Barangka Explained

Barangka
Settlement Type:Barangay
Pushpin Map:Metro Manila
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Philippines
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:National Capital Region
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Marikina
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:1st Legislative district of Marikina
Government Type:Barangay
Leader Title:Punong Barangay
Leader Name:Efren Managuit
Established Title:Established (as barangay)
Established Date:June 21, 1959
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:16639[1]
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:14.6297°N 121.0803°W
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:1803
Area Code:02

Barangka is an administrative division of Marikina, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay part of the 1st district of Marikina and is one of the oldest barangays in Marikina.

Located along the southwestern border of Marikina, with the Marikina–Infanta Highway and A. Bonifacio Avenue, which serve as thoroughfares connecting Quezon City and Marikina, and with the municipalities of San Mateo and Rodriguez (Montalban) in Rizal to the east, Barangka is considered to be a gateway for people going to and from Metro Manila and Rizal. It is bordered on the west by barangay Loyola Heights in Quezon City; to the south by barangays Industrial Valley and Calumpang; to the east by barangay Tañong; and to the north by Loyola Grand Villas.

Etymology

Barangka takes its name from the Spanish word for "canyon", barranca, owing to the area's steep and hilly terrain.

History

The area of Barangay Barangka is considered one of the earliest historical origins of Marikina when the Augustinians and Jesuits arrived in the area called chorrillo, a small stream located in the area (now called Chorillo, a known street located in this barangay). From 1939 to 1941, the sitio was under the jurisdiction of the then-newly established Quezon City before it was returned to Marikina.[2] [3]

Along with former Parang and Nangka, the former sitio was elevated to barangay by virtue of Republic Act No. 2601, which was enacted on June 21, 1959.[4]

Geography

Barangka lies on the foothills of Quezon City and also over the West Valley fault systems. It has a total land area of 116.962NaN2 with a population of 27,805, making it the mostly densely populated barangay in Marikina. The Marikina River where the Marikina River Park and Riverbanks Center is located borders the barangay to the south.

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Omamos . Clarisa B. . MARIKINA BUSINESS PORTAL (MBP) Marikina City's Best Practice . Local Governance Innovative Solutions Bank . April 8, 2022 . October 29, 2016.
  2. Web site: Quezon's City: Corruption and contradiction in Manila's prewar suburbia, 1935–1941 . Pante . Michael D. . Cambridge.org . February 2017 . May 29, 2022 .
  3. CA. 659. An act to amend sections two, three, twelve, nineteen, twenty, twenty - one, twenty - four, and twenty - seven of Commonwealth Act numbered five hundred and two, and inserting new sections therein, to be known as sections thirteen-A, twenty-one-A, twenty-one-B, twenty-one-C, twenty-one-D, twenty-one-E, twenty-one-F, AND twenty-one-G . June 21, 1941 . August 7, 2021 . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
  4. RA. 2601. An Act Creating Barrios in Certain Municipalities of the Province of Rizal . April 8, 2022 . June 21, 1959. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc..
  5. Web site: Republic Act No. 9674 . lawphil.net . Congress of the Philippines . April 8, 2022 . July 17, 2009.
  6. News: An Architect of Prayer Places . April 8, 2022 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . May 2, 2004 . en.

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