Barangay

This article is about the political administrative division. For the pre-colonial village system of the Philippines, see Precolonial barangay. For the type of plank boat, see Balangay. For other uses, see Barangay (disambiguation).

Barangay
  • Also known as:
  • Barrio
Number of barangays per Philippine province
CategoryVillage
LocationPhilippines
Found inMunicipalities, cities, and barangay districts
Created
  • September 21, 1974[a]
Number42,004[2] (as of June 30, 2024)
Populations1 (Buenavista and Fugu)[b] – 213,229 (Commonwealth)[3][4]
Areas0.14 ha (0.0014 km2) (Malusak) – 41,247 ha (412.47 km2) (Ned)[5]
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The barangay[c] (/bɑːrɑːŋˈɡaɪ/; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio,[d] is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisions of cities and municipalities which are analogous to villages, districts, neighborhoods, suburbs, or boroughs.[6] The word barangay originated from balangay, a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines.[7]

All municipalities and cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan, each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called purok (English: "zone"), or barangay zones consisting of a cluster of houses for organizational purposes, and sitios, which are territorial enclaves—usually rural—far from the barangay center. As of July 2024, there are 42,004 barangays throughout the country.[2][citation needed]

  1. ^ Presidential Decree No. 557 (September 21, 1974), Declaring All Barrios in the Philippines as Barangays, and for Other Purposes, Official Gazette, retrieved July 12, 2020
  2. ^ a b Mapa, Dennis (July 12, 2024). "Second Quarter 2024 PSGC Updates: Creation of the Negros Island Region and Correction of the Names of Two Barangays". Philippine Statistics Authority. National Statistician and Civil Registrar General. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Melican, Nathaniel (September 17, 2013). "Largest barangay in PH can't live up to 'new hope' image; split pushed". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC)". Philippine Statistics Authority. September 30, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Axalan, J.T.; Isreael, F.T.; Concepcion, S.B.; Blatt, P.J.; Murray-Prior, R.; Loma, L. (2011). "Socio-Economic Impact of Cluster Marketing: The Case of Ned Landcare Association Sweet Pepper Cluster". ISHS Acta Horticulturae. 895 (895): 37–44. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.895.4. hdl:20.500.11937/17699. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "barangay". Oxford Dictionaries. June 25, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zaide was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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