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| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | June 21, 1959[1] | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Name: | Alfred Rigor S. Mitra | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Herminio A. Peñamante | ||
| Leader Name2: | Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga | ||
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
| Leader Name4: | voters (electorate_point_in_time}}|) | ||
| Elevation Max M: | 165 | ||
| Elevation Min M: | 0 | ||
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| Population Blank1 Title: | Households | ||
| Population Demonym: | Panukulanin, Panukuleño | ||
| Timezone: | PST | ||
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| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code | ||
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| Demographics Type2: | Service provider | ||
| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity | ||
| Demographics2 Title2: | Water | ||
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Panukulan, officially the Municipality of Panukulan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Panukulan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 16,376 people. It is located in the northwestern part of the island of Polillo in the Polillo Islands.
The establishment of the municipality of Panukulan begun with the separation of barangays Panukulan, Calasumanga, Libo and Lipata from its former unit the municipality of Polillo, for incorporation into the new municipality of Panukulan by virtue of the passage of Republic Act No. 2452 on June 21, 1959.
The municipality is located at the northern tip of Polillo Island which is 26 nautical miles from Infanta Quezon. It is geographically situated at 121°48.50′ longitude and 14°56′ latitude. It is bounded in the north by the Philippine Sea (Pacific Ocean), on the east by the municipality of Burdeos, Quezon, on the south by Polillo, Quezon, and on the west by Polillo Strait. Infanta, Quezon is its nearest commercial center. Its travel time by motor boat going to Infanta and vice- versa is about 1.5 hours to 2 hours, depending on the weather condition. Only single regular trip is available, which leave Municipal Port at 7:30 AM and return from Infanta at 2:00 PM. All its barangay are accessible through banca or motorboat. Only Barangay Balungay up to the boundary of Barangay Pag-itan can be reached through land transportation. However, there are also Tricycle Operator at Barangay Libo to Kinalagti, Barangay Libo to Pandan and Barangay Calasumanga is now also connected with the municipality of Polillo through Tricycle.[2]
Panukulan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
See main article: Sangguniang Bayan.
Municipal council:[3]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Mayor | Alfred Rigor S. Mitra |
| Vice-Mayor | 'Herminio Kinda Penamante |
| Councilors | |
| Jim Avellano | |
| Reagan Virrey | |
| John Paul Penamante | |
| Dante Villamin | |
| Jean Paul Rojo | |
| Janice Penamante | |
| Titing Gucilatar | |
| Joe Abel Erracho |