in 1978. Oniate Tabangcura, a former military officer replaced Corpuz. When

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was overthrown on 1986 through the 1986

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issued and executive order replacing all local executives all throughout the Philippines. Corpuz was appointed as Officer-In-Charge Mayor. In 1988 local elections, Gavino Gascon regained his seat as mayor. He was reelected in 1992 and 1995. Due to term limit as stated on the 1987

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and the Local Government Code of 1991, the position of mayor was left as an open race in the

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. Lawyer Eduardo Cabantac won as mayor. He was reelected in 2001 local elections Cabantac was again reelected in

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leaving the 2007 elections as an open race again. Gascon's son Daryl won as mayor in the said election. Daryl G. Gascon was re-elected in 2010 and again in 2013 for his third and last term. In 2016, incumbent Vice Mayor Jimmy S. Gamazon Jr. won as Mayor against incumbent Councilor Eduardo R. Cabantac who wanted to reclaim his former post. In May 2019, Gamazon won unopposed while his running mate lawyer Jesus V. Poquiz, a three-term Councilor, easily won via landslide as Vice Mayor against Councilor Glenn A. Dulig.

Geography

Quezon is one of the 34 municipalities which comprise the province of Isabela. Situated in the north-western portion of the province, it is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Santa Maria and Cabagan, on the south by the municipality of Mallig on the east by the municipalities of Delfin Albano and Santo Tomas all within the province of Isabela; and on the west by the Tabuk City in the province of Kalinga. A landlocked municipality, its absolute location is between 121°32’ to 121°41’ longitude East and 17°14’ to 17°26’ latitude north. Its municipal center is located 17°18'42.90"N and 121°36'19.59"E. Its main access is the Cagayan Valley National Highway that traverses in a general north–south direction virtually slicing the municipality lengthwise and connects it with other municipalities in Isabela. To the east lies a provincial road which links Quezon to the municipality of Santo Tomas, Isabela. Quezon is situated from the provincial capital

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, and from the country's capital city of

Based from the data from the Municipal Accessors Office, Quezon occupies an area of 268.26 km² or about 2.52% of the total land area of Isabela which is placed at 10,664.4 km². The figure was based on the actual tax mapping conducted by the said office. The same figure was also used in the old town plan of Quezon and was validated by using a digital planimeter. With this figure, Quezon is the 13th largest of the 34 municipalities of Isabela and the 3rd largest out of the 11 municipalities of District 2 (San Mariano being the largest at 1,469.50 km², followed by Aurora at 300.56 km²). It is larger than its neighbors Mallig (133.4 km²) and Roxas (184.8 km²).

Barangays

Quezon is politically subdivided into 15

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s. Each barangay consists of

purok A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...

s while some have

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Centro (Settlement 1) consists of Alunan (Southeast Poblacion), Arellano (Northwest Poblacion), Santos (Northeast Poblacion), and Samonte (Southwest Poblacion). The rest of the barangays are rural barangays.

Topography and Geomorphology

The municipal landscape of Quezon is characterized by a mixture of relatively flatlands punctuated at certain points by undulating and rolling terrain, with

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s flanking its eastern and western sides. The low-lying hills ad surrounding mountains ranges are slightly dissected by intermittent creeks and

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s, which act as natural drainage avenues of accumulated run off water coming from the uplands. The physiography of the municipality falls into two basic categories: an alluvial plain and a mountainous terrain. The central plain, where the

is located, has an elevation of about 100 meters above mean sea level, and is predominantly characterized by low relief and moderately sloping areas. Three fourths of the town is covered by these flatland which may be considered as a broad alluvial plain with recent depositions and residual soils. These areas are found sandwiched between the eastern and western uplands as well as on the other side of the Sierra Madre foothills. The south-western portion is characterized by the low-lying hills with undulating and rolling terrain, having elevations ranging from 90 to 120 meters above mean sea level. These are basically shale and sandstone materials which dominate the Isabela-Kalinga boundary. The eastern edge, meanwhile forms part of the foothills of the major mountain range in the area and dominates the eastern flank of Quezon. This high relief area has peak elevations of up to 200 meters above mean sea level and is composed primarily of volcanic rocks.

Soil system

Pedologic surveys conducted by the Bureau of Soils Management of the Philippine

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have identified two major soil series or categories in Quezon. These road categories are the Bago Sandy Clay Loam and the San Juan Clay. The San Juan Clay is extensively distributed covering about 113.94 km² or about 60 percent of the municipality. It offers excellent potential for such agricultural land use like onchards, commercial forest,

woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

and pasture/ grazing lands. The Bago Sandy Clay Loam on the other hand, covers about or bout 40% of the municipality. This particular type of soil is devoted to lowland rice farming.

Ground water and geologic formations

The assessment of the ground water resources by the Philippine National Water Resources Board in the entire province of Isabela was based on existing data on geologic formations, topography, ground surface elevations, precipitation and groundwater levels, all of which are available from the files of various agencies. Based on the study, Quezon is classified into two categories namely: deep and shallow well areas. Shallow well areas generally consist of recent formations with slopes ranging from zero to three percent. Most of these areas are located at elevations within 50 meters above mean sea level, like alluvial and coastal plains and river valleys. Shallow wells may also have deep-water

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and are less susceptible to

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intrusion. Deep well areas generally consist of sedimentary formations, 90 percent of which are water carriers, These are usually located in slopes reaching up to 10%, usually at elevations of more than 50 meters above sea level. The waters from deep wells are in general, of good quality. Almost the entire portion of Quezon is classified as deep well area with a small portion of barangay Barucboc, having the lowest point of elevation in the entire municipality, belonging in the shallow area. Quezon s underlain with sedimentary rock formations the dominant being recent depositions of alluvium. This covers much of the municipality except in the Barucboc-Estrada area which is underlain with sandstone. The unconsolidated nature of the sandstone layers in these areas could account for the relatively shallow depth to the water data, since in general sandstones’ permeability allow good infiltration of water.

Existing general land use pattern

Clustered development influenced considerably by a grid-iron pattern of road network characterizes the existing land use pattern. Built up areas, which include

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areas, parks and open spaces are sporadically located in the 15 barangays including the Poblacion, namely Arellano, Samonte, Santos and Alunan, which comprise the town proper. The total built up areas has an aggregate area of 8.79 km² or 5% of the total land area of the municipality. Agricultural land cover approximately or 65% of the total land area. Included are

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lands, lands devoted to vegetables,

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s, fruit trees and other crops. Open grasslands cover approximately or 28% of the total; however, only a small portion of these are actually being utilized as grazing/ pasture lands while a major portion is left idle. Forest lands cover approximately or 2.5% of the total area and these are located on the eastern portion of the municipality. While the land classification indicates a vast timberland areas of more than 36 square kilometres, these do not appear to be based on the actual land use but rather on tenurial status. That is, public lands are generally termed timberland areas. Water bodies like rivers and creeks occupy an aggregate area of approximately or about 1% of the total land area of the municipality. Land resources in Quezon could be described as somewhat underutilized given its vast potential for agro-industrial development.

Climate

Using the

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classification scheme, the

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(PAGASA) has classified the climatic type of Quezon belonging to Type III category. Type III climate is characterized by two seasons which are not very pronounced; a relatively dry season which lasts for an average of five months from December to April, and a wet season from May to November with maximum rain periods towards the last quarter (September to November). This classification system is based on

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levels rather than on temperature ranges because the

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location of the Philippines prevents any significant fluctuation in temperature readings. Although the Sierra Madre flanks boundaries of Quezon, the predominance of relatively flat to moderately sloped area and the absence of imposing peaks prevent orographic precipitation. Quezon, however, is exposed to the

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al wind systems and periodic typhoons is a permanent feature.

Rainfall

As observed and recorded at the Agro-Meteorological station located in Minanga,

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, the town received an annual rainfall of , 92.3 percent of which occurs from May to November. Maximum rainfall of occurs in October, while minimum rainfall of occurs in February.

Temperature

Diurnal variations in temperature readings are minimal, with an annual average of . The hottest month of the year is April with an average of . Temperature extremes however, may dip as low as in January, and may climb to as high as in April.

Relative humidity

The constantly high temperature promotes evaporation in the area which in turn results in humid conditions. Sparingly does the

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level drop below 69.4 percent which is the minimum level during the month of October, even as it peaks to 94.3 percent during the month of December. The annual average is a high 85.9 percent.

Demographics

Population

The population grows tremendously. During the census of 1960, one year after its creation as a municipality, Quezon had a population of only 5,797. Its population increased to 7,271 in 1970 and 8,225 in 1975 with an annual growth of 2.25% and 2.49% respectively. The tremendous increase of population began in 1975 to 1980 where population grows to 9,820 or 3.61% growth rate. Between the 1980s and 1990s, its population grew by 16,280 with an annual growth of 5.18%. Such an increase may be attributed to natural increase and influx of migrants particularly land seekers coming from various provinces (mainly from nearby Kalinga) with the operation of Chico River Irrigation System in 1983 that propelled the agricultural boom of Quezon. Population growth between 1990 and 1995 slowed down to 1.59% with 17,617 on record. The growth rate between 1995 and 2000 regained an increase of 2.66% when the local economy improved due to the concreting of the national highway and the increased remittances of its Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) working as either professionals or skilled workers in various fields in the Middle East, USA, Canada, London (UK), Hong Kong or Singapore. In the 2000

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of population by the Philippine

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, the municipality has a population of 20,090. This was about 1.56% of the total population of Isabela which were 1,287,575 for the same year. In 2004, the municipal population office recorded a total population of 21,669 composed of 4,437 households. The average household size of Quezon is 4.98 while the province of Isabela has an average household size of 5.05. As of 2004, gross

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for the entire municipality was placed at 81 people/km². Urban gross density was 144 people/km² while rural gross density was 65 people/km². Comparing with provincial density, the province of Isabela with its area of 10,408.9 km² and population of 1,287,575 as of 2000 census, has a gross density of 124 people/km².

Urbanity

The level of

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of Quezon is relatively low. About 36% of its total population in the year 2004 was found in the urban barangays. The rest of the municipality's population resides in the

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barangays. In Quezon, the

area was a major settlement area. Poblacion area was subdivided into four barangays namely Alunan, Arellano, Samonte and Santos. There are also other major settlement areas located the Poblacion namely Abut, Minagbag and Barucboc, all traversed by the national highway.

Age and sex structure

The municipal sex ratio is 1.06. This indicated that there were 106 males to 100 females. Majority of the population of Quezon is at the working age. As of 2000, Quezon had 56.73% or 11,398 persons belonging to the productive age group, 40% or 8,034 belong to the young age group and 3.27% or 658 belong to the retirement age of 65 years and above.

Ethnicity

The overwhelming majority of the residents of Quezon belong to the Malay race. The

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race compose a tiny minority of the population, most of whom are migrants from north of the Philippines. The municipality is peopled by a conglomeration of groups that speak several local

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s and

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s. The majority of the population speak Ilocano followed by Pangasinan. This can be attributed to the fact that most of their forefathers came from Ilocos region and Pangasinan. In fact, Barangay Samonte in Poblacion is sometimes referred to as "Little Pangasinan" of Quezon, Isabela. Recent data reveal that 87.58% of the total population speaks Ilocano. Kankanaey and

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dialect represent 10.85% of the total population. This was attributed to the proximity of Quezon to the

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area and with the opening of Chico dam that made this downstream municipality as its irrigation's beneficiary. The rest of the household speaks other dialects such as Itawanes, Ibanag and others. As required in the field of commerce and education. Most residents are multi-lingual with Tagalog and English as their secondary and tertiary mode of communication.

Religion

An estimated 61.22 percent of the municipal population were

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s. This was followed by the Philippine Episcopal Church,

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and

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. Other religious sects in the municipality were

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, Baptist,

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, and Crusados. Small portion belong to the

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religions.

Economy

The economy of Quezon is made up of

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(primary),

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(secondary) and

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(tertiary) sector. These sectors represent the different groups of economic activity. In most cases, these sectors are interlinked. One sector supports one or more sectors and vice versa. The performance of one sector depends greatly on its linkages with other sectors besides its own viability. This has a significant bearing on the sustainability of employment, an important indicator to measure the performance of a specific sector in particular and the economic status of the municipality in general.

Local trade and industry

Trade and commerce

The commercial activity in Quezon is concentrated within and around the perimeter of the

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. It is the primary source of staple and convenience goods and services for the Poblacion and neighboring barangays. In the public market and around the commercial district are retail and wholesale trade, small-scale restaurants (

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s), videoke bars, mini-stores (

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s) and a number of other businesses of trading establishments. The public market in the Poblacion area is considered as the economic center of Quezon. A well-paved Cagayan Valley Highway connects it to Santiago City in Isabela and

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in the Cagayan province. Moreover, it is connected to other barangays of the municipality by municipal and barangay roads. The majority of the mini-stores (

s) are established near the roads sporadically spread in many barangays of Quezon. Most stores are characteristically just an extension of the main house. Many of the small booths of

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are

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with nipa roofing. They are situated near the house of the owner. In many cases, these stores are attached to

structures. According to the records of the mayor's office, there are about 290 business establishments operating in the municipality. Of this number, 198 or approximately 68.2% are

s. The rest are small-scale restaurants (

), bakeshops,

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shops and other service-oriented business establishments, The municipality is basically a goods-consuming community wherein most of business enterprises sell a variety of products for daily consumption of local residents. Practically all barangays have varying numbers of sari-sari stores with Arellano, Barucboc, Minagbag, Abut, Lepanto, Alunan, and Santos having the most. Aside from the ambiguity of mini-stores (sari-sari stores), Quezon is also known for its thriving balut industry, Out of a total of 290 establishments, 15 are into balut production. There are only two barangays where this particular activity is found and these are Minagbag in the north and Alunan in the south. Since the most dominant economic activity in the area is rice farming it would do the farmers well if they could venture into this type of enterprise since this will provide additional income for them.

Industry

There are also industries, which transform raw materials into final goods. These industries include a

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factory and a

, and bamboo furniture and hut processing plant in barangay Santos, as well as

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shop in Barucboc. Another major observation that can be obtained from the distribution of

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

enterprises in the municipality is the presence of activities that caters to the needs of the agricultural sector or the personal needs and requirements of residents. For instance, there are four business activities concentrated in barangay Arellano, which supply agricultural equipment from nearby municipalities such as Mallig and Roxas. This condition is brought about by the fact that some

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer ...

s especially in barangays quite distant from the Poblacion such as Turod and Barucboc have accessibility problems. It was learned also that some business establishments in nearby municipalities provide financial assistance to these farmers, which make farmers gravitate toward these other centers. To cater to the personal needs of the local residents, there are a number of business activities, which provide such services as

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supplies,

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s and

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s. There are 31 industrial establishments in operation within the municipality. These are categorized as agro-industries, manufacturing or service-oriented industries. The concentration of industrial activities is in grains processing. There are 10

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s (kiskisan) operating within the municipality. These projects are categorized as agro-industries. In manufacturing, the significant activities include

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making,

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and hollow blocks making. Furniture making however is very much affected by the imposition of log ban in the Philippines. Other activities include vulcanizing shops,

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shops and

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Financial institutions

Agriculture-based lending institution of the municipality includes the Mallig Plains Rural Bank, PRBank and Rural Bank of Benito Soliven located at the Poblacion as well as Epiphany MPCI located at Barangay Abut. Residents also access the financial facility of nearby Roxas, Isabela such as the

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and Ficobank. Palay-buying stations also provide financial support to farmers and individual household.

Agriculture

Crop production

The municipality of Quezon is primarily an agricultural community. Majority of the population depends upon agriculture for their livelihood and income. The office of the municipal agriculturist reveals that there was a total of 58.17 km² of agricultural lands. Of this area, 50.75 km² are devoted to

production with 45.84 km² being

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and 4.91 km² unirrigated. Other crops grown include corn and vegetables as well as commercial crops like

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coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...

and

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=Rice production

= Production records reveal that the

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production of the municipality reached an aggregate total of 27,176

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or 543,520 cavans. The bulk of the palay produced came from the irrigated rice lands with a total population of 25,212 metric tons or 504,240 cavans. Average yield was 5.5 metric tons or 110 cavans per hectare for irrigated lands and 4.0 metric tons or 80 cavans per hectare for rain fed areas. Value wise, the total palay production with a farm gate price of 10 pesos per kilogram amount to not less than 252.12 million. The average yield has been computed in dry weight basis of 14% moisture content and the weight per cavan of 50 kilograms.

=Corn production

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is the secondary source of

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requirement of the municipality. The aggregate area planted to corn according to the data supplied by the municipal agricultural office is 7.16 km² or 12.3% of the total agricultural area of the municipality. For 2004, the total production of corn reached 3,222 metric tons or 64,440

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s with an average yield of 4.5 metric tons per hectare or 90 cavans per hectare. This is valued at around 22.5 million with a farm gate price of 7.50 per kilogram. The average yield has been computed in dry weight basis of 14%

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=Vegetables

= The agricultural data also revealed that vegetables are also grown in farms and the household backyard. The total area planted is 10.5 hectares. Vegetables include

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ampalaya ''Momordica charantia'' (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karela, karavila and many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, w ...

tomato The tomato (, ), ''Solanum lycopersicum'', is a plant whose fruit is an edible Berry (botany), berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originate ...

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of ...

, upo,

beans A bean is the seed of some plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying (a ''pulse''), but fresh beans are also sold. Dried beans are tradition ...

, gabi, and

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, okra, kalabasa, and mongo.

=Fruit trees

= There are around 20.5 hectares occupied by

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s in the whole municipality of Quezon. These are commonly planted at the household backyards such as

, caimito,

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papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus '' Carica'' of the family Caricaceae, and also the name of its fruit. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within ...

avocado The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (''Persea americana'') is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to Americas, the Americas and was first domesticated in Mesoamerica more than 5,000 years ago. It was priz ...

guava Guava ( ), also known as the 'guava-pear', is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava '' Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), nativ ...

, and other common fruit trees.

Livestock and poultry

The types of livestock raised in the 15 barangays of Quezon include

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cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

, hog,

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...

, and

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. Except for some cattle at Abut, Callanguigan and Minagbag as well as carabaos at Minagbag where animals are raised for sale, these animals are used more as work animals in tilling the land for agricultural and hauling farm products. These big animals (3,812 heads for cattle and 2,627 heads for Carabao) are grown/ maintained more as farm-helps rather than for commercial purposes. Some cattle however are good source of fresh

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and

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for local consumption. The work animals play an important role in land preparation for planting crops and hauling products especially those families who can't afford to buy hand tractors. The hogs and goats numbering 7,664 and 977 respectively serve as part of the livelihood for additional income and supplementary source of

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for local residents. It is seldom that hogs and goats are sold in commercial scale outside the municipality. Only few barangays keep horses. These animals are mostly found in barangays Abut and Lepanto. They are used for transporting farm produce and as a means of transporting some residents. All barangays kept dogs as house pets. In the 15 barangays, there are a total of 4,615 dogs. On the other hand,

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which is composed mostly of native

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and

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species, are not grown in commercial quantity. Except for barangay Estrada and Minagbag where some ducks are branded in the farm as layers, the poultry products are intended for local consumption only. While a number of household sell some of the birds to their neighbors and the local town market to supplement family income, most are limited to family consumption.

Fishery

Some farms in almost all barangays are engaged in

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culture through backyard fish pen as their supplementary source of food and income. There are around 15 hectares of

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fish pens and 28.5 hectares of commercial fishing grounds along the river,

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and creeks. A good potential source of food protein and supplementary income, fish culture, not only tilapia species must be encouraged, Fish are grown together with palay on

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s with sustained

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water through rice-fish culture schemes. Some species such as mudfish and

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can be raised even without any input or feeding as long as there is adequate water.

Facilities and services

Irrigation

The

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serves the irrigated rice land of the municipality. About 86% of the 45.3 km² are being covered by the agency while local community irrigation system, improvised water pumps serve the remaining 14%. Of this total irrigated rice lands, around 47 km² are planted twice a year while the remaining area are only planted once a year.

Farm mechanization

Most of the farmers in Quezon are using hand tractors in the process of land preparation. There are 4 four-wheel

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s and 1,417 hand tractors ( kuliglig) in the municipality making a ratio of 1 hand tractor for every 3.5 hectares. The hand tractors, when attached to a trailer, is being used as means of transporting goods and people within the municipality.

Post-harvest facilities

It is estimated that there are 164 threshers and 16 rice mills in the municipality. The distribution of post-harvest facilities shows that Barangays Abut and Barucboc have more rice mills than others. In addition, the existence of more threshers in Barangay Barucboc reveals that most primary processing is done in these areas and produces more palay than the other barangays. Most of the barangays utilize the barangay paved basketball court as multi-purpose dryer. There are 50 solar dryers in the municipality. Mechanized reapers were introduced and proved to be beneficial to farmers and tenants specially when it is rainy during harvest season or when there are many rats and birds.

Marketing and storage facilities

The municipality has attained sufficiency in rice and producing more than the food requirement of its total population. In excess of the palay reserved for consumption, the farmers usually sell their palay to private buyers and the state National Food Authority in the municipality and other neighboring municipalities. Most of these buyers are businessmen who own warehouses to store these purchased products as well as milling facilities’ for processing.

Cooperatives and other services

Aside from the agriculture reform and modernization program of the Department of Agriculture other agencies such as the National Irrigation Administration,

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and cooperatives extend to farmers other services to develop and harness to the maximum the agricultural potentials of the municipality. The agricultural technologists of the municipal agricultural office provide extension and other related services in order to boost farm production in the municipality.

Forestry

Based from the record of the

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, the municipality of Quezon has a forest zone of 36 km². Quezon had 153.9 km² of alienable and

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lands. However, most of these areas are actually open

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s and denuded. Only a few areas are planted with trees as a result of reforestation projects in the past. In response to these concerns the DENR as implemented the Integrated Social Forestry Project, covering around 7.1 km². These projects are located at the barangays Santos, Abut, Minagbag where there a number of families living in the uplands. Aside from reforestation projects, which involved the rejuvenation of forestlands, Quezon is also host to a number of Forest Land Grazing Lease Agreement. Records show that there are four FLGLA entered into by the DENR with private individuals to around 9.12 km².

Infrastructure

Roads

Roads in Quezon are classified into four: national, provincial, municipal and barangay roads. The total road network is 146.56 kilometers. Out of the total length, about 25 kilometers are classified as national roads, 10.89 kilometers as provincial roads, 60.75 kilometers as municipal roads and 49.92 kilometers as barangay roads. The inventory of existing road showed that of the total length of road, only about 38.64 kilometers or 17.06% is made of

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, 74.79 kilometers or 51.03% is

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and 33.13 kilometers or 22.61% is made of earth filled roads. The

Santiago–Tuguegarao Road Santiago–Tuguegarao Road is a major national primary road in the provinces of Cagayan, Kalinga (province), Kalinga, and Isabela (province), Isabela in the Philippines. It is a bypass road of the Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as Cagayan ...

, also known as the Cagayan Valley National Highway, spans a contiguous length of 25 kilometers, which traverses through the center of Quezon and bisects the town. This is the main artery of Quezon and demonstrates a linear pattern. The southern end connects Quezon with adjacent municipality of Mallig, while the northern extension provides the link to the municipalities of Cabagan and Santa Maria. The Isabela-Kalinga Road links the municipality west to the province of Kalinga through its capital Tabuk City. A provincial road is being constructed and it will link the municipality east to the municipality of Santo Tomas. All access roads to all the 15 barangays in Quezon connects to this national highway making it a most vital component in the development of the municipality. The municipal roads are characterized by a grid pattern. The barangay roads exhibit a combination of linear and grid pattern.

Transportation routes

The transportation routes and nodes attend to the need of commuters plying the major routes such as regular mini-buses plying Tuguegarao City to Santiago City and vice versa through the Santiago-Tuguegarao Road almost in every hour frequency. There are also air conditioned buses which plies the Appari –

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and

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–

route. These include G.V. Florida Liner,

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, AutoBus Lines, and Ballesteros Transit. Regular or ordinary buses ply the route from Tabuk to Baguio such as GL Trans and Emmanuel Trans. Asian Utility Vans (AUV) and jeepney are also available. From Manila, one can take commercial flight to Tuguegarao City, Cagayan or to Cauayan, Isabela. Flying time is about an hour then take the land transportation either by bus or mini-bus that will bring you to this municipality. Cebu Pacific and Air Philippines fly daily in the Manila-Tuguegarao route; Cebu Pacific flies three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) in the Manila-Cauayan route.

Communication

Internet Connection

Although there is no internet connection in this municipality yet, people resort to Smart Broadbands and Globe Tattoos. DG Computer Net Cafe, located at Alunan, Quezon, Isabela, serves as the primary source of the town's social connectivity.

Cellular mobile phones

The construction of cell site towers of

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and

Smart Communications Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. As of November ...

in the municipality has made communication in Quezon at par with global standards. Quezon is now linked with the rest of the Philippines and throughout the globe through their

mobile phone A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones ( landline phones). This rad ...

s. The cell site of Globe Telecom are found at Samonte and Minagbag, while the Smart cell site tower is found at Arellano.

Postal services

The

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has a postal office in the municipal hall, which also serve as their

mail The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letter (message), letters, and parcel (package), parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid ...

distribution center.

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received in the municipality are delivered through the

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. Some residents take mails to and from the municipal hall. The post office has an annual average of 15,000 letters incoming and 10,000 letters outgoing. Aside from processing letters, the post office also renders money orders and selling of

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s as part of its service.

TELOF

The Telecommunications Office of the

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(DICT) in Quezon extends

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telegraph Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...

and

telegraphic transfer Telegraphic Transfer or telex transfer, often abbreviated to TT, is a term used to refer to an electronic funds transfer. Although the term is historic and the technology it describes is no longer in use, the telegraphic transfer name is still us ...

services. They have one telephone unit intended for commercial use through an operator either for domestic or overseas calls.

Multimedia services

Quezon can receive regular broadcasting both from AM and FM radio stations from

, Cauayan and even

(through relay stations). Several AM stations such as

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, DZCV, and

DZRH DZRH (666 AM) is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group. The station’s studios are in the MMG Building, Star City, V. Sotto Street, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay with transmitter along I. Marcelo Street, Brgy. Malan ...

are heard in Quezon. On visual media, the Poblacion is served by local

cable television Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with bro ...

. Clear reception of major television networks is only made through Cable TV while

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN is a leading Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Once the country's largest free-to-air television network, ABS-CBN has since ...

Isabela and GMA-7 are the only TV network accessed through a regular TV antenna.

Print media Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television. Digital media comprises b ...

such as

broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of in height. Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper ...

newspapers A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

and tabloids are available through some suppliers from Roxas, Tuguegarao City and Manila. As of today Quezon does not have an available

internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

connection. Residents either commute to Roxas or Tuguegarao City to get internet access. Talks are ongoing with

on enable wireless broadband internet in the area.

Power

The Isabela Electric Cooperative (District II) and the Kalinga Electric Cooperative serve the

power supply A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load. The main purpose of a power supply is to convert electric current from a source to the correct voltage, electric current, current, and frequency to power ...

demand of the municipality. The barangays of Callanguigan and Lepanto are being served by Kalinga Electric Cooperative since these two barangays are near the boundary of Kalinga and more accessible to their

power line An overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and Electric power distribution, distribution to transmit electrical energy along large distances. It consists of one or more electrical conductor, conductors (commonly mu ...

s. Out of 15 barangays of Quezon and around 28% of the total households are not yet served by

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

. Out of the total 4,347 households, around 3,119 or 71.75% have actual electrical connections. The remaining household still uses

kerosene Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustibility, combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in Aviation fuel, aviation as well as households. Its name derives from the Greek (''kērós'') meaning " ...

and

oil lamp An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although their use is less common in modern times. The ...

s as their type of lighting in their dwelling units.

Social services

Various

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s extended to the population of a municipality are criteria towards

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. Sufficient social services and higher productivity lead to a higher quality of living.

Water

The existing

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facilities of Quezon are a crude mix of deep and shallow

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s with some areas having developed spring catchments as

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

s. The Poblacion area is being served by a Level III water system (areas with large

water tower A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system, distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. Water towe ...

s). It covers around the built-up areas of Alunan, Arellano, Samonte and San Juan. The Level III water system at the Poblacion was made possible through a development loan from the

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and the

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. In the rural areas, there are manually installed shallow wells (

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, jetmatic, baby artesian) and deep wells. There are also four barangays that benefit from the development of spring catchments reservoir sourced at natural springs. The depth of

ground water Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidat ...

in Quezon ranges from for most of the barangays with the exemption of Barangay Barucboc where contact may be made within . Based from the survey conducted by the municipal government, there are 406 pitcher type wells, 100 jetmatic pump wells, 30 baby artesian wells, 1,305 individual

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(level III), 235 deep wells and 7

natural spring A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from an aquifer and flows across the ground surface as surface water. It is a component of the hydrosphere, as well as a part of the water cycle. Springs have long been important fo ...

reservoirs. The main irrigation system on which the farmlands of Quezon are dependent upon is the Chico River Irrigation System managed by the National Irrigation Administration. Of the total coverage, only around are irrigated during the dry season. The un-irrigated areas depend on rainwater and pumped wells for its water supply.

Waste disposal system

The

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disposal system for domestic waste is either water sealed or pit privy. According to the municipal health office, there are 3,523 water sealed

toilet A toilet is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human waste (urine and feces) and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. Flush toilets use water, while dry or non-flush toilets do not. They can be designed for a sitting p ...

and 649 pit privy. There is no municipal wide solid waste disposal system in the municipality. Domestic solid waste are usually disposed at the designated waste disposal area or burned at the

or at an

open pit Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or ...

prepared for that purpose. Considering however that Quezon is a rural municipality, pollution in the community is not a serious problem.

Cemetery

The municipality has four

cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...

located at Santos, Minagbag and Barucboc. The two cemeteries located at Santos are owned and maintained by the municipal government while the rest are maintained by the respective barangays where they are located.

Police services and crime rate

Peace and order situation in the municipality is primarily maintained by the members of the

Philippine National Police The Philippine National Police (PNP; ) is the national police force of the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. Currently, it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a pop ...

(PNP). There is one

police station A police station is a facility operated by police or a similar law enforcement agency that serves to accommodate police officers and other law enforcement personnel. The role served by a police station varies by agency, type, and jurisdiction, ...

in the municipality which is located at the Poblacion with 19 personnel. The PNP Quezon is headed by the

chief of police A chief of police (COP) is the title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the command hierarchy, chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. A chief of police may also be known as a police chief or somet ...

with a rank of

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(equivalent to

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in the military). The PNP members have specific jobs like investigator, warrant server, finance officer,

supply officer Supply officer was a specialisation in the British Royal Navy which was superseded by the Logistics Officer in 2004, recognising the need to align with the nomenclature and function of similar cadres in the British Army and Royal Air Force. T ...

intelligence officer An intelligence officer is a member of the intelligence field employed by an organization to collect, compile or analyze information (known as intelligence) which is of use to that organization. The word of ''officer'' is a working title, not a r ...

, administrative,

radio operator A radio operator (also, formerly, a wireless operator in British and Commonwealth English) is a person who is responsible for the operations of a radio system and the technicalities in broadcasting. The profession of radio operator has become l ...

, and other related functions of the office. Complementing the police force based in the population is the Regional Mobile Group with detachment located at Barangay Abut with 8 personnel. Also assisting the PNP in the maintenance of peace and order are the local brigades (barangay tanods) in every barangay. Although lacking in training and experience, the tanods are great help in maintaining peace and order situation in the municipality. Minor offenses are handled and solved at the barangay level. Police to population ratio was 1:1140. Quezon is relatively a peaceful municipality. The records for the past five years revealed that

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s committed annually are not very alarming. Total crimes committed were 21 registering a monthly crime rate of 2.3 per 25,000 population. Almost half of the index crimes committed was homicide and murder. The recent commissioning of Security Surveillance System - CCTV (Installed and commissioned by CYBERTECH Santiago ) installed in public places plays a key role in crime investigation and disaster management.

Fire protection

To protect the municipality from fire hazards, there are nine

firemen A firefighter (or fire fighter or fireman) is a first responder trained in specific emergency response such as firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires and respond to emergencies such as Dangerous goods, hazardous material incide ...

assigned at the Fire Station in Quezon. The current ratio of firemen to population ratio is 1:2407. For the past eight years, there have been 10 fire incidents recorded in the municipality. The types of incidence according to origin were mostly due to negligence. The total fire fighting force also extends assistance and responds immediately to other units in the province upon request during emergencies.

Housing

There were 3,851 occupied

housing Housing refers to a property containing one or more Shelter (building), shelter as a living space. Housing spaces are inhabited either by individuals or a collective group of people. Housing is also referred to as a human need and right to ...

units in Quezon with a total number of 3,887

household A household consists of one or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is im ...

s, this translated to a ratio of 1.01 households per occupied housing unit or a ratio of 5.22 persons per occupied housing unit. Most of the occupied housing units were single houses (98.22%). Duplex and commercial units accounted or 0.96% and 0.13% respectively. The rest were either agricultural, multi-unit residential, institutional living quarters, or other types of housing units. Around 47.05% of the occupied housing units had roofs made of

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aluminum Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...

. On the other hand, cogon / nipa / anahaw for the roofs accounted to 49.93%. Hence, almost half majority of the housing units in Quezon had roofs made up on light materials. As to the construction materials of the outer walls, 34.45% percent of the occupied housing units 47.59% have

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/ sawali / cogon / nipa and 7.6 had

brick A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ...

stone In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

and

. Majority of the housing units needed minor repair or no repair at all. 73.30% of the occupied housing units needed no repair of it needed, with minor repair only. 19.39% need major repair and 3.6% had unfinished construction. Majority of the occupied housing units were newly built. 40.69% were built in the 2000s (decade), 25.26% from the 1990s and 21.50% before the 1990s. About three in every five housing units had a floor area of less than 30

square meter The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square w ...

s. About 53.9 percent occupied housing units had a floor area of less than 30 square meters, 22.2% had 20 to 29 square meters and 19.73% had 10 to 19 square meters. The smallest proportion were those with 90 to 199 square meters accounting only to 3.63%. About nine in every ten households owned/ amortized their housing units. About 7.33% occupy their housing units for free without consent of the owner, 0.77% rent their housing units and 91.20% own their housing units.

Sports and recreation

Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...

are

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al facilities support integral activities to the social fiber of the municipality. There are 23

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units in the whole municipality.

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

is a popular sport in the Philippines and occupy the majority of all sports facilities in the municipality. It is also observed that there were also 13 videoke bars, 5

video arcade An amusement arcade, also known as a video arcade, amusements, arcade, or penny arcade (an older term), is a venue where people play arcade games, including arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, mer ...

s / computer rental shops, 2

resort A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that aims to provide most of a vacationer's needs. This includes food, drink, swimming, accommodation, sports, entertainment and shopping, on the premises. A hotel ...

s and 7 billiard halls. Additional recreation for children and youths is the computer gaming, where anyone in the town can participate in various games organized by PC rental shops.

Government

Local government

As a municipality in the Province of Isabela, government officials at the provincial and municipal levels are voted by the town. The provincial government has political jurisdiction over most local transactions of the municipal government. The

municipal government A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Quezon is headed by the

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who exercises general supervision and control over all programs, projects, services and activities of the municipal government. The

Municipal Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

(Sanggunian Bayan) serves as the legislative arm of the municipality. The council is mandated by law to enact ordinances, approve resolutions and appropriate funds for the welfare of inhabitants of the municipality. The council has 11 members composed of the

Vice Mayor The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor and assistant mayor) is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many local governments. Duties and functions Many elected deputy mayors are members of the loca ...

as Presiding Officer, eight

councilor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regio ...

s (Sangguniang Bayan Members) as regular members, the head of the association of barangay captains and the head of Youth Council ( Sanggunian Kabataan Federation) as ex-officio members. The term of office of all local elective officials (except barangay and youth council) elected is three (3) years, starting from noon of June 30 of an election year. No local elective official shall serve for more than three (3) consecutive terms in the same position. A barangay is headed by a barangay captain who also serves a common arbiter to judge or decide a dispute among residents. The barangay council is composed of the barangay captain, who is also the presiding officer and councilors known as kagawads. The municipality had an association of barangay captains. The head of the association is known as ABC President and is elected amongst barangay captains in the municipality through a concession or majority vote. The ABC President automatically earns the rank of municipal

as an ex-officio member. A barangay also has a similar council called Sanggunian Kabataan (Youth Council) composed of members called SK members and one presiding officer called an SK Chairperson. The municipality has an association of youth councils called the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation. The head of the association is known as SK Federation President and is elected amongst youth council leaders in the municipality through a concession or majority vote. The SK Federation President automatically earns the rank of municipal councilor as an ex-officio member.

Elected officials

Congress representation

Quezon, belonging to the fifth legislative district of the province of Isabela, currently represented by Faustino Michael Carlos T. Dy III.

Healthcare

The Quezon Infirmary

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, Municipal

Health Center A healthcare center, health center, or community health center is one of a network of clinics staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses providing healthcare services to people in a certain area. Typical services covered are family pr ...

s 1 and 2 and four barangay health stations basically provide the

health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

and

medical Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

needs of the population of Quezon. The Quezon Infirmary Hospital located at the Poblacion serves the 15 barangays of the municipality and nearby barangays of Tabuk and

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in Kalinga Province and Paracelis in the

. The hospital is solely funded by the

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of Quezon. It has 10 personnel complement which include 1

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, 3

nurse Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

s, 3

midwives A midwife (: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their ...

, 2

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workers and 1

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. The facility accommodates 10

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s for in-

patient A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by Health professional, healthcare professionals. The patient is most often Disease, ill or Major trauma, injured and in need of therapy, treatment by a physician, nurse, op ...

s and offer/delivers health services which fall under primary level. With total live births of 467 viz-a-viz the total population of 21,669, the crude

birth rate Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live childbirth, human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registr ...

is 21.55 or around 22 live births per 1000 population. The number of medical consultation in Quezon is 2,716 or a consultation rate of 1.253 or 125 per 1000 population seek medical advice. Crude

death rate Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of d ...

is 3.18 or 3 deaths per 1000 population.

Education

The Philippines is one of the countries with high

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

. The

of the Philippines is 92.31% while

of Quezon is 91.58%. Most people in this municipality invest their hard-earned income for the education of their children through farming, employment, small businesses or through the remittances of a family member working abroad. Due to strong family ties, there is also a practice among children of bigger families on supporting each other to get college education. The

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

al needs of Quezon are provided by 12 public schools and one

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. Public schools are composed of 12

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and

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s and one

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

. The only private school is La Salette of Quezon, which offers

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, elementary and high school. There are no

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educational institutions available in Quezon. However, there is now Mallig Plains Colleges at its southern neighbor Mallig while University of La Salette and Isabela State University both opened their campuses at Roxas, Isabela. Most High school graduates either take their collegiate and other post-secondary education in

, Santiago City,

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. The school going-age population for elementary and secondary and tertiary schools in Quezon totaled is 8,704. This is further broken down as follows: elementary at 3,799, secondary at 2,372 and tertiary at 2,533. The school going age population is around 39.5% of the total population. Enrollment data on elementary and secondary levels reported a total of 5,316. The total enrollment in the elementary level was 3,589 while the school going age participation rate is 94.47%. For the secondary level, the total enrollment was 1,727 while the total participation rate was at 72.80%. Recent development in the Educational System of Quezon, Isabela includes the birth and implementation of

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(Alternative Learning System). It is a project of the Department of Education that aims to help Out of School Youths and others to finish their educational endeavor outside the formal institutions of the government. ALS in Quezon, Isabela was started through the initiative of DALSC Mrs. Ma. Theresa S. Domingo. The Schools Division of Isabela governs the town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in

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region. The Quezon Schools District Office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.

Primary and elementary schools

Secondary schools

*Barucboc National High School (Public) *La Salette of Quezon, High School (Private) *Minagbag High School (Public) *Quezon National High School (Public) *San Juan Integrated High School (Public)

Notes

*''Local Government Report of the Municipality of Quezon 2004-2006'', Office of the Municipal Mayor, Quezon, Isabela *''Comprehensive Land Use Plan of the Municipality of Quezon'', Municipal Council of Quezon, Isabela

References

External links

Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the PhilippinesQuezon at the Isabela Government WebsiteLocal Governance Performance Management System
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