GuinayanganGuinayangan, officially the Municipality of Guinayangan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Guinayangan), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 45,375 people. The municipality is home to the Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape and the critically endangered Inagta Lopez, a dialect of the critically endangered Inagta Alabat language, which has at most 30 speakers left in the world.
Manuel L. QuezonPersonal detailsBornManuel Luis Quezon y Molina(1878-08-19)19 August 1878Baler, El Príncipe, Nueva Écija, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish East Indies (now Baler, Aurora, Philippines)Died1 August 1944(1944-08-01) (aged 65)Saranac Lake, New York, U.S.Cause of deathTuberculosisResting placeArlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia (1944–1946)Manila North Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines (1946–1979)Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City, Philippines (since 1979)PartyNacionalista (1907–1944)SpouseAurora Aragon(m. 1918)Children4RelativesManuel L. Quezon III (grandson)EducationUniversity of Santo TomasColegio de San Juan de LetranSignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceFirst Philippine RepublicPhilippine CommonwealthUnited StatesBranch/servicePhilippine Republican ArmyPhilippine Commonwealth ArmyYears of service1899–19001941–1944RankCommander-in-ChiefMajorBattles/warsPhilippine–American WarWorld War IIPhilippines campaign (1941–1942)Japanese occupation of the PhilippinesSpeech as senate president commenting on the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act (Recorded in 1934)Manuel Luis Quezon y MolinaGCGHKGCR (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944.
BambooSubfamily of plants in the grass familyBamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreenperennial flowering plants making up the subfamilyBambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in the case of Dendrocalamus sinicus having individual stalks (culms) reaching a length of 46 meters (151 ft), up to 36 centimeters (14 in) in diameter and a weight of up to 450 kilograms (1,000 lb).
Ambos CamarinesToday part of·Camarines Norte·Camarines Sur·AlbayDe facto·Ambos Camarines (Spanish: ambos, meaning "both"; commonly known as Camarines), officially the Province of Ambos Camarines, was a historical province in the Philippines found on the northern end of the Bicol Peninsula. It now exists as two separate provinces—Camarines Norte (North) and Camarines Sur (South). The province was founded in 1579 and was split into two, Camarines Norte and Sur in 1829.
Aeta peopleAeta (Ayta ), Agta and Dumagat, are collective terms for several indigenous peoples who live in various parts of Luzon islands in the Philippines. They are included in the wider Negrito grouping of South and Southeast Asia, with whom they share superficial common physical characteristics such as: dark skin tones; short statures; frizzy to curly hair; and a higher frequency of naturally lighter hair colour (blondism) relative to the general population.
Kapampangan peopleThe Kapampangan people (Kapampangan: Taung Kapampangan), Pampangueños or Pampangos, are the sixth largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines, numbering about 2,784,526 in 2010. They live mainly in the provinces of Pampanga, Bataan and Tarlac, as well as Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Zambales. DistributionThe province of Pampanga is the traditional homeland of the Kapampangans.
Bondoc PeninsulaThe Bondoc Peninsula (commonly known as BonPen) is a narrow peninsula located in the southeastern part of Quezon Province in Calabarzon Region, southern part of Luzon, Philippines. The peninsula consists of 12 municipalities: Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso and Unisan, all in the 3rd Congressional District of Quezon and 325 total barangays.
QuezonQuezon, officially the Province of Quezon (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Quezon) and historically known as Tayabas and Kalilayan, is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Lucena, a highly urbanized city, serves as the provincial capital and its most popular city. The name of the province came from Manuel L. Quezon, the president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944 and a native of Baler, which was formerly a part of the province.
Tagalog languageTagalog ( tə-GAH-log; native pronunciation: [tɐˈɡaːloɡ] ; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized and codified form, Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one language of the nation's two official languages, alongside English.
Ilocano peopleThe Ilocano people (Ilocano: Tattáo nga Ilóko, Kailukoán, Kailukanoán), also referred to as Ilokáno, Ilóko, Ilúko, or Samtóy, are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Originally from the Ilocos Region on the northwestern coast of Luzon, they have since spread throughout northern and central Luzon, particularly in the Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, and the northern and western areas of Central Luzon.
PhilippinesArchipelagic country in Southeast AsiaThe Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area of about 300,000 square kilometers. The islands are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions. From north to south, the divisions are: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Municipalities of the PhilippinesA municipality is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. It is distinct from a city, which is a separate category of LGU. Provinces are subdivided into cities and municipalities, which in turn are divided into barangays (formerly barrios). As of June 30, 2024, there are 1,493 municipalities across the country.
Provinces of the PhilippinesIn the Philippines, provinces (Filipino: lalawigan or probinsiya) are the country's primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The local government units in the National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are administratively independent of any provincial government.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.