Aurora is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region . Its capital is Baler and borders, clockwise from the south, the provinces of Quezon , Bulacan , Nueva Ecija , Nueva Vizcaya , Quirino , and Isabela . To the east of Aurora is the Philippine Sea .

Before 1979 , Aurora was part of the province of Quezon. Aurora was, in fact, named after Aurora A. Quezon , the wife of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon , the president of the Philippine Commonwealth , after whom the mother province was named.

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