![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called purok ( Template:Lang-en), 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. Municipalities and cities in the Philippines are subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan, with each containing a single barangay. The word barangay originated from balangay, a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighbourhood, a suburb, or a suburban neighborhood. or Bgy.), sometimes referred to by its archaic name barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. A barangay (/bɑːrɑːŋˈɡaɪ/ abbreviated as Brgy. ![]()
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