Panukulan, officially the Municipality of Panukulan ( tgl, Bayan ng Panukulan), is a 4th class

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in the

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. 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

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Geography

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

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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 (

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), on the east by the municipality of

Burdeos, Quezon Burdeos, officially the Municipality of Burdeos ( tl, Bayan ng Burdeos), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,644 people. Burdeos was created in 1948 from t ...

, on the south by

Polillo, Quezon Polillo, officially the Municipality of Polillo ( tgl, Bayan ng Polillo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 31,908 people. It is located on the southern par ...

, and on the west by Polillo Strait.

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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.

Barangays

Panukulan is politically subdivided into 13

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s. * Balungay * Bato * Bonbon * Calasumanga * Kinalagti * Libo * Lipata * Matangkap * Milawid * Pagitan * Pandan * Rizal * San Juan (

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)

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Government

Elected officials

Municipal council:

References

External links

Panukulan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120701062625/http://www.quezon.gov.ph/about/panukulan.html * Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System

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