MANILA - Did you know that when the Philippine Commonwealth Government created Quezon City in 1939, it had a much smaller area than at present and a population of only 39,103 people? That small number of inhabitants came from the then sparsely-populated barrios which were taken from the Rizal towns of San Juan, Mandaluyong, Caloocan, Pasig and Marikina to comprise the infant city under Commonwealth Act (CA) 502 of Oct. 12, 1939. This and related information can be gleaned from data collated by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which indicates that QC, once declared as the country's capital in place of Manila, has a population of 2,960,048 based on its 2020 census. According to provisions of CA 502, QC consisted of 7,355 hectares when it was approved by the National Assembly. The area was doubled with the inclusion of half of the former town of Novaliches in 1948 when QC was declared officially as the new capital of the country through Republic Act 333. The law was signed by