Park Layout
The park is divided into three sections beginning with the 16-hectare (40-acre) Teodora F. Valencia Circle adjoining Taft Avenue, where the Department of Tourism and the National Museum of the Filipino People (formerly the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Finance respectively) are located is the Eastern Section; followed by the 22-hectare (54-acre) park proper that extends down to Roxas Boulevard is the Central Section; and terminating at a 10-hectare (25-acre) open field across Roxas Boulevard fronting Quirino Grandstand along the Manila Bay is the Western Section.
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