Binuangan | |
Settlement Type: | Barangay |
Pushpin Map: | Luzon mainland#Philippines |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Luzon |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bulacan |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Obando |
Leader Title: | Barangay Chairman |
Leader Name: | Jerry Silverio Mendoza |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 5,045 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 3021 |
Area Code: | 44 |
Coordinates: | 14.7211°N 120.9064°W |
Binuangan is a barangay in the coastal municipality of Obando in Bulacan, the Philippines. It is an island on an estuary formed by the confluence of Binuangan River and Muzon River along the coast of Manila Bay, north of Isla Pulo, Tanza, Navotas. The barangay is surrounded by intertidal mudflats and sandbars with fish pens separating it from the mainland of Obando to the east. It is bordered by the barangays of Tawiran and Paco on the north, Lawa to the east, Salambao on the south, and the Bulakan barangay of Taliptip to the west. As of the 2020 census, Binuangan had a population of 5,045.[1] Binuangan is an ancient barangay, mentioned in the earliest known document of the Philippines, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 900 AD.[2]