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These are the History of Names in each Barangay plus, some 35 selected places in Quezon City. Each Barangay has a history behind its name. Most of the Barangays in Quezon City are named in honor of the peoples residing in the area, their Barangay Patron Saint, and the land and location features in the area.
The zoning system is merely for strategical purposes. Additionally, these three cities use a hybrid system for its barangays - all barangays have their corresponding numbers but only a few have corresponding names. For example, the name of a barangay in the City of Manila would read as "Barangay 288 Zone 27".
Philippine addresses always contain the name of the sender, the building number and thoroughfare, the barangay where the building is located, the city or municipality where the barangay is located and, in most cases, the province where the city or municipality is located.
Batasan Hills is a barangay of Quezon City, Philippines.The barangay was originally planned as the National Government Center of the Philippines.The Batasang Pambansa Complex, which sits atop the Constitution Hill, is the legislative session hall of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
About 95 percent of the barangay's population consists of adherents of the Iglesia ni Cristo.The non-Trinitarian Christian church host some of its significant facilities in the barangay such as its Central Office, Central Temple, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, headquarters of INCTV, Iglesia Ni Cristo School for Ministers and the New Era University.
The era of the formation of municipalities in the Philippines started during the Spanish rule, in which the colonial government founded hundreds of towns and villages across the archipelago modeled after towns and villages in Spain.
A former sitio of Barangay Parang, Fortune was constituted as a separate entity on April 10, 2007, by virtue of Republic Act No. 9431. The new barangay, was named after a cigarette company located in the area, is the youngest among the 16 barangays of Marikina. Officially, the barangay is bounded on the north by the centerline of Fortune Avenue ...
Ugong is a highly urbanized barangay located in the northwestern portion of Pasig.Today, barangay Ugong is further subdivided into south which is part of Pasig, while the northern boundary of Ugong, Ugong Norte, is under Quezon City.