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Category | Village |
Location | Philippines |
Found in | Municipalities, cities, and barangay districts |
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Number | 42,004[2] (as of 2024) |
Populations | 1 (Buenavista and Fugu)[b] – 261,729 (Bagong Silang)[3][4] |
Areas | 0.14 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 and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood, a suburb, a suburban neighborhood, or even a borough.[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]
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[update], there are 42,004 barangays throughout the country.[2]
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