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barangayType of early Filipino settlement. The term was derived from balangay, the sailboats that brought Malay settlers to the Philippines from Borneo. Each boat carried a family group that established a village. These villages, which sometimes grew to include 30–100 families, remained isolated from one another; the fact that no larger political grouping emerged (except on Mindanao) facilitated the 16th-century Spanish conquest. The Spanish retained the barangay as a unit of local administration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Once complete, every project is turned over to the local barangay for maintenance. Joining them were several women and young children who had come from the neighbouring barangay to learn how to organize. Baleno Municipality and Barangay Cancahorao is just one barrio under the municipality in which our company operates its XYZ Gold Finger. |
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