What is a barangay, and what country are they found in?
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Last updated Jul 15 2021.
Originally posted Jul 15 2021 3:33 AM.
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The term, barangay, refers to both a house on land and a boat on water; containing families, friends and dependents and is currently the basic political unit of the Philippines.
"Barangay, type of early Filipino settlement; the word is derived from balangay, the name for the sailboats that originally brought settlers of Malay stock to the Philippines from Borneo."