Barangay
Overview
Administrative division
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in the Philippines
Philippines
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and is the native Filipino term for a village
Village
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, district
District
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or ward. Municipalities and cities
Cities of the Philippines
A city is a tier of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities, whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies the administrative structure...
are composed of barangays, and they may be further subdivided into smaller areas called purók
Purok
Purok is a political subdivision of the barangay in the Philippines, especially in rural areas. Both barangay and SK councilors are in charge of leading their own respective puroks....
(English
English language
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: zone), and sitio
Sitio
A sitio in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay, the location of which may be distant from the center of the barangay itself....
, which is a territorial enclave inside a barangay, especially in rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
areas. In writing, barangay is sometimes abbreviated to "Brgy." or "Bgy.".
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