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Barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisions of cities and municipalities which are analogous to Village#Philippines, villages, districts, neighborhoods, suburbs, or boroughs. The word ''barangay'' originated from ''balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. All Municipalities of the Philippines, municipalities and Cities of the Philippines, cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan, Palawan, Kalayaan in Palawan, each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called ''purok'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of The Philippines
The Philippines is divided into four levels of administrative divisions, with the lower three being defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as local government units (LGUs). They are, from the highest to the lowest: # Regions of the Philippines, Regions () are mostly used to organize national services. Of the 18 regions, only one—the Bangsamoro, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao—has an elected government to which the central government has devolved competencies. # Provinces of the Philippines, Provinces (), Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, independent cities (), and one independent municipality (Pateros) # Cities of the Philippines, Component cities () and Municipalities of the Philippines, municipalities () within a province # Barangays (formerly known and sometimes still referred to as ''barrios'') within a city or municipality Other divisions also exist for specific purposes, such as: * Island groups of the Philippines, Geographic island grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precolonial Barangay
In History of the Philippines (900–1565), early Philippine history, ''barangay'' is the term historically used by scholars to describe the complex sociopolitical units that were the dominant organizational pattern among the various Filipinos, peoples of the Geography of the Philippines, Philippine archipelago , . in the period immediately before the arrival of European colonizers. Academics refer to these settlements using the technical term "polity", but they are usually simply called "barangays". Some barangays were well-organized independent villages, consisting of thirty to a hundred households. Other barangays — most notably those in Maynila (historical polity), Maynila, Tondo (historical polity), Tondo, Madja-as, Panay, Caboloan, Pangasinan, Caboloan, Cebu (historical polity), Cebu, Bohol, Rajahnate of Butuan, Butuan, Cotabato, and Sultanate of Sulu, Sulu — were large cosmopolitan polities. The term originally referred to both a house on land and a boat on water, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Barangays In Quezon City
Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines, is politically subdivided into 142 barangays. All of Quezon City's barangays are classified as urban. These barangays are grouped into six Legislative districts of the Philippines#Congressional districts, congressional districts, with each district represented by a congressman in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives. As of July 2, 2012, President Benigno S. Aquino III signed into law Republic Act No. 10170, dividing and reapportioning the Second District into three legislative districts, namely the Second, Fifth and Sixth Districts. Barangays by district District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 Toponomy of places in Quezon City Each Barangay has a history behind its name. Most of the Barangays in Quezon City are named in honor of the peoples residing in the area, their Barangay Patron Saint, and the land and location features in the area. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangguniang Barangay
The Sangguniang Barangay, known in English as the Barangay Council is the local government of a barangay, the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Each of the 42,004 barangays in the country has its respective Sangguniang Barangay. The term is coined from the Tagalog words ''sanggunian'' () and ''barangay.'' Each Sangguniang Barangay is headed by a barangay chairperson as the chief executive, who is elected at-large by first-past-the-post voting. Meanwhile, the legislative body is composed of seven regular members all titled barangay kagawad (barangay councilor) who are elected at-large by multi-member plurality voting, in which voters may vote for as many candidates as the number of council seats. The chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan (barangay’s youth council) who is elected by voters aged 15 to 30 years old, is the ''ex officio'' eighth member. Some barangays with a population of indigenous people have an Indigenous People's Mandatory Representa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balangay
A balangay, or barangay, is a type of lashed-lug boat built by joining planks edge-to-edge using pins, dowels, and fiber lashings. They are found throughout the Philippines and were used largely as trading ships up until the colonial era. The oldest known balangay are the eleven Butuan boats, which have been carbon-dated individually from 689 to 988 CE and were recovered from several sites in Butuan, Agusan del Norte. The Butuan boats are the single largest concentration of lashed-lug boat remains of the Austronesian vessels, Austronesian boatbuilding traditions. They are found in association with large amounts of trade goods from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and as far as Persia, indicating they traded as far as the Middle East. Balangay were the first wooden watercraft excavated in Southeast Asia. Balangay are celebrated annually in the Balanghai Festival of Butuan. Names ''Balangay'' was one of the Pigafetta's dictionary#Some List of Words, first native words the Europeans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa, Laguna
Santa Rosa, officially the City of Santa Rosa (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Laguna (province), Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, its population was 414,812 people. It is the second largest local government unit in Laguna after Calamba, Laguna, Calamba. On August 28, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11395, which separated the city from the Laguna's 1st congressional district, province's first district and granted the city its Santa Rosa's at-large congressional district, own congressional district to elect a representative in 2022 Philippine general election, 2022. The city later gained its own representation in the Laguna Provincial Board to elect two members separately starting in 2025 Laguna local elections, 2025. Santa Rosa is derived from Spanish language, Spanish for Saint Rose of Lima, its patron saint to whom it is consecrated to. The town w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxas, Palawan
Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas (), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 69,624 people. History Roxas was created under Republic Act No. 615 in 1951 from the barrios of Tinitian, Caramay, Rizal, Del Pilar, Malcampo, Tumarbong, Taradungan, Ilian, and Capayas of Puerto Princesa. Geography Roxas is located on the eastern coast of Palawan facing the Sulu Sea. It is from Puerto Princesa. Barangays Roxas is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. Bagong Bayan was formerly a sitio of Ilian which is now part of the municipality of Dumaran). * Abaroan * Antonino * Bagong Bayan * Barangay 1 (Poblacion) * Barangay II (Poblacion) * Barangay III (Poblacion) * Barangay IV (Poblacion) * Barangay V (Poblacion) (Porao Island) * Barangay VI (Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Tomas, Isabela
Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,528 people. History The municipality was established in 1949 from several barrios of Cabagan. In 1952, Santo Tomas lost two barrios when the barrios of Abut and Minagbag were transferred to the newly created town of Mallig. In 1961, those barrios were transferred to the newly created municipality of Quezon. Geography Santo Tomas is a landlocked municipality situated in the northern portion of the province of Isabela. It is bounded to the west by Quezon, to the south by Delfin Albano, to the southeast by Tumauini, to the north and northeast by Cabagan and the Cagayan River. Santo Tomas is situated from the provincial capital Ilagan, and from the country's capital city of Manila. Barangays Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of The Philippines
A city ( or ) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities (Filipino: ), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies their administrative structure and powers. As of July 8, 2023, there are 149 cities. A city is entitled to at least one representative in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives if its population reaches 250,000. Cities are allowed to use a common seal. As corporate entities, cities have the power to take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property for their general interests; condemn private property for public use (eminent domain); contract and be contracted with; sue; and exercise all powers conferred on them by Congress. Only an List of Philippine laws, act of Congress can create or amend a city charter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ''Puroks'' are usually numbered (e.g. Purok 2, Purok B, Purok 7-C) but some have names. A ''purok'' is typically composed of twenty to fifty or more households, depending on the particular geographical location and cluster of houses. The term ''purok'' is often applied to a neighborhood (zone) within an urbanized barangay, or a portion (district) of a less densely populated, but still relatively geographically compact, barangay. This contrasts with the '' sitio'', which is usually a cluster of households (hamlet) in a more dispersed, rural barangay. If created and given a mandate by an ordinance of the barangay, municipality, or city, a ''purok'' could perform government functions under the coordination and supervision of their local officials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams, Ilocos Norte
Adams, officially the Municipality of Adams (; ), is a single-barangay municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,189 people. Geography Adams is located in the northern part of the province. It is bordered by Pagudpud in the north; by Santa Praxedes, Cagayan in the northeast; by Calanasan, Apayao in the east; by Dumalneg in the west; and, by Vintar in the south. Adams is situated from the provincial capital Laoag, and from the country's capital city of Manila. The road leading to the municipality mainly from Barangay Pancian in Pagudpud used to be accessible only to motorcycles. Improvements thereto and new concrete bridges built by the provincial government of Ilocos Norte finally made the town accessible to all vehicles as of 2020. Moreover, there are plans to convert the provincial road into a national highway under the Department of Public Work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagami
Dagami (IPA: ɐ'gami, officially the Municipality of Dagami (; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,178 people. Waray-Waray is the language spoken by the residents called ''Dagamin-on''. It is classified as a third class municipality and mere dependent on agriculture such as coconut, rice and corn farming. The employment rate is 63% of the total population workforce in the municipality. Its total land area of 161.5 square kilometers, equivalent to 16,165 hectares. More than half of its plains on the eastern side is cultivated for rice and corn farming while the western side is planted with coconut trees. Coconut production is a major source of income.''Tubâ'' and copra - the white raw material from the coconut where coconut oil is extracted. The town of Dagami is famous for its local delicacies called '' binagól'' (a distinct dessert made from sweetened large mashed taro called ''talian'' packed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
