The barangay is the smallest local government unit.

Supervision over a barangay government is the mandate of the mayor and the Sanggunian of the component city or municipality of which the barangay in question is a part.

A barangay ( Filipino: baranggay, ) is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward.

Municipalities and cities are composed of barangays, and they may be further subdivided into smaller areas called purók ( English: zone ), and sitio, which is a territorial enclave inside a barangay, especially in rural areas.

In writing, barangay is sometimes abbreviated to " Brgy.

The modern barangay is headed elected officials, the topmost being the Punong Barangay ( addressed as Kapitan ; also known as the Barangay Captain ).

The barangay is often governed from a barangay hall.

A tanod, or barangay police officer, is a unarmed watchman who fulfills policing functions within the barangay.

He is the patron saint of Carpi ( Italy ); the Philippine barangay Kay-Anlog ; the barangay Tuna in Cardona, Rizal ; and the diocese of San Bernardino, California.

Celebrated every month of May coinciding with the Hitoma barangay fiesta, it is being institutionalized with the support of the provincial government, LGU of Caramoran and national line agencies to promote the commercial development of the local lasa or tiger grass industry and to create signature products from tiger grass.

In 1702, a covenant was erected in Burubur at the foot of the Caraballo mountains in Santa Clara, which is now a barangay of the town of Aritao.

In the Philippines, the style is usually used to give distinction to any elected official ranging from the smallest political unit, the barangay, to the Congress of the Philippines, which consists of a Senate and House of Representatives.

They established another settlement in what is now called Sianib, a barangay of present day Polanco town, some twenty kilometers from the coast at Barrio Gulayon ( Barangay Gulayon ).

Alcoy is mainly an agricultural town with Nug-as, a mountain barangay, more than half of commercial crops.

Daan-Lungsod is the southern-most barangay.

Tingko Beach is located in this small barangay.

Each barangay was headed by the cabeza de barangay ( barangay chief ), who formed part of the Principalía-the elite ruling class of the municipalities of the Spanish Philippines.

Belison has 11 barangays, each with a duly constituted government unit known as the barangay council headed by the barangay captain.

San Fernando has twenty-four ( 24 ) barangays headed by a barangay captain together with seven Sangguniang Pambarangay members.

The barangays were headed by the barangay Chairman and six ( 6 ) councilmen duly elected by the assembly.

Each barangay is headed by a chairman and barangay councils who were elected into office by popular vote of the community registered voters every three years.

Most of the barangay roads are unpaved village-access roads built in the past by the Department of Public Works and Highways ( DPWH ), but responsibility for maintaining these roads have now been devolved to the Local Government Units ( LGUs ).

The word barangay originated from balanghai --- a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesians that sailed and migrated to the Philippine archipelago.

Councilors are elected by plurality-at-large voting with the entire barangay as a single at-large district.

The medical and health care needs of the people of Negros Occidental and its guests are presently being met by 20 government hospitals and 10 private hospitals, as well as several city and municipal health centers, barangay health stations and day-care centers.

As mayor, he paid particular attention to the elementary education of children by improving and renovating school buildings and constructing additional school structures, health centers, barangay halls and playgrounds in all the barangays and providing artesian wells to areas with low water supply.

Jesus the Living Stone Assembly of God in barangay Panghulo led by Rev.

Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, Bulakan, as well as the rest of the towns of Bulacan province was consisted of small scattered settlements of villages each then called " balangay " or " barangay " a word derived from the name of the boats used by the early seafaring Malays who went to various islands of what now called Philippines.

For it can be remembered that in 1569, when Legazpi arrived in Pan-ay, the Aclánons and Ibahainons fought against the Moro pirates who frequently devastated these two towns. 29 If Aclán has no organized barangay government, they could not have helped the Spaniards who have sought their help crush the enemies 30 with its 500 Aclánon volunteers. 31 Also on this year ( 1569 ) until 1571 ( where Legazpi assigned encomiendas to his officers ), the people of Aclán resided by the river.

Situated five kilometers from the barangay proper of Kaatuan called Block 2, the shortest route towards the Wonder Falls is through the land owned by the native Villanuevas.

As a resident of Bato ( formerly known as Batohanon ) and having a family of his own, Captain Imok, as he was now called by the people of his barangay ( district ) showed his concern for the welfare of his community and for the quality of life for his people.

The largest barangay is Dau, which became a barrio in 1936 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation Number 1.

In the city of Laoag as of year 2000, Urban barangay San Lorenzo had the largest number of population at 2, 883 ; followed by Rural barangay Buttong at 2, 277 ; and then by Barangay 2 Sta.

Caba was founded as a settlement in 1598 by Augustinian Fathers with Don Agustin dela Cruz as the “ first man to rule .” The settlement developed into barangay in 1692 with don Luis Manongdo as the cabeza de barangay.

Cellular phones are commonly used by the residents especially in remote barangay where telephone landline services are not available.

Two ( 2 ) of these quakes that occurred at 12: 33 and 12: 46 PM, were both felt at intensity II by residents at barangay Pira-piraso.

It is used for camping by boy scouts from Bulbugan Elementary School in the nearby barangay of Santa Maria, but has not yet been extensively explored by local people.

Elections for the post of Punong Barangay and barangay kagawads are usually held every three years starting from 2007.

* Budbud Festival, a barangay fiesta in honor of Nuestra Senora dela Regla of Begang Barangay, otherwise known as Isabela City's " Little Cebu ", a majority of whose residents originated from Carmen, Cebu Province.

* Vicente Fernandez Baltazar III-Youngest Elected Barangay Captain in the City of Legazpi at the age of 20 and presently the ABC ( association of barangay captain ) Representative of the Legazpi City and Ex-officio Member / City Councilor ( 2010 to Present ).

Barangay Tubod is the largest barangay and most populated barangay, serving as a gateway to the town.

The smallest barangay is Barangay 4 with an area of only 5. 11 hectares, while the biggest barangay is Barangay Banilad with 362. 71 hectares.

Barangay D. L Balante, which is located in the southwest of Barangay Poblacion, is the smallest barangay with a land area of 975 hectares or 1. 51 % of the total land area of this municipality.

Ana with 8, 018 and 7, 971 respectively, on the other hand, the least populated barangay are Barangay Maysantol and Barangay Tibig with 2, 325 and 2, 172 respectively.

The Municipality of Bulakan is dominantly rural NSO classified Barangay San Jose and Bagumbayan as urban barangay, the rest are rural.

By the turn of the 1950s the new Poblacion was located uphill from the old St. Ferdinand Church ( in Barangay Bagumbayan ) to barangay San Vicente ; site of the current Municipal town hall.

Each barangay is led and governed by its Barangay Officials.

* While on July 15, 2002, plebiscites held in Culion and Busuanga simultaneously with the election of barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan representatives resulted in the ratification of the transfer of Halsey and Burabod to Culion and the creation of Barangay Carabao.